About
Masahiro Makino
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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1928 | Raiden | Actor | Docotr Chikuan | 59 Average |
1921 | Nabeshima nekô sôdô | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1916 | Kaiketsu Ondo maru | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1916 | Arima no nekô sôdô | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1914 | Monster-Cat of Sanno | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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1990 | Ronin-gai | Directing | Co-Director | 59 Average |
1972 | The Shin Hasegawa Series | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1971 | The Path of the King | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1970 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1970 | Born Fighter | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1970 | Peonies And Dragons | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1970 | Woman Boss | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1969 | Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1969 | Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1969 | The Domain: Flower and Dragon | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1969 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1968 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1968 | Rogue | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1968 | Histories of the Chivalrous | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1968 | The Domain: Severed Relations | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Domain: Where The Blade Enters | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1967 | Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1967 | The Chivalrous Life | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1967 | The Domain: White Blade | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1966 | Debt of Honor | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1966 | The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1966 | Japan's Most Chivalrous | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1966 | The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1965 | One Man's Chivalry | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1965 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1965 | The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1965 | The Domain: The Naniwa Story | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1964 | The Domain | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1964 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1963 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1963 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1963 | Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1963 | Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1963 | Tattoo of Love | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1963 | 53 Stages of Action | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1962 | A Revengeful Raid | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1962 | Yakuza Official | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1962 | Lady Sen and Hideyori | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1962 | Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1961 | Works of the Fish Man | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1961 | Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1961 | Mask of the Moon | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1961 | Edo Purebreed | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1960 | Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1960 | The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1960 | Runway to Hell | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1960 | Yakuza of Ina | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1959 | An Actor's Revenge | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1959 | Evil Man of Edo | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1959 | Echo in the Mountains | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1959 | Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1959 | Goblin in Stirrups | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1958 | Fighting Disposition | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1958 | Kanbei's Bargain Sale | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Traveling Ruffian | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1958 | Fearless Opposition | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1958 | Bull's Eye of Love | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1957 | Temple of Revenge | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1957 | Street of Ronin | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1957 | Pure-Hearted Unit | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1955 | Such is Life | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1955 | Blood Festival of Akagi | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1955 | Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1954 | Daikichi Konomura | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1954 | Jirocho in Disgrace | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1954 | Yakuza bayashi | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1954 | Last of the Wild Ones | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1954 | Jirocho's New Year | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1953 | Jirocho, the Hunted | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1953 | Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1953 | Jirocho's Home-Coming | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1953 | Her Captive Gamblers | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1953 | The Last Embrace | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1953 | Night in Hawaii | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1953 | Jirocho Begins His Roving Life | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1952 | Jirocho Rises in Fame | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1952 | 武蔵と小次郎 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1952 | Divorce | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1951 | 豪快三人男 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1951 | The Killing of Otsuya | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1951 | The Official And The Princess of Thieves | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1950 | A Thousand Standards of Stone | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1950 | Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1950 | Fencing Master | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1950 | Sugawara denju tenarai kagami | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1949 | Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1948 | Ghosts Die at Dawn | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1948 | Gate of Flesh | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1948 | Golden Devil Part 2 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1948 | Golden Devil | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1946 | Nonkina tosan | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1946 | Waiting Woman | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1946 | Iki na fûraibô | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1945 | Sennichimae fukin | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1945 | Victory Song | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1944 | Sinking the Unsinkable | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1943 | Miss Hanako | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1943 | The Opium War | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1942 | Onna keizu | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1942 | The Man Who Waited | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1941 | A Man's Flower Road of Triumph | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1941 | Dancers of Awa | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1941 | Iemitsu and Hikoza | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1941 | The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1940 | Zoku Shimizu Minato | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1940 | Oda Nobunaga | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1939 | Singing Lovebirds | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1938 | Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1938 | Chushingura | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1938 | Kurama Tengu | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1937 | Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1937 | Jiraiya | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1937 | Echo of Love | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1937 | honchō kai neko Tsutō | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1936 | Goronbo-gai | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1936 | Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1932 | Banquet Under the Midnight Sun | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1929 | Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1929 | Beheading Place | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1929 | Samurai Town Story Part II | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1928 | Sozenji Baba | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1928 | Samurai Town Story Part I | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1928 | Keai-dori | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1925 | 中山安兵衛 | Directing | Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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1970 | Woman Boss | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1969 | Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1969 | Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1965 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1964 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1963 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1963 | The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1963 | 53 Stages of Action | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1962 | A Revengeful Raid | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1962 | Yakuza Official | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1961 | Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1960 | Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1960 | Yakuza of Ina | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1958 | The Traveling Ruffian | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1958 | Bull's Eye of Love | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1957 | Street of Ronin | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1955 | Such is Life | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1954 | Daikichi Konomura | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1954 | Yakuza bayashi | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1941 | Dancers of Awa | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1936 | Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
Production |
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1946 | Iki na fûraibô | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1945 | Victory Song | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1945 | The Sword | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |