Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended
Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to
Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to
Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,
Akira Kurosawa. Taniguchi continued to direct movies throughout the 1950s and 1960s, but the quality of his work declined. Senkichi Taniguchi died of
pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo, Japan, on October 29, 2007, at the age of 95. == Filmography ==