Shigeo Tanaka was born on 7 January 1907 in Komikado, Chiba, Japan [now Narita, Chiba, Japan]. He was a director, known for Daikaijû kettô: Gamera tai Barugon (1966), Fûsoku nanajû-go mêtoru (1963) and Sugata Sanshirô (1955). He died on 18 January 1992 in Japan.