Claim: Senkichi Taniguchi married Wakayama, Mizuki and Taniguchi, he directed Snow Trail which starred Toshiro Mifune and established his reputation for action film.
Evidence: Taniguchi married his third wife, actress Kaoru Yachigusa, in 1957. Yachigusa and Taniguchi remained together for over fifty years until his death in 2007.