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Akinori Matsuo

Akinori Matsuo

Director · 1928–2010 · Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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Biography

Akinori Matsuo was born on November 5, 1928 in Japan. Akinori was a director and assistant director, known for Yakuza sensei (1960), Meiji keppûroku: Taka to ôkami (1968) and Tekka no hanamichi (1968). Akinori died on July 12, 2010. Originally named Matsuo Akinori, Ma was one of the Japanese directors who was hired by Shaw Brothers, and soon started the genre of Hong Kong films with a Japanese touch. Together with Inoue Umetsugu and Koh Nakahira (stage-named Yang Shu-Shin), they directed films like "Operation Lipstick" (directed by Inoue), "Interpol" (directed by Nakahira) and "Asia-Pol" (directed by Akinori).

Directed 77

1990s

  1. 1998

    Warlord of the Underworld

    Director

  2. Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Director

  3. 1997

    Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief

    Director

  4. 1993

    Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

    Director

  5. Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

    Director

  6. 1991

    Kazu no Fūkei

    Director

  7. 1990

    The Inugami Family

    Director

  8. Miyamoto Musashi

    Director

1980s

  1. 1987

    The Retired Samurai

    Director

  2. Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

    Director

  3. 1986

    Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches

    Director

  4. 1984

    The Fugitive Samurai

    Director

  5. 1983

    Masked Blade

    Director

  6. 1982

    The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn

    Director

  7. Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell

    Director

  8. 1980

    Shadow Warriors

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police

    Director

  2. 1978

    The Okinawa War of Ten Years

    Director

  3. 1977

    Gambling Code and Feuds

    Director

  4. Special Crime Investigation Front

    Director

  5. 1971

    The Lady Professional

    Director

  6. Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life

    Director

  7. 1970

    Greatest Boss of Japan

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Thirteen Times a Loser

    Director

  2. Penitentiary Brothers

    Director

  3. Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

    Director

  4. Family Crest: Die Like a Man

    Director

  5. 1968

    I Shall Not Forget

    Director

  6. Three Rogues

    Director

  7. Duel in the Storm

    Director

  8. Dice and Swords

    Director

  9. 1967

    The Debt of Blood

    Director

  10. Asia-Pol

    Director

  11. The Reckless One

    Director

  12. 1966

    Asiapol Secret Service

    Director

  13. Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

    Director

  14. Love and Desire in the Night Mist

    Director

  15. A World For Two

    Director

  16. The Dragon and the Tiger

    Director

  17. 1965

    In Tears

    Director

  18. Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze

    Director

  19. 1964

    The Eternal Life

    Director

  20. Kaze to Ki to Sora to

    Director

  21. Sunset Hill

    Director

  22. 1963

    Fight of the Gamblers

    Director

  23. The Dragon Crest

    Director

  24. Tale on Kanto Chivalry

    Director

  25. The Symbol of a Man

    Director

  26. Badge of the Night

    Director

  27. 1962

    Utau abarenbō

    Director

  28. Rainbow Over Kinmon

    Director

  29. The President's Son

    Director

  30. A Rampage Full of Dreams

    Director

  31. Angel and the Outlaw

    Director

  32. Ningen Gari

    Director

  33. 1961

    Zurari oretacha yōjinbō

    Director

  34. Gun of Nosappu

    Director

  35. Seven Challengers

    Director

  36. Good-for-nothing Guy

    Director

  37. Pacific Porters

    Director

  38. For This We Fight

    Director

  39. 1960

    Yakuza sensei

    Director

  40. The Lost Diamond

    Director

  41. Knock Down

    Director

Wrote 12

1990s

  1. 1993

    Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1968

    I Shall Not Forget

    Screenplay

  2. Dice and Swords

    Screenplay

  3. 1967

    The Debt of Blood

    Screenplay

  4. 1966

    A World For Two

    Screenplay

  5. 1965

    Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze

    Screenplay

  6. 1960

    Yakuza sensei

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1959

    When a Man Risks His Life

    Screenplay

  2. The Wild Reporter

    Screenplay

  3. Abashiri Prison

    Screenplay

  4. I Will Challenge

    Screenplay

  5. 1958

    Crimson Wings

    Screenplay