About

Known credits:
119
Birthday:
1927-10-05
Place of birth:
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Website:
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Toshio Masuda

Overview

Toshio Masuda (born October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu Company. He was their top director of action films and worked with the company's top stars, including Yujiro Ishihara with whom he made 25 films. After the breakdown of the studio system, he moved on to a succession of big-budget movies including the American-Japanese co-production Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and the science fiction epic Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974). He worked on such anime productions as the Space Battleship Yamato series. His corporate drama Company Funeral (1989) earned him a Japanese Academy Award nomination and wins at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mainichi Film Awards. In Japan, his films are well remembered by fans and called genre landmarks by critics. He remains little known abroad save for rare exceptions of his post-Nikkatsu work such as Tora! Tora! Tora!. However, a number of his films were screened in a 2005 Nikkatsu Action Cinema retrospective in Italy and a few have since made their way to the United States. At the age of 81, he is currently prepping to helm Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen (2009).

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Known for

Acting
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus Actor Voice 58
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Directing
1994 Father and Son Hawk Directing Director N/A
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1993 Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon Directing Director N/A
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1992 Heavenly Sin Directing Director 58
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1992 The Unruly Ronin's Journey II Directing Director N/A
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1992 Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan Directing Director N/A
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1991 Sure Death 5 Directing Director N/A
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1991 The Great Shogunate Battle Directing Director 58
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1991 Dohten Directing Director N/A
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1990 Minamoto Yoshitsune Directing Director N/A
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1990 Miyamoto Musashi Directing Director N/A
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1989 Company Executives Directing Director 58
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1989 Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger Directing Director N/A
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1987 This Story of Love Directing Director N/A
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1987 Tokyo Blackout Directing Director 58
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1985 Vendetta of Obligation Directing Director N/A
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1985 Odin: Starlight Mutiny Directing Director 58
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1985 Love: Starting on a Journey Directing Director 58
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1984 Zero Directing Director 58
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1983 L・O・V・I・N・G Directing Director N/A
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1983 Battle Anthem Directing Director 58
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1982 Future War 198X Directing Director 59
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1982 Highteen Boogie Directing Director N/A
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1982 The Imperial Japanese Empire Directing Director 58
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1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth Directing Director N/A
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1981 The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? Directing Director N/A
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1980 Port Arthur Directing Director 59
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1980 Be Forever Yamato Directing Director 59
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1979 Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage Directing Director 58
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1978 Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato Directing Director 59
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1977 Space Battleship Yamato Directing Director 59
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1976 Human Revolution II Directing Director N/A
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1974 My Blood is the Blood of Others Directing Director N/A
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1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus Directing Director 58
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1973 The Human Revolution Directing Director N/A
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1972 Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny Directing Director 59
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1972 Shadow Hunters Directing Director 59
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1972 Sword and Flower Directing Director N/A
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1972 Chase That Man Directing Director N/A
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1971 Farewell to the Code Directing Director N/A
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1970 Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji Directing Director N/A
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1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Directing Director 65
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1969 The Cleanup Directing Director N/A
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1969 The Fatal Raid Directing Director N/A
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1969 Exiled to Hell Directing Director N/A
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1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps Directing Director N/A
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1968 Man of a Stormy Era Directing Director N/A
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1968 Song of my Life Directing Director N/A
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1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP Directing Director 59
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1967 Velvet Hustler Directing Director 59
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1967 The Man of Victory Directing Director N/A
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1966 Challenge for Glory Directing Director N/A
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1966 The Stormy Man Directing Director N/A
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1966 Kill the Night Rose Directing Director N/A
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1966 Blood Shed Directing Director N/A
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1965 Showdown in the Red Valley Directing Director N/A
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1965 Taking the Castle Directing Director N/A
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1964 Jinsei Gekijo Directing Director N/A
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1964 Red Handkerchief Directing Director 59
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1963 Prince of Wolves Directing Director N/A
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1962 Hana to ryu Directing Director N/A
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1962 Hitoribotchi no futari daga Directing Director N/A
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1962 零戦黒雲一家 Directing Director N/A
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1962 Keep Your Chin Up Directing Director N/A
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1962 Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi Directing Director N/A
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1961 Lost in the Sun Directing Director N/A
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1961 Where the Horizon Meets the Sun Directing Director N/A
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1961 Hotbed of Crime Directing Director N/A
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1960 Man at the Bullfight Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Day of Youth Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Poem of the Blue Star Directing Director N/A
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1959 The Sky Is Mine Directing Director N/A
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1959 A Man Explodes Directing Director N/A
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1959 We Live Today Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Perfect Game Directing Director 59
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1958 Red Pier Directing Director 59
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1958 Rusty Knife Directing Director 59
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1957 The Eagle and the Hawk Directing Assistant Director 59
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1957 Dancing Sisters Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1956 Nikoyon monogatari Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1956 The Burmese Harp Directing Assistant Director 63
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1955 The Heart Directing Assistant Director 59
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Writing
1991 Dohten Writing Screenplay N/A
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1987 Tokyo Blackout Writing Writer 58
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1985 Love: Starting on a Journey Writing Screenplay 58
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1983 Final Yamato Writing Screenplay 59
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1982 Highteen Boogie Writing Writer N/A
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1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth Writing Screenplay N/A
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1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth Writing Adaptation N/A
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1981 The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? Writing Writer N/A
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1980 Be Forever Yamato Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1979 Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage Writing Writer 58
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1978 Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato Writing Screenplay 59
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1978 Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato Writing Original Story 59
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1977 High Seas Hijack Writing Screenplay 59
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1975 Conflagration Writing Writer 58
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1974 My Blood is the Blood of Others Writing Screenplay N/A
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1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus Writing Screenplay 58
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1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus Writing Adaptation 58
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1969 The Fatal Raid Writing Screenplay N/A
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1969 Exiled to Hell Writing Screenplay N/A
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1968 Man of a Stormy Era Writing Screenplay N/A
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1967 Velvet Hustler Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Man of Victory Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 Challenge for Glory Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 Blood Shed Writing Screenplay N/A
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1965 Taking the Castle Writing Screenplay N/A
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1964 Red Handkerchief Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 零戦黒雲一家 Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi Writing Screenplay N/A
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1961 Hotbed of Crime Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 Man at the Bullfight Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 Red Pier Writing Writer 59
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1958 Rusty Knife Writing Writer 59
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1957 The Champion Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 Lunar Eclipse Writing Writer N/A
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1956 Evil Reward Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1979 Triton of the Sea Production Supervising Producer 58
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Crew
1970 Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty Crew Cinematography N/A
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