Masahiro Makino

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-02-29 (85 years old)

Deathday

1993-10-29

Place of Birth

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 nihilistic jidaigeki such as Roningai (1928) made ...

Production

1963

1963

53 Stages of Action

as Screenplay

1963

1928

Keai-dori

as Director

1936

Goronbo-gai

as Director

1946

Waiting Woman

as Director

1939

1953

1959

Evil Man of Edo

as Director

1962

Yakuza Official

as Director

1962

Yakuza Official

as Screenplay

1952

Divorce

as Director

1938

Kurama Tengu

as Director

1940

Oda Nobunaga

as Director

1990

Ronin-gai

as Co-Director

1952

1962

1937

Jiraiya

as Director

1970

1959

1943

Miss Hanako

as Director

1952

1965

1958

1928

Sozenji Baba

as Director

1968

Rogue

as Director

1964

The Domain

as Director

1942

Onna keizu

as Director

1953

1953

1954

1954

1954

1960

Yakuza of Ina

as Director

1971

1958

Bull's Eye of Love

as Screenplay

1955

Such is Life

as Screenplay

1955

Such is Life

as Director

1950

Fencing Master

as Director

1957

1944

1962

1937

Echo of Love

as Director

1959

1960

Runway to Hell

as Director

1951

豪快三人男

as Director

1945

Victory Song

as Director

1958

1948

Golden Devil

as Director

1948

1959

1961

Edo Purebreed

as Director

1957

Street of Ronin

as Director

1957

Street of Ronin

as Screenplay

1958

1940

1941

1942

1953

Night in Hawaii

as Director

1961

Mask of the Moon

as Director

1958

1959

1953

The Last Embrace

as Director

1967

1945

1945

Victory Song

as Producer

1954

1954

Daikichi Konomura

as Screenplay

1929

Beheading Place

as Director

1948

1963

Tattoo of Love

as Director

1946

Iki na fûraibô

as Director

1946

Iki na fûraibô

as Producer

1946

Nonkina tosan

as Director

1954

Yakuza bayashi

as Director

1954

Yakuza bayashi

as Screenplay

1970

Woman Boss

as Director

1970

Woman Boss

as Screenplay

1958

1938

Chushingura

as Director

1970

Born Fighter

as Director

1948

Gate of Flesh

as Director

1963

1960

Yakuza of Ina

as Screenplay

1951

1945

The Sword

as Executive Producer

1962

A Revengeful Raid

as Screenplay

1941

Dancers of Awa

as Director

1943

The Opium War

as Director

1941

1966

Debt of Honor

as Director

1961

1957

1958

1925

中山安兵衛

as Assistant Director

1953

Zoku Tange Sazen

as Director

1952

すっ飛び駕

as Director

1953

Tange Sazen

as Director

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