 The dozen works with Tasuke's name in the title include the 1930 Chiezō Kataoka portrayal in the Nikkatsu film "Isshin Tasuke," directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.Akira Kurosawa wrote the screenplay for the 1945 "Appare Isshin Taskue" starring Kenichi Enomoto (directed by Kiyoshi Saeki for Toho).Kabuki actor Kinnosuke Nakamura (Yorozuya) starred in five of a series of six movies for Toei (Katsuo Nakamura portrayed the hero in the other).