Shōzō Makino

Shōzō Makino Trailers

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty Trailer

Shōzō Makino (マキノ省三, Makino Shōzō, September 22, 1878, Kyoto – July 25, 1929) was a Japanese film director, film producer and businessman who is regarded as a pioneering director of Japanese film. In addition, all four of his sons, including Masahiro Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda, went into the film business as either directors or producers, and his grandchildren include the actors Masahiko Tsugawa and Hiroyuki Nagato. Actress Yoko Minamida is a granddaughter-in-law.

Most Popular Shōzō Makino Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

Chushingura: The Truth Trailer (1928)

14 March 1928

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto.

Samurai Town Story Part II Trailer (1929)

15 January 1929

A representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese film").

Edo kaizoku-den : Kagebôshi Trailer (1925)

06 March 1925

Kageboshi, based on the screenplay by Rokuhei Rokuhei Susukita, depicts the life of the ‘jovial thief’, Kageboshi.

Raiden Trailer (1928)

29 June 1928

Raiden is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Shozo Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Keai-dori Trailer (1928)

14 June 1928

Samurai Town Story Part I Trailer (1928)

13 October 1928

All that remains of the first Samurai Town Story is the concluding battle.

The 47 Loyal Ronin Trailer (1910)

01 December 1910

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length.

Hataosa Plate Mansion Trailer (1914)

01 January 1914

Japanese horror movie from 1914.

Life Story of Iwami Jutaro Trailer (1913)

01 April 1913

Japanese horror movie from 1913.

The Okazaki Cat Trailer (1914)

01 April 1914

Okazaki Ghost-Cat movie.

100 Weird Legends of Murumachi Palace Trailer (1914)

01 October 1914

Japanese horror movie from 1914.

Saga no yoru sakura Trailer (1917)

01 January 1917

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Monster-Cat of Sanno Trailer (1914)

01 July 1914

Film about Ghost-cat.

Iwami Jûtarô Trailer (1914)

01 May 1914

Horror short.

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty Trailer (1938)

02 June 1938

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.

Iwami Jûtarô Trailer (1911)

01 August 1911

Horror short.

Iwami Jûtarô: zenpen Trailer (1920)

01 January 1920

The Ground Spider Trailer (1914)

15 January 1914

Japanese horror movie from 1914.

Yotsuya Kaidan Trailer (1912)

10 November 1912

A tale of betrayal, murder and revenge.

Botan Dōrō Trailer (1914)

01 July 1914

Jiraiya the Hero Trailer (1921)

01 February 1921

Jiraiya is some sort of super-ninja with superpowers. He can fly, he can avoid detection by turning himself into a toad, and he has some sort of ability to vanish.

Ahôshige Trailer (1923)

01 January 1923

The Loyal 47 Ronin Trailer (1913)

01 December 1913

Tenjiku Tokubei Trailer (1914)

14 March 1914

Japanese horror movie from 1914.

Cat Chaos at Kamakura Palace Trailer (1914)

01 November 1914

Film about Ghost-cat.

Bancho sarayashiki Trailer (1914)

01 June 1914

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

Battle at Honnôji Temple Trailer (1908)

16 September 1908

In 1908, Director/Producer Shozo Makino (father of Japanese cinema) directed and produced the first dramatic film in Kyoto.

Goban Tadanobu Trailer (1909)

01 January 1909

Period piece debuting Matsunosuke Onoe