Biography
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.
Filmography
all 135
Movies 134
Director 125
Producer 4
TV Shows 1

Ronin-gai (1990)

The Shin Hasegawa Series (1972)

The Path of the King (1971)

Born Fighter (1970)

Peonies And Dragons (1970)

Woman Boss (1970)

Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best (1969)

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza (1969)

Rogue (1968)

The Chivalrous Life (1967)

The Domain: White Blade (1967)

Debt of Honor (1966)

Japan's Most Chivalrous (1966)

One Man's Chivalry (1965)

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 (1965)

The Domain (1964)

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 (1964)

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 (1963)

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 (1963)

Tattoo of Love (1963)

53 Stages of Action (1963)

A Revengeful Raid (1962)

Yakuza Official (1962)

Lady Sen and Hideyori (1962)

Works of the Fish Man (1961)

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region (1961)

Mask of the Moon (1961)

Edo Purebreed (1961)

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region (1960)

Runway to Hell (1960)

Yakuza of Ina (1960)

An Actor's Revenge (1959)

Evil Man of Edo (1959)

Echo in the Mountains (1959)

Whirlwind Magistrate (1959)

Goblin in Stirrups (1959)

Fighting Disposition (1958)

Kanbei's Bargain Sale (1958)

The Traveling Ruffian (1958)

Fearless Opposition (1958)

Bull's Eye of Love (1958)

Temple of Revenge (1957)

Street of Ronin (1957)

Pure-Hearted Unit (1957)

Such is Life (1955)

Blood Festival of Akagi (1955)

Daikichi Konomura (1954)

Jirocho in Disgrace (1954)

Yakuza bayashi (1954)

Last of the Wild Ones (1954)

Jirocho's New Year (1954)

Jirocho, the Hunted (1953)

続・丹下左膳 (1953)

Jirocho's Home-Coming (1953)

Her Captive Gamblers (1953)

The Last Embrace (1953)

Night in Hawaii (1953)

Jirocho Rises in Fame (1952)

武蔵と小次郎 (1952)

すっ飛び駕 (1952)

Divorce (1952)

豪快三人男 (1951)

The Killing of Otsuya (1951)

Fencing Master (1950)

Ghosts Die at Dawn (1948)

Gate of Flesh (1948)

Golden Devil Part 2 (1948)

Golden Devil (1948)

Nonkina tosan (1946)

Waiting Woman (1946)

Iki na fûraibô (1946)

Sennichimae fukin (1945)

Victory Song (1945)

The Sword (1945)

Sinking the Unsinkable (1944)

Miss Hanako (1943)

The Opium War (1943)

Onna keizu (1942)

The Man Who Waited (1942)

Dancers of Awa (1941)

Iemitsu and Hikoza (1941)

Zoku Shimizu Minato (1940)

Oda Nobunaga (1940)

Singing Lovebirds (1939)

Chushingura (1938)

Kurama Tengu (1938)

Jiraiya (1937)

Echo of Love (1937)

honchō kai neko Tsutō (1937)

Goronbo-gai (1936)

Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta (1936)

Beheading Place (1929)

Sozenji Baba (1928)

Raiden (1928)

Keai-dori (1928)

中山安兵衛 (1925)
Information
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-02-29
Deathday
1993-10-29 (85 years old)
Birth Name
牧野 正唯
Birth Place
Kamigyō-ku, Japan
Relationships
Yukiko Todoroki (1940 - 1950)
Children
Masayuki Makino, Sayoko Makino
Father
Shōzō Makino
Siblings
Sadatsugu Matsuda, Tomoko Makino
Citizenships
Japan, Empire of Japan
Also Known As
Masatada Makino, Daikichi Risshun, マキノ 雅弘, マキノ正博, 観世光太, マキノ正唯, マキノ雅裕, マキノ雅広
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