Yōzō Tanaka
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- May 17, 1939 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
Movie · Screenplay
The Last Ronin
Movie · Screenplay
Villon's Wife
Movie · Screenplay
Translucent Tree
Movie · Screenplay
New Ghost Pub
Movie · Screenplay
The Friends
Movie · Screenplay
Ghost Pub
Movie · Screenplay
Yumeji
Movie · Screenplay
Luminous Woman
Movie · Screenplay
The Lady in a Black Dress
Movie · Screenplay
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Movie · Writer
Cabaret
Movie · Screenplay
Moment of Demon
Movie · Screenplay
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
Movie · Screenplay
Shanghai Rhapsody
Movie · Screenplay
Make-Up
Movie · Screenplay
The Catch
Movie · Screenplay
Baian the Assassin
Movie · Screenplay
Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon
Movie · Screenplay
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Movie · Screenplay
Love Letter
Movie · Screenplay
Kagero-za
Movie · Screenplay
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
Movie · Screenplay
Zigeunerweisen
Movie · Screenplay
Forbidden Ordeal
Movie · Screenplay
The Rivals
Movie · Screenplay
The Inferno
Movie · Screenplay
Secret of One Summer
Movie · Screenplay
The Shogun Assassins
Movie · Screenplay
No Grave for Us
Movie · Screenplay
Detective Story
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Young Beast: Secret Pleasures
Movie · Screenplay
Harry and His Geisha Girls
Movie · Story
Mrs. Muremure
Movie · Screenplay
The General and His Empire of Joy
Movie · Writer
Case of the Disjointed Murder
Movie · Screenplay
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
Movie · Screenplay
In the Realm of Sex
Movie · Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad 3 -Tears of a Man-
Movie · Screenplay
Gate of Flesh
Movie · Screenplay
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Movie · Screenplay
Tsumatachi no gogo wa yori: kannō no ori
Movie · Screenplay
Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District
Movie · Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad
Movie · Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad 2 -Put on a Good Act-
Movie · Screenplay
Virgin Breaker Yuki
Movie · Screenplay
Story of a Nymphomaniac
Movie · Screenplay
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
Movie · Screenplay
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Movie · Screenplay
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
Movie · Screenplay
The Accident
Movie · Writer
Zoku tameiki
Movie · Screenplay
Secret of the College Girls: Part-Time Sex Pros
Movie · Screenplay
Morning Frenzy
Movie · Screenplay
Hihon: Sode to sode
Movie · Screenplay
Flower & Snake
Movie · Screenplay
Wife to Be Sacrificed
Movie · Screenplay
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
Movie · Screenplay
Trapped in Lust
Movie · Screenplay
Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor
Movie · Screenplay
A Mummy’s Love
Movie · Screenplay
College Girls: Sex Equation
Movie · Screenplay
Handbook on Love
Movie · Screenplay
Sigh
Movie · Screenplay
The Hell-Fated Courtesan
Movie · Screenplay
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
Movie · Screenplay
Secret Chronicle: Crimson Goddess in Paradise
Movie · Screenplay
Horror Theater Unbalance
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market
Movie · Screenplay
Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin
Movie · Screenplay
Maruhi: Benten gokaichō
Movie · Screenplay
Branded to Kill
Movie · Screenplay
Season of Betrayal
Movie · Screenplay