Masahiro Makino
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
164
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-02-29
Place of Birth
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, マキノ雅裕, マキノ雅広
Known For
Monster-Cat of Sanno
Nabeshima nekô sôdô
Arima no nekô sôdô
Kaiketsu Ondo maru
Raiden
Histories of the Chivalrous
53 Stages of Action
Keai-dori
Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito
Goronbo-gai
Waiting Woman
Singing Lovebirds
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
Evil Man of Edo
Samurai Town Story Part II
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Yakuza Official
Divorce
honchō kai neko Tsutō
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
Kurama Tengu
Oda Nobunaga
Jirocho Rises in Fame
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Jiraiya
Peonies And Dragons
Goblin in Stirrups
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Miss Hanako
武蔵と小次郎
One Man's Chivalry
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Samurai Town Story Part I
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Sozenji Baba
Rogue
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
The Domain
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
Onna keizu
Last of the Wild Ones
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Jirocho's New Year
Her Captive Gamblers
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
Jirocho, the Hunted
Jirocho in Disgrace
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Yakuza of Ina
A Thousand Standards of Stone
The Path of the King
Blood Festival of Akagi
Such is Life
Fencing Master
Pure-Hearted Unit
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
Sinking the Unsinkable
A Revengeful Raid
Echo of Love
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
An Actor's Revenge
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Runway to Hell
豪快三人男
Victory Song
Kanbei's Bargain Sale
Golden Devil
Golden Devil Part 2
Whirlwind Magistrate
Edo Purebreed
Street of Ronin
The Traveling Ruffian
Zoku Shimizu Minato
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
Iemitsu and Hikoza
The Man Who Waited
Night in Hawaii
Mask of the Moon
Bull's Eye of Love
Echo in the Mountains
The Last Embrace
The Chivalrous Life
Sennichimae fukin
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
Daikichi Konomura
Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Beheading Place
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Tattoo of Love
Iki na fûraibô
Nonkina tosan
Yakuza bayashi
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
Woman Boss
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Fighting Disposition
Chushingura
Born Fighter
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Gate of Flesh
The Killing of Otsuya
Dancers of Awa
The Opium War
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
The Domain: White Blade
The Domain: Severed Relations
Debt of Honor
Works of the Fish Man
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
Temple of Revenge
Japan's Most Chivalrous
The Official And The Princess of Thieves
Fearless Opposition
Zoku Tange Sazen
Suttobi kago
Tange Sazen
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
Field Army Orchestra
Eacape of Fear
The Demon at the Modoribashi Bridge
Grease Paint Serenade
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
The Man Who Came to the Harbor Festival
Irogotoshi harudanji