Yōzō Tanaka
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.
Movies (71)
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
2025 · Screenplay
The Last Ronin
2010 · Screenplay
Villon's Wife
2009 · Screenplay
Translucent Tree
2004 · Screenplay
New Ghost Pub
1996 · Screenplay
Ghost Pub
1994 · Screenplay
The Friends
1994 · Screenplay
Yumeji
1991 · Screenplay
Luminous Woman
1987 · Screenplay
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987 · Screenplay
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986 · Writer
Cabaret
1986 · Screenplay
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
1985 · Screenplay
Moment of Demon
1985 · Screenplay
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984 · Screenplay
Make-Up
1984 · Screenplay
The Catch
1983 · Screenplay
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981 · Screenplay
Kagero-za
1981 · Screenplay
Love Letter
1981 · Screenplay
Baian the Assassin
1981 · Screenplay
Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon
1981 · Screenplay
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
1980 · Screenplay
Zigeunerweisen
1980 · Screenplay
The Shogun Assassins
1979 · Screenplay
Secret of One Summer
1979 · Screenplay
The Rivals
1979 · Screenplay
The Inferno
1979 · Screenplay
No Grave for Us
1979 · Screenplay
Forbidden Ordeal
1979 · Screenplay
Young Beast: Secret Pleasures
1978 · Screenplay
Harry and His Geisha Girls
1978 · Story
Mrs. Muremure
1978 · Screenplay
Gate of Flesh
1977 · Screenplay
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
1977 · Screenplay
In the Realm of Sex
1977 · Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad 3 -Tears of a Man-
1977 · Screenplay
Case of the Disjointed Murder
1977 · Screenplay
The General and His Empire of Joy
1977 · Writer
Ah! That Pep Squad 2 -Put on a Good Act-
1976 · Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad
1976 · Screenplay
Tsumatachi no gogo wa yori: kannō no ori
1976 · Screenplay
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976 · Screenplay
Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District
1976 · Screenplay
The Accident
1975 · Writer
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975 · Screenplay
Story of a Nymphomaniac
1975 · Screenplay
Virgin Breaker Yuki
1975 · Screenplay
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
1975 · Screenplay
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
1975 · Screenplay
Hihon: Sode to sode
1974 · Screenplay
Wife to Be Sacrificed
1974 · Screenplay
Morning Frenzy
1974 · Screenplay
Flower & Snake
1974 · Screenplay
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
1974 · Screenplay
Zoku tameiki
1974 · Screenplay
Secret of the College Girls: Part-Time Sex Pros
1974 · Screenplay
Trapped in Lust
1973 · Screenplay
Sigh
1973 · Screenplay
Secret Chronicle: Crimson Goddess in Paradise
1973 · Screenplay
Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor
1973 · Screenplay
Handbook on Love
1973 · Screenplay
The Hell-Fated Courtesan
1973 · Screenplay
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
1973 · Screenplay
College Girls: Sex Equation
1973 · Screenplay
A Mummy’s Love
1973 · Screenplay
Maruhi: Benten gokaichō
1972 · Screenplay
Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market
1972 · Screenplay
Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin
1972 · Screenplay
Branded to Kill
1967 · Screenplay
Season of Betrayal
1966 · Assistant Director, Screenplay
