Directing
Masahiro Makino
JA, EN cinema · 147 credits
Born
29 February 1908
Died
29 October 1993 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Kyoto, 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
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
Filmography
Ronin-gai
Co-Director
The Path of the King
Director
Peonies And Dragons
Director
Woman Boss
Director, Screenplay
Born Fighter
Director
Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best
Writer, Director
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Director, Screenplay
Rogue
Director
The Chivalrous Life
Director
Debt of Honor
Director
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
Writer, Director
The Domain
Director
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
Writer, Director
53 Stages of Action
Screenplay, Director
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Screenplay, Director
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
Director, Screenplay
Tattoo of Love
Director
Yakuza Official
Director, Screenplay
A Revengeful Raid
Director, Screenplay
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Director, Screenplay
Edo Purebreed
Director
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Director, Writer
Yakuza of Ina
Director, Screenplay
Runway to Hell
Director
Evil Man of Edo
Director
Goblin in Stirrups
Director
An Actor's Revenge
Director
Whirlwind Magistrate
Director
The Traveling Ruffian
Screenplay, Director
Bull's Eye of Love
Screenplay, Director
Fighting Disposition
Director
Pure-Hearted Unit
Director
Street of Ronin
Director, Screenplay
Eacape of Fear
Director
人生とんぼ返り
1955
Such is Life
Director, Screenplay
Jirocho's New Year
Director
Jirocho in Disgrace
Director
Daikichi Konomura
Screenplay, Director
Yakuza bayashi
Director, Screenplay
Her Captive Gamblers
Director
Jirocho, the Hunted
Director
Night in Hawaii
Director
The Last Embrace
Director
Zoku Tange Sazen
Director
Tange Sazen
Director
Divorce
Director
武蔵と小次郎
Director
Suttobi kago
Director
豪快三人男
Director
Fencing Master
Director
Golden Devil
Director
Gate of Flesh
Director
粋な風来坊
1946
Iki na fûraibô
Producer, Director
Victory Song
Director, Producer
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Executive Producer
Field Army Orchestra
Director
Miss Hanako
Director
The Man Who Waited
Director
Dancers of Awa
Director, Writer
世紀は笑ふ
1941
世紀は笑ふ
Director
織田信長
1940
Oda Nobunaga
Director
Singing Lovebirds
Director
Kurama Tengu
Director
Chushingura
Director
自来也
1937
Jiraiya
Director
Echo of Love
Director
国定忠治 信州子守歌
1936
Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta
Screenplay, Director
Beheading Place
Director
雷電
1928
Raiden
as Docotr Chikuan
Keai-dori
Director
中山安兵衛
1925
中山安兵衛
Assistant Director