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Sadao Yamanaka (山中 貞雄, Yamanaka Sadao, November 7, 1909 – September 17, 1938) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed 26 films between 1932 and 1938. He was a contemporary of Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kenji Mizoguchi and one of the primary figures in the development of the jidaigeki, or historical film. Yamanaka began his career in the Japanese film industry at the age of 20 as a writer and assistant director for the Makino company. In 1932, he began working for Kanjuro Productions, a small, independent film company similar to many others founded during the same perio…
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- Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2 (1933) Screenplay
- Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords (1935) Writer
- Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey (1933) Director
- Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki (1934) Screenplay
- Mito Komon - The Secret Letter (1935) Writer
- Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) Screenplay
- Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937) Director
- Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935) Director
- Priest of Darkness (1936) Director
- Ishimatsu from the Forest (1937) Screenplay
- Ogasawara Ikinokami (1932) Screenplay
- Umon's First Exploit (1929) Screenplay
- The Elegant Swordsman (1934) Writer
- The Day Before (1939) Story
- The Village Tattooed Man (1935) Director
- Love And Order (1963) Original Story
- Red-Lacquered Sword (1956) Original Story
- Bangaku no issho (1933) Screenplay
- Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel (1933) Director
- Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6 (1930) Writer
- Iso-no-genta's Sword (1932) Director
- Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword (1933) Director
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