Masahiro Makino

Directing·Feb 29, 1908·Kyoto, Japan

Rate

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.

Film	Credit
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang1972 · Director	Director
The Path of the King1971 · Director	Director
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny1970 · Director	Director
Born Fighter1970 · Director	Director
Peonies And Dragons1970 · Director	Director
Woman Boss1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best1969 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Domain: Flower and Dragon1969 · Director	Director
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo1969 · Director	Director
New Prison Walls of Abashiri1968 · Director	Director
Rogue1968 · Director	Director
Histories of the Chivalrous1968 · Director	Director
The Domain: Severed Relations1968 · Director	Director
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters1967 · Director	Director
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 41967 · Director	Director
The Chivalrous Life1967 · Director	Director
The Domain: White Blade1967 · Director	Director
Debt of Honor1966 · Director	Director
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate1966 · Director	Director
Japan's Most Chivalrous1966 · Director	Director
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown1966 · Director	Director
One Man's Chivalry1965 · Director	Director
The Kingdom of Jirocho 41965 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry1965 · Director	Director
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness1965 · Director	Director
Irogotoshi harudanji1965 · Director	Director
The Domain: The Naniwa Story1965 · Director	Director
The Domain1964 · Director	Director
The Kingdom of Jirocho 31964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Kingdom of Jirocho 21963 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Kingdom of Jirocho 11963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword1963 · Director	Director
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge1963 · Director	Director
Tattoo of Love1963 · Director	Director
53 Stages of Action1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Revengeful Raid1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Yakuza Official1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lady Sen and Hideyori1962 · Director	Director
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido1962 · Director	Director
The Man Who Came to the Harbor Festival1961 · Director	Director
Works of the Fish Man1961 · Director	Director
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Mask of the Moon1961 · Director	Director
Edo Purebreed1961 · Director	Director
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region1960 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor1960 · Director	Director
Runway to Hell1960 · Director	Director