Toshio Masuda
Directing
Toshio Masuda (born October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu Company. He was their top director of action films and worked with the company's top stars, including Yujiro Ishihara with whom he made 25 films. After the breakdown of the studio system, he moved on to a succession of big-budget movies including the American-Japanese co-production Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and the science fiction epic Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974). He worked on such anime productions as the Space Battleship Yamato series. His corporate drama Company Funeral (1989) earned him a Japanese Academy Award nomination and wins at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mainichi Film Awards. In Japan, his films are well remembered by fans and called genre landmarks by critics. He remains little known abroad save for rare exceptions of his post-Nikkatsu work such as Tora! Tora! Tora!. However, a number of his films were screened in a 2005 Nikkatsu Action Cinema retrospective in Italy and a few have since made their way to the United States. At the age of 81, he is currently prepping to helm Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Toshio Masuda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Directing94
tvFather and Son Hawk
1994
Director
movieHeavenly Sin
1992
Director
movieSure Death 5
1991
Director
movieDohten
1991
Director
movieMinamoto Yoshitsune
1990
Director
tvMiyamoto Musashi
1990
Director
movieCompany Executives
1989
Director
movieThis Story of Love
1987
Director
movieTokyo Blackout
1987
Director
movieKatayoku dake no tenshi
1986
Director
movieVendetta of Obligation
1985
Director
movieOdin: Starlight Mutiny
1985
Director
movieZero
1984
Director
movieL・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Director
movieBattle Anthem
1983
Director
movieFuture War 198X
1982
Director
movieHighteen Boogie
1982
Director
moviePort Arthur
1980
Director
movieBe Forever Yamato
1980
Director
movieSpace Battleship Yamato
1977
Director
movieHuman Revolution II
1976
Director
movieThe Human Revolution
1973
Director
tvLone Wolf and Cub
1973
Director
movieShadow Hunters
1972
Director
movieSword and Flower
1972
Director
movieChase That Man
1972
Director
movieLaw of the Outlaw
1971
Director
movieChallenge at Dawn
1971
Director
movieSpartan Education
1970
Director
movieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Director
movieThe Cleanup
1969
Director
movieThe Fatal Raid
1969
Director
movieExiled to Hell
1969
Director
movieMan of a Stormy Era
1968
Director
movieSong of my Life
1968
Director
movieOutlaw: Gangster VIP
1968
Director
movieThe Endless Duel
1967
Director
movieVelvet Hustler
1967
Director
movie対決
1967
Director
movieThe Man of Victory
1967
Director
movieChallenge for Glory
1966
Director
movieThe Stormy Man
1966
Director
movieKill the Night Rose
1966
Director
movieBlood Shed
1966
Director
movieWhy Are We Young?
1965
Director
movieTaking the Castle
1965
Director
movieSatsujinsha o Kese
1964
Director
movieJinsei Gekijo
1964
Director
movieRed Handkerchief
1964
Director
moviePrince of Wolves
1963
Director
movieEscape into Terror
1963
Director
movie零戦黒雲一家
1962
Director
movieKeep Your Chin Up
1962
Director
movieLost in the Sun
1961
Director
movieHotbed of Crime
1961
Director
movieMan at the Bullfight
1960
Director
movieThe Brawler
1960
Director
movieThe Day of Youth
1960
Director
movieYakuza Song
1960
Director
movieThe Sky Is Mine
1959
Director
movieA Man Explodes
1959
Director
movieWe Live Today
1959
Director
movieGet Over Her
1959
Director
movieThe Perfect Game
1958
Director
movieRed Pier
1958
Director
movieRusty Knife
1958
Director
movieThe Eagle and the Hawk
1957
Assistant Director
movieThe Champion
1957
Assistant Director
movieDancing Sisters
1957
Assistant Director
movieNikoyon monogatari
1956
Assistant Director
movieThe Burmese Harp
1956
Assistant Director
movieThe Heart
1955
Assistant Director
Writing36
movieDohten
1991
Screenplay
movieTokyo Blackout
1987
Writer
movieLove: Starting on a Journey
1985
Screenplay
movieFinal Yamato
1983
Screenplay
movieHighteen Boogie
1982
Writer
movieThe Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
Screenplay, Adaptation
movieBe Forever Yamato
1980
Screenplay
movieFarewell to Space Battleship Yamato
1978
Screenplay, Original Story
movieHigh Seas Hijack
1977
Screenplay
movieConflagration
1975
Screenplay
movieMy Blood is the Blood of Others
1974
Screenplay
movieProphecies of Nostradamus
1974
Screenplay, Adaptation
movieThe Fatal Raid
1969
Screenplay
movieExiled to Hell
1969
Screenplay
movieMan of a Stormy Era
1968
Screenplay
movieThe Endless Duel
1967
Screenplay
movieVelvet Hustler
1967
Writer
movie対決
1967
Screenplay
movieThe Man of Victory
1967
Screenplay
movieChallenge for Glory
1966
Screenplay
movieBlood Shed
1966
Screenplay
movieWhy Are We Young?
1965
Screenplay
movieTaking the Castle
1965
Screenplay
movieRed Handkerchief
1964
Screenplay
movie零戦黒雲一家
1962
Screenplay
movieOtoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
Screenplay
movieHotbed of Crime
1961
Screenplay
movieMan at the Bullfight
1960
Screenplay
movieGet Over Her
1959
Screenplay
movieRed Pier
1958
Writer
movieRusty Knife
1958
Writer
movieThe Champion
1957
Screenplay
movieLunar Eclipse
1956
Writer
movieEvil Reward
1956
Screenplay
Creator2
tv三国志
1992
Creator
Acting1
Production1
movieTriton of the Sea
1979
Supervising Producer