Akira Inoue (井上昭, Inoue Akira, 10 December 1928 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese film director.[1][2][3]
Akira Inoue | |
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Born | |
Died | 9 January 2022 | (aged 93)
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1960–2022 |
Known for | Zatoichi's Revenge Nemuri Kyōshirō series |
He is known for directing many jidaigeki television dramas.[4] In 1950, he joined the Daiei studio and started working as an assistant director. He made his director debut with Yureikoban in 1960.[5] He directed a lot of jidaigeki television dramas from 1970s to 1980s.
In 1993, he directed Lone Wolf and Cub series film Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict, it was for the first time in 23 years he directed in the film.[6]
Inoue died from a cerebral infarction and pneumonia on 9 January 2022, at the age of 93.[7]