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Akinori Matsuo was born on November 5, 1928 in Japan. Akinori was a director and assistant director, known for Yakuza sensei (1960), Meiji keppûroku: Taka to ôkami (1968) and Tekka no hanamichi (1968). Akinori died on July 12, 2010.
Originally named Matsuo Akinori, Ma was one of the Japanese directors who was hired by Shaw Brothers, and soon started the genre of Hong Kong films with a Japanese touch. Together with Inoue Umetsugu and Koh Nakahira (stage-named Yang Shu-Shin), they directed films like "Operation Lipstick" (directed by Inoue), "Interpol" (directed by Nakahira) and "Asia-Pol" (directed by Akinori).
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26 May 1992
The great merchant of Kaga Daitokuya , had taken control of the domain with his wealth and by holding onto the weakness of Lord Maeda Tsunanori , and was planning to rule over Japan as well.
07 May 1982
After saving a young Lord from an assassination attempt the Lowly Ronin finds that he is now a wanted man! Accused of being a thief by those that tried to kill the young Lord he must now clear himself of the accusations.
05 February 1982
The second in Norio Nanjo’s “Secret” series. The former secret phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and Yume no Gosuke (Ashiya Gannosuke), who escaped after clashing with their superiors, travel to the castle town of Kurume in Kyushu.
26 July 1969
Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.
13 February 1957
A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.
22 October 1957
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
01 December 1979
A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people, they are dedicated to fighting evil till the end.
01 July 1971
Lily Ho as a deadly assassin becomes the target of murder herself
29 December 1988
The Satsuma clan conspires with key figures in the shogunate to overthrow the government. However, the head inspector, Naito Yamashiro no Kami, cannot find the sworn statement of rebellion and takes responsibility by ending his own life.
03 November 1962
Three years had passed since Ichiro Takeo left Japan. He was a young physician with a promising future, until his medical error caused the death of a big-shot politician.
23 January 1962
A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.
14 January 1961
1961 Japanese movie
16 June 1959
A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga, now adapted for the screen.
03 July 1957
Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
05 December 1956
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a distant relative of his runs, he encounters the most strangest of clientele.
27 August 1977
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies.
03 June 1978
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete.
30 October 1964
This moving movie depicts the preciousness of life through the interaction between a man with a dark past and a boy battling illness.
13 January 1968
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up.
13 May 1961
1961 Japanese movie
30 March 1991
Suspense TV movie based on the novel by Seicho Matsumoto, starring Ikko Furuya.
18 June 1960
Two men perform a robbery on an airplane before parachuting to safety, and a newspaper reporter attempts to solve the crime.
10 August 1989
One night, Sawatari Shusui saves a geisha named Osode from a ninja attack. Osode's mother is said to be carrying the child of the shogun, Tsunayoshi, and has hidden herself on Hachijo Island.
27 September 1959
Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit suicide, though Toshio was able to save the lives of their two children.
02 May 1959
Also Known As: Abashiri Native Ground
27 March 1993
Bored Hatamoto film
11 February 1962
1962 Japanese movie
09 July 1961
One vow, seven faces! If you don't want to live, get together! Hot-blooded fellows challenging the darkness of the big city! Seven men, each with an unusual character and background, daringly challenge the corrupt bosses who plague the jazz world with violence and intrigue, and unleash the iron fist of justice in this white-hot, action-filled story.
23 June 1967
Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter attack, ruthlessly eliminating their own operatives and destroying most of the shipment before it can be confiscated.
10 December 1966
A major international action film filmed on location in Hong Kong, depicting the activities of Asian Interpol, the Asian branch of a secret police organization that pursues global criminal organizations.
11 August 1988
Mondosuke ventures alone into the land of Nagasaki. There, he encounters young lady named Kinue, the daughter of Nagasaki's former magistrate office constable, Shusuke Kaneko.
27 January 1961
Tetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Captain Jim's intoxication.
12 July 1964
A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of waves with her outspoken personality and behavior in this charming coming-of-age blockbuster.
14 July 1963
A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict.
25 February 1966
On a passenger ship to Japan, the journalist Kawase encounters a man who claims to be a Filipino, but Kawase believes he is a murder suspect who fled Japan fifteen years ago, Hojo Shuichi.
15 August 1991
Sawatari Shusui was told about 7,000 ryo of buried gold by Osuke, who claimed to be a princess of the Fujiwara family.
10 September 1987
Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger.
29 April 1964
A yakuza falls in love with his brother's mistress while he is serving his sentence, and hides out in Hakodate to wait for her.
08 July 1962
Japanese action film.
26 December 1962
1962 Japanese movie
27 March 1993
The two ronin that Sawatari Mondonosuke saved were secret envoys from Ryukyu. They could not stand the tyranny of the Satsuma clan and were trying to appeal to the shogunate.
12 July 1993
The crescent shaped scar on his forehead is a license given him by the Shogun to kill anyone he deems to be a villain.
29 May 1990
A marriage proposal from the Kishu family is presented to Kikuji, but her brother, Sawatari Shusui, declines it.
01 June 1966
A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.
14 January 1966
A young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old rival. But their rivalry is not only a matter of gambling.
08 October 1969
Mineoka Group executive Okitsu Seiji is imprisoned for the 13th time for attacking rival Kuronuma. While in prison, he learns that the Kuronuma Group has retaliated by killing its leader and seizing territory.
01 August 1968
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman.
03 January 1998
On the day of the festival at Takao Shrine in Koshu, a brawl breaks out at a local gambling den run by the boss, Kansuke of Saruya (played by Zo Ozawa).
15 March 1969
The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the revenge of the youngest one when his siblings were killed by a rival vicious yakuza boss.
01 October 1965
Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage.
28 August 1956
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue.
26 December 1963
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds.
08 April 1959
Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become a champion when, during training, he becomes embroiled in a murder case.
01 April 1962
1962 Japanese movie
24 June 1969
Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss.
18 April 1970
A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.
