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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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- Priest of Darkness (1936) Director
- Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) Screenplay
- Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937) Director
- Bangaku no issho (1933) Screenplay
- The Day Before (1939) Story
- The Elegant Swordsman (1934) Writer
- Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935) Director
- Red-Lacquered Sword (1956) Original Story
- The Village Tattooed Man (1935) Director
- Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword (1933) Director
- Ishimatsu from the Forest (1937) Screenplay
- Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel (1933) Director
- Love And Order (1963) Original Story
- Kunisada Chūji (1935) Director
- Gantaro Path (1934) Director
- Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki (1934) Screenplay
- Iso-no-genta's Sword (1932) Director
- Mito Komon - The Secret Letter (1935) Writer
- Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6 (1930) Writer
- Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey (1933) Director
- Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2 (1933) Screenplay
- Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords (1935) Writer
- Ogasawara Ikinokami (1932) Screenplay
- Umon's First Exploit (1929) Screenplay
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