Kei Tasaka
- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- January 3, 1934 in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- April 10, 2015
- Active Years
- 1960–1984 (25 Years)
- Total Credits
- 41 credits in database
Biography
Kei Tasaka was a Japanese screenwriter born on January 3, 1934, in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Throughout his career, he was credited with 41 works in film and television. His writing credits include screenplays for films such as The Steel Edge of Revenge, Manhunt, Samurai Wolf, Goyokin, Eleven Samurai, Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot, and Lowly Ronin. His television contributions featured work on Meitantei Kindaichi Kōsuke, The 47 Ronins of Ako, Monkey, and Turkish March: Castle of Dreams. Tasaka died on April 10, 2015, at the age of 81. He is recognized for his extensive body of work as a writer within the Japanese entertainment industry.
Career overview
Kei Tasaka was a Japanese screenwriter born on January 3, 1934, in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Throughout his career, he was credited with 41 works in film and television. He passed away on April 10, 2015, at the age of 81.
His professional portfolio included contributions to numerous projects across various genres. In film, he is recognized for his screenwriting work on titles such as The Steel Edge of Revenge, Manhunt, Samurai Wolf, Goyokin, Eleven Samurai, Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot, and Lowly Ronin. His television credits include writing for the series Meitantei Kindaichi Kosuke, which spanned four episodes, and The 47 Ronins of Ako, which spanned five episodes. He also contributed as a writer to one episode of the series Monkey and worked on the project Turkish March: Castle of Dreams.
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Full Filmography
41 titles- Turkish March: Castle of Dreams (1984) Screenplay
- Meitantei Kindaichi Kōsuke (1983) Writer
- Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot (1982) Screenplay
- Lowly Ronin (1981) Screenplay
- I Saw a Monster Fish (1981) Writer
- The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979) Screenplay
- Monkey (1978) Writer
- Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable (1978) Screenplay
- Yokomizo Seishi Series (1977) Screenplay
- Manhunt (1976) Screenplay
- Solar Eclipse (1975) Writer
- Doterai Man (1975) Screenplay
- It's a Psychic, Everybody Gather!! (1974) Screenplay
- Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi (1974) Screenplay
- Mute Samurai (1973) Writer
- Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro (1973) Writer
- It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! (1972) Screenplay
- Maiko Girls, Everybody Gather!! (1972) Screenplay
- The Wolves (1971) Screenplay
- It's Springtime, It's Drifters Time, Everybody Gather!! (1971) Screenplay
- Fun on the Run (1970) Screenplay
- アッと驚く為五郎 (1970) Screenplay
- Goyokin (1969) Writer
- Our Miyo-chan (1969) Screenplay
- Samurai Wolf II (1967) Screenplay
- Eleven Samurai (1967) Screenplay
- Heiji, the Detective (1967) Screenplay
- Samurai Wolf (1966) Screenplay
- Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966) Screenplay
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves (1966) Writer
- Rub Out the Past (1966) Screenplay
- The Flower and the Dragon (1965) Screenplay
- The Third Ninja (1964) Screenplay
- Blackmail (1963) Writer
- The Life of a Horse-Trader (1963) Screenplay
- A Devil of a Gentleman (1963) Screenplay
- Itsudemo yume o (1963) Screenplay
- Marriage of the Sky and the Sea (1962) Screenplay
- Hageshī kawa (1962) Screenplay
- Osowareta shujutsushitsu (1960) Screenplay
- Mudcat of Ginza (1960) Screenplay
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Kei Tasaka was born on January 3, 1934 in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. They passed away on April 10, 2015.
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Kei Tasaka has accumulated over 41 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1960 to 1984.
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Kei Tasaka was a Japanese screenwriter born on January 3, 1934, in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Throughout his career, he was credited with 41 works in film and television. His writing credits include screenplays for films such as The Steel Edge of Revenge, Manhunt, Samurai Wolf, Goyokin, Eleven Samurai, Tange Sazen...
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