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.
Filmography
all 72
Movies 70
Screenplay 62
Writer 8
TV Shows 2
Director 1

Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (2025)

The Last Ronin (2010)

Villon's Wife (2009)

New Ghost Pub (1996)

Ghost Pub (1994)

The Friends (1994)

Yumeji (1991)

Luminous Woman (1987)

The Lady in a Black Dress (1987)

Cabaret (1986)

Moment of Demon (1985)

Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)

Make-Up (1984)

The Catch (1983)

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)

Kagero-za (1981)

Love Letter (1981)

Baian the Assassin (1981)

Woman's Trail: Wet Path (1980)

Zigeunerweisen (1980)

Detective Story (1979)

The Shogun Assassins (1979)

Secret of One Summer (1979)

The Rivals (1979)

The Inferno (1979)

No Grave for Us (1979)

Forbidden Ordeal (1979)

Mrs. Muremure (1978)

Gate of Flesh (1977)

Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar (1977)

In the Realm of Sex (1977)

Ah! That Pep Squad (1976)

Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)

Story of a Nymphomaniac (1975)

Virgin Breaker Yuki (1975)

Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer (1975)

Hihon: Sode to sode (1974)

Morning Frenzy (1974)

Flower & Snake (1974)

Zoku tameiki (1974)

Trapped in Lust (1973)

Sigh (1973)

Handbook on Love (1973)

The Hell-Fated Courtesan (1973)

College Girls: Sex Equation (1973)

A Mummy’s Love (1973)

Maruhi: Benten gokaichō (1972)

Branded to Kill (1967)

Season of Betrayal (1966)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1939-05-17 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As具流八郎, Hachiro Guryu
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
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