Akinori Matsuo
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).
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Movies (78)
Warlord of the Underworld
1998 · Director
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993 · Screenplay, Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1993 · Director
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993 · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
1992 · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991 · Director
Kazu no Fūkei
1991 · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 4
1990 · Director
The Inugami Family
1990 · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
1989 · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988 · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988 · Director
The Retired Samurai
1987 · Director
The Fugitive Samurai
1984 · Director
松本清張のかげろう絵図
1983 · Director
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982 · Director
Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
1982 · Director
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
1979 · Director
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1978 · Director
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977 · Director
The Lady Professional
1971 · Director
Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
1971 · Director
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970 · Director
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969 · Director
Penitentiary Brothers
1969 · Director
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969 · Director
Family Crest: Die Like a Man
1969 · Director
I Shall Not Forget
1968 · Director, Screenplay
Three Rogues
1968 · Director
Duel in the Storm
1968 · Director
Dice and Swords
1968 · Director, Screenplay
The Debt of Blood
1967 · Director, Screenplay
Asia-Pol
1967 · Director
The Reckless One
1967 · Director
Asiapol Secret Service
1966 · Director
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966 · Director
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966 · Director
A World For Two
1966 · Director, Screenplay
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966 · Director
In Tears
1965 · Director
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1965 · Director, Screenplay
The Eternal Life
1964 · Director
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1964 · Director
Sunset Hill
1964 · Director
Fight of the Gamblers
1963 · Director
The Dragon Crest
1963 · Director
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963 · Director
The Symbol of a Man
1963 · Director
Badge of the Night
1963 · Director
Utau abarenbō
1962 · Director
Rainbow Over Kinmon
1962 · Director
The Man From the Sea
1962 · Director
The President's Son
1962 · Director
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962 · Director
Angel and the Outlaw
1962 · Director
Ningen Gari
1962 · Director
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961 · Director
Gun of Nosappu
1961 · Director
Seven Challengers
1961 · Director
Good-for-nothing Guy
1961 · Director
Pacific Porters
1961 · Director
For This We Fight
1961 · Director
Yakuza sensei
1960 · Director, Screenplay
The Lost Diamond
1960 · Director
Knock Down
1960 · Director
When a Man Risks His Life
1959 · Screenplay, Director
The Wild Reporter
1959 · Director, Screenplay
Yuganda tsuki
1959 · Director
Young Panther
1959 · Director
Abashiri Prison
1959 · Director, Screenplay
I Will Challenge
1959 · Screenplay, Director
Crimson Wings
1958 · Screenplay, Assistant Director
I Am Waiting
1957 · Assistant Director
Who's the Real Killer
1957 · Assistant Director
Streetlights
1957 · Assistant Director
Frankie the Milkman
1956 · Assistant Director
Our Town
1956 · First Assistant Director
Drums Love and Dreams
1956 · Assistant Director
TV shows (8)
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
1998 · Director
Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
1997 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi
1990 · Director
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
1987 · Director
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
1986 · Director
Masked Blade
1983 · Director
Shadow Warriors
1980 · Director
Special Crime Investigation Front
1977 · Director