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Yz Tanaka

Yōzō Tanaka

Writer

Yōzō Tanaka is a Japanese screenwriter. He was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. After joining the production department of Nichigeki Music Hall, he started writing radio scripts. While he was a student at Waseda University, he met Atsushi Yamatoya and Kaname Kawachi. Before becoming a screenwriter, Tanaka worked as a reporter, conducting a series of interviews with eccentrics in the magazine Weekly Sankei. After joining Nikkatsu, he joined a screenwriting team led by director Seijun Suzuki. Individuals in this group such as Tanaka, Yamatoya, and Chūsei Sone also contributed to various projects at Wakamatsu Productions during this period of the 1960s. He is also a driving force behind the heyday of Nikkatsu Roman Porno, writing numerous screenplays. He continued to collaborate with fellow veterans of the aforementioned series such as Shinji Sōmai and Kichitaro Negishi. His disciples include Haruhiko Arai and Miho Nakazono. In 2005, he worked as an associate professor at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2017, a book of Yōzō Tanaka's essays and other archival materials such as interviews and screenplays was published.

Born: May 17, 1939 (Age 85) in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

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Yōzō Tanaka  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.9
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
5.1
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
7.1
WritingScreenplay1967
Movie
5.5
WritingScreenplay1974
Movie
6.7
WritingScreenplay1981
Movie
6.5
WritingWriter1986
Movie
5.6
WritingScreenplay1972
Movie
7
WritingScreenplay2010
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay1981
Movie
6.4
WritingWriter1979
Movie
7
WritingScreenplay1975
Movie
6.7
WritingScreenplay1983
Movie
7
WritingScreenplay1994
Movie
6.8
WritingScreenplay2009
Movie
6.9
WritingScreenplay1976
Movie
5.6
WritingWriter1974
Movie
6.7
WritingScreenplay1991
Movie
6.8
WritingScreenplay1980
Movie
5.2
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
6
DirectingAssistant Director, Screenplay1966
Movie
5.2
WritingScreenplay1976
Movie
5.8
WritingWriter1977
Movie
5.7
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
4.5
WritingScreenplay1975
Movie
5.7
WritingScreenplay1981
Movie
5.8
WritingWriter1979
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay1984
Movie
6.2
WritingScreenplay1979
Movie
5.9
WritingScreenplay1985
Movie
6.3
WritingScreenplay1987
Movie
5.2
WritingScreenplay1977
Movie
WritingScreenplay1975
Movie
6
WritingScreenplay1977
Movie
6.1
WritingScreenplay1975
Movie
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
5.8
WritingScreenplay1977
Movie
5.2
WritingScreenplay1979
Movie
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
5
WritingScreenplay1986
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay1985
Movie
7
WritingScreenplay1987
Movie
4.9
WritingScreenplay1996
Movie
5.8
WritingScreenplay1981
Movie
7
WritingScreenplay1994
Movie
4.9
WritingScreenplay1980
Movie
4.4
WritingScreenplay1976
Movie
WritingScreenplay1972
Movie
6.3
WritingScreenplay1976
Movie
WritingScreenplay1976
Movie
5.4
WritingScreenplay1977
Movie
WritingScreenplay1977
Movie
WritingScreenplay1978
Movie
3.9
WritingStory1978
Movie
5.7
WritingWriter2004
Movie
5.5
WritingWriter1984
Movie
3.3
WritingScreenplay1981
Movie
6.6
WritingScreenplay1975
Movie
WritingWriter1974
Movie
WritingScreenplay1972
Movie
WritingScreenplay1979
Movie
WritingScreenplay
Movie
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
WritingScreenplay1979
TV Show
7.3
WritingWriter
1 Episode
1973
TV Show
8.6
WritingWriter
1 Episode
1979-1980
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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