Yōzō Tanaka
Writing
Born: May 17, 1939 (age 87) · 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
Directing (1)
Writing (71)
Story of a Nymphomaniac
Screenplay
Detective Story
Writer
Flower & Snake
Screenplay
Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon
Screenplay
Horror Theater Unbalance
Writer
Branded to Kill
Screenplay
Wife to Be Sacrificed
Screenplay
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Screenplay
No Grave for Us
Screenplay
The Friends
Screenplay
Gate of Flesh
Screenplay
Zigeunerweisen
Screenplay
The Inferno
Screenplay
Moment of Demon
Screenplay
Villon's Wife
Screenplay
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
Screenplay
Ghost Pub
Screenplay
Kagero-za
Screenplay
Yumeji
Screenplay
The Shogun Assassins
Screenplay
The Last Ronin
Screenplay
The General and His Empire of Joy
Writer
Love Letter
Screenplay
Hihon: Sode to sode
Screenplay
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Screenplay
Tsumatachi no gogo wa yori: kannō no ori
Screenplay
Luminous Woman
Screenplay
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad 3 -Tears of a Man-
Screenplay
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
Screenplay
The Hell-Fated Courtesan
Screenplay
Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market
Screenplay
Trapped in Lust
Screenplay
Translucent Tree
Screenplay
The Lady in a Black Dress
Screenplay
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
Screenplay
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
Screenplay
Cabaret
Screenplay
Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor
Screenplay
Season of Betrayal
Screenplay
Harry and His Geisha Girls
Story
Secret Chronicle: Crimson Goddess in Paradise
Screenplay
Secret of One Summer
Screenplay
Make-Up
Screenplay
Case of the Disjointed Murder
Screenplay
In the Realm of Sex
Screenplay
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
Screenplay
Secret of the College Girls: Part-Time Sex Pros
Screenplay
Shanghai Rhapsody
Screenplay
Maruhi: Benten gokaichō
Screenplay
Virgin Breaker Yuki
Screenplay
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Writer
Baian the Assassin
Screenplay
The Catch
Screenplay
A Mummy’s Love
Screenplay
Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin
Screenplay
Forbidden Ordeal
Screenplay
Zoku tameiki
Screenplay
Morning Frenzy
Screenplay
Young Beast: Secret Pleasures
Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad
Screenplay
The Accident
Writer
Mrs. Muremure
Screenplay
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
Screenplay
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad 2 -Put on a Good Act-
Screenplay
Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District
Screenplay
The Rivals
Screenplay
New Ghost Pub
Screenplay
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
Screenplay
Handbook on Love
Screenplay