Masahiro Makino
Directing
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 nihilistic jidaigeki such as Roningai (1928) made him one of the top Japanese film directors, but his way of shooting films quickly also earned him detractors. For instance, the total time it took to shoot the 1936 film Edo no Ka Oshō was only 28 hours.The critic Sadao Yamane, however, has argued that this fast filming practice also contributed to Makino's speedy, rhythmic film style. Rhythm and tempo are important to his films, and so in his jidaigeki, fight scenes like in Kettō Takadanobaba (1937) could seem like dances, or entire sequences, like in Awa no Odoriko (1941), could be filled with dance. He made musicals like Singing Lovebirds (1939) and even his wartime propaganda films like Hanako-san and Ahen senso (both 1943) could have Busby Berkeley-like musical numbers. After the war, he helmed such popular jidaigeki series as Jirōchō Sangokushi and such ninkyō eiga series as Nihon Kyōkaku-den. He directed his last film in 1972, the retirement film for Junko Fuji, completing a filmography that totaled over 260 films and included films of many genres.
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movieRonin-gai
1990
Co-Director
tvThe Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
Director
movieThe Path of the King
1971
Director
movieBorn Fighter
1970
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moviePeonies And Dragons
1970
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movieWoman Boss
1970
Director
movieRogue
1968
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movieThe Chivalrous Life
1967
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movieThe Domain: White Blade
1967
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movieDebt of Honor
1966
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movieJapan's Most Chivalrous
1966
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movieOne Man's Chivalry
1965
Director
movieIrogotoshi harudanji
1965
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movieThe Domain
1964
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movieTattoo of Love
1963
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movie53 Stages of Action
1963
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movieA Revengeful Raid
1962
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movieYakuza Official
1962
Director
movieLady Sen and Hideyori
1962
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movieWorks of the Fish Man
1961
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movieMask of the Moon
1961
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movieEdo Purebreed
1961
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movieRunway to Hell
1960
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movieYakuza of Ina
1960
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movieAn Actor's Revenge
1959
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movieEvil Man of Edo
1959
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movieEcho in the Mountains
1959
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movieWhirlwind Magistrate
1959
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movieGoblin in Stirrups
1959
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movieFighting Disposition
1958
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movieKanbei's Bargain Sale
1958
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movieThe Traveling Ruffian
1958
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movieFearless Opposition
1958
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movieBull's Eye of Love
1958
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movieTemple of Revenge
1957
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movieStreet of Ronin
1957
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moviePure-Hearted Unit
1957
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movieEacape of Fear
1956
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movieDaikichi Konomura
1954
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movieJirocho in Disgrace
1954
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movieYakuza bayashi
1954
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movieLast of the Wild Ones
1954
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movieJirocho's New Year
1954
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movieJirocho, the Hunted
1953
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movieZoku Tange Sazen
1953
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movieJirocho's Home-Coming
1953
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movieHer Captive Gamblers
1953
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movieTange Sazen
1953
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movieThe Last Embrace
1953
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movieNight in Hawaii
1953
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movieJirocho Rises in Fame
1952
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movie武蔵と小次郎
1952
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movieSuttobi kago
1952
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movieDivorce
1952
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movieGrease Paint Serenade
1952
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movie豪快三人男
1951
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movieThe Killing of Otsuya
1951
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movieFencing Master
1950
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movieGhosts Die at Dawn
1948
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movieGate of Flesh
1948
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movieGolden Devil Part 2
1948
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movieGolden Devil
1948
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movieVictory Song
1945
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movieField Army Orchestra
1944
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movieSinking the Unsinkable
1944
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movieMiss Hanako
1943
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Onna keizu
1942
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movieThe Man Who Waited
1942
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movieDancers of Awa
1941
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movieIemitsu and Hikoza
1941
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movieSinging Lovebirds
1939
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movieChushingura
1938
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movieKurama Tengu
1938
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Jiraiya
1937
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movieEcho of Love
1937
Director
Goronbo-gai
1936
Director
Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito
1929
Director
movieBeheading Place
1929
Director
movieKeai-dori
1928
Director
中山安兵衛
1925
Assistant Director
Writing21
movieWoman Boss
1970
Screenplay
movieThe Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
Screenplay
movieThe Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
Screenplay
movie53 Stages of Action
1963
Screenplay
movieA Revengeful Raid
1962
Screenplay
movieYakuza Official
1962
Screenplay
movieYakuza of Ina
1960
Screenplay
movieThe Traveling Ruffian
1958
Screenplay
movieBull's Eye of Love
1958
Screenplay
movieStreet of Ronin
1957
Screenplay
Such is Life
1955
Screenplay
movieDaikichi Konomura
1954
Screenplay
movieYakuza bayashi
1954
Screenplay
movieDancers of Awa
1941
Writer
Acting5
Production3
movieVictory Song
1945
Producer
movieThe Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945
Executive Producer