Biography
Toshio Masuda (born October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu Company. He was their top director of action films and worked with the company's top stars, including Yujiro Ishihara with whom he made 25 films. After the breakdown of the studio system, he moved on to a succession of big-budget movies including the American-Japanese co-production Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and the science fiction epic Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974). He worked on such anime productions as the Space Battleship Yamato series. His corporate drama Company Funeral (1989) earned him a Japanese Academy Award nomination and wins at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mainichi Film Awards. In Japan, his films are well remembered by fans and called genre landmarks by critics. He remains little known abroad save for rare exceptions of his post-Nikkatsu work such as Tora! Tora! Tora!. However, a number of his films were screened in a 2005 Nikkatsu Action Cinema retrospective in Italy and a few have since made their way to the United States. At the age of 81, he is currently prepping to helm Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Toshio Masuda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed 95
1990s
- 1997
Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows
Director
- 1994
Father and Son Hawk
Director
- 1993
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Director
- 1992
Heavenly Sin
Director
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Director
- 1991
The Great Shogunate Battle
Director
Dohten
Director
- 1990
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Director
Miyamoto Musashi
Director
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
Director
1980s
- 1989
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Director
- 1987
This Story of Love
Director
Tokyo Blackout
Director
- 1986
Katayoku dake no tenshi
Director
- 1985
Vendetta of Obligation
Director
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Director
- 1984
Zero
Director
- 1983
L・O・V・I・N・G
Director
- 1982
Future War 198X
Director
Highteen Boogie
Director
- 1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Director
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
Director
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Director
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
Human Revolution II
Director
- 1974
- 1973
The Human Revolution
Director
- 1972
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Director
Sword and Flower
Director
Chase That Man
Director
- 1971
Law of the Outlaw
Director
Challenge at Dawn
Director
- 1970
Spartan Education
Director
1960s
- 1969
The Cleanup
Director
- 1968
Man of a Stormy Era
Director
- 1967
The Man of Victory
Director
- 1966
Challenge for Glory
Director
Kill the Night Rose
Director
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
Prince of Wolves
Director
- 1962
A City Where Men Live
Director
- 1961
Quiet Man of the Underworld
Director
Hotbed of Crime
Director
- 1960
Man at the Bullfight
Director
Yakuza Song
Director
1950s
- 1959
The Sky Is Mine
Director
We Live Today
Director
- 1958
The Perfect Game
Director
Red Pier
Director
- 1957
The Eagle and the Hawk
Assistant Director
The Champion
Assistant Director
- 1956
Phoenix
Assistant Director
The Burmese Harp
Assistant Director
- 1955
The Heart
Assistant Director
Wrote 38
1990s
- 1991
Dohten
Screenplay
1980s
- 1987
Tokyo Blackout
Writer
- 1985
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Screenplay
- 1983
Final Yamato
Screenplay
- 1982
Highteen Boogie
Writer
- 1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Screenplay, Adaptation
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
Writer
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Writer
- 1978
- 1977
High Seas Hijack
Screenplay
- 1975
Conflagration
Screenplay
- 1974
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
Man of a Stormy Era
Screenplay
- 1967
The Man of Victory
Screenplay
- 1966
Challenge for Glory
Screenplay
- 1965
- 1964
- 1962
A City Where Men Live
Screenplay
- 1961
Hotbed of Crime
Screenplay
- 1960
Man at the Bullfight
Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Red Pier
Writer
- 1957
The Champion
Screenplay
- 1956
Lunar Eclipse
Writer
Evil Reward
Screenplay
- 1955
The Three Faces
Screenplay
Created 2
1990s
- 1992
三国志
Creator
1980s
- 1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
Creator
Acted in 1
1970s
- 1974
Produced 1
1970s
- 1979
Triton of the Sea
Supervising Producer