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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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30 June 1954
Makino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko
04 December 1952
The rise of the famed gambler.
31 March 1938
The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.
22 September 1962
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuza named Eijiro after he runs afoul of the new samurai officials who have taken over his hometown.
25 April 1961
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars.
22 February 1968
The Domain: Severed Relations
12 August 1965
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
27 December 1958
With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend.
03 April 1957
Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period.
15 September 1967
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
28 January 1967
The Domain: White Blade
18 February 1936
A film based on the life of the bakuto Kunisada Chuji
14 July 1937
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen.
09 August 1969
Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
26 August 1950
Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.
15 January 1929
A representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese film").
14 January 1943
The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War.
13 October 1932
In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status.
23 February 1960
Tossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of adventure, not knowing what tomorrow may bring.
25 December 1959
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles).
20 September 1959
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen.
30 January 1965
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own, none are connected other than starring the famous Ken Takakura as the main Character.
10 July 1940
An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.
01 June 1953
The first film in the Daiei series. At the command of Lord Aiba, Tange Sazen targets two famous swords owned by Onozuka Tessai.
09 January 1953
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
19 October 1963
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune.
23 March 1944
Japanese Warmovie
14 November 1928
Sozenji Baba is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Masahiro Makino. It is an ambitious film in which Makino deals with the difficult issue of the agony of a person who killed for revenge.
03 February 1966
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
29 June 1928
Raiden is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Shozo Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda.
17 September 1966
The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.
04 February 1959
Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi and Shinsengumi.
21 June 1961
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Yoshimoto's lender, and Kanehira Akagi, the older brother of the former loan of Mishima, played a challenge.
10 May 1949
The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.
31 December 1950
A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.
30 June 1963
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period.
01 September 1954
A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government.
21 February 1970
Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.
06 March 1969
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence.
15 October 1965
Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a tender is being held to conclude a contract for the construction of the railway.
18 August 1990
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
13 December 1959
A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood.
30 June 1958
Adventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Ishimatsu is strong in righteousness weak to mercy, who falls in love at first sight to a woman just as fiery as he is.
23 April 1942
A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation.
11 June 1942
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
15 January 1957
A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.
11 March 1953
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love.
25 March 1962
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation.
01 November 1955
Japanese drama film.
30 May 1967
Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against other yakuza gangs.
22 September 1970
Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players.
