Directing · b. 1908 · Kyoto, Japan

Masahiro Makino

Biography

Masahiro Makino (マキノ 雅弘, Makino Masahiro, February 29, 1908 - October 29, 1993) was a Japanese film director. He directed more than 260 films, primarily in the chanbara and yakuza genres. His real name was Masatada (正唯), but he took the stage name Masahiro, the kanji for which he changed multiple times (including 雅広, 正博, and 雅裕). Masahiro Makino was born in Kyoto, the eldest son of the film director and producer Shōzō Makino, who is often called the father of Japanese cinema. As a youth he acted in over 100 films before debuting as a film director in 1926 at age 18. His critically acclaimed ...

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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang 1972 The Path of the King 1971 Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny 1970 Peonies And Dragons 1970 Woman Boss 1970 Born Fighter 1970 Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo 1969 Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza 1969 The Domain: Flower and Dragon 1969 Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best 1969 Histories of the Chivalrous 1968 Rogue 1968 New Prison Walls of Abashiri 1968 The Domain: Severed Relations 1968 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 1967 The Chivalrous Life 1967 The Domain: Where The Blade Enters 1967 The Domain: White Blade 1967 The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate 1966 The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown 1966 Debt of Honor 1966 Japan's Most Chivalrous 1966 One Man's Chivalry 1965 The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 1965 The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry 1965 The Domain: The Naniwa Story 1965 Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness 1965 The Domain 1964 The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 1964 53 Stages of Action 1963 Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge 1963 The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 1963 The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 1963 Tattoo of Love 1963 Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword 1963 Yakuza Official 1962 Lady Sen and Hideyori 1962 A Revengeful Raid 1962 Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido 1962 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region 1961 Edo Purebreed 1961 Mask of the Moon 1961 Works of the Fish Man 1961 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region 1960 Yakuza of Ina 1960 Runway to Hell 1960 The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor 1960 Evil Man of Edo 1959 Goblin in Stirrups 1959 An Actor's Revenge 1959 Whirlwind Magistrate 1959 Echo in the Mountains 1959 Kanbei's Bargain Sale 1958 The Traveling Ruffian 1958 Bull's Eye of Love 1958 Fighting Disposition 1958 Fearless Opposition 1958 Pure-Hearted Unit 1957 Street of Ronin 1957 Temple of Revenge 1957 Eacape of Fear 1956 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf 1955 Blood Festival of Akagi 1955 Such is Life 1955 Jirocho's New Year 1954 Jirocho in Disgrace 1954 Last of the Wild Ones 1954 Daikichi Konomura 1954 Yakuza bayashi 1954 Jirocho's Home-Coming 1953 Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow 1953 Her Captive Gamblers 1953 Jirocho, the Hunted 1953 Jirocho Begins His Roving Life 1953 Night in Hawaii 1953 The Last Embrace 1953 Zoku Tange Sazen 1953 Tange Sazen 1953 Divorce 1952 Jirocho Rises in Fame 1952 武蔵と小次郎 1952 すっ飛び駕 1952 豪快三人男 1951 The Killing of Otsuya 1951 The Official And The Princess of Thieves 1951 Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom 1950 A Thousand Standards of Stone 1950 Fencing Master 1950 Sugawara denju tenarai kagami 1950 Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood 1949 Golden Devil 1948 Golden Devil Part 2 1948 Ghosts Die at Dawn 1948 Gate of Flesh 1948 Waiting Woman 1946 Iki na fûraibô 1946 Nonkina tosan 1946 Victory Song 1945 Sennichimae fukin 1945 Sinking the Unsinkable 1944 Yasen gungakutai 1944 Miss Hanako 1943 The Opium War 1943 Onna keizu 1942 The Man Who Waited 1942 The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday 1941 Iemitsu and Hikoza 1941 A Man's Flower Road of Triumph 1941 Dancers of Awa 1941 Oda Nobunaga 1940 Zoku Shimizu Minato 1940 Singing Lovebirds 1939 Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary 1938 Kurama Tengu 1938 Chushingura 1938 honchō kai neko Tsutō 1937 Jiraiya 1937 Echo of Love 1937 Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba 1937 Goronbo-gai 1936 Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta 1936 Banquet Under the Midnight Sun 1932 Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito 1929 Samurai Town Story Part II 1929 Beheading Place 1929 The Demon at the Modoribashi Bridge 1929 Keai-dori 1928 Samurai Town Story Part I 1928 Sozenji Baba 1928
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