Akinori Matsuo
Born: 1928-11-05 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2010-07-12
Known For: Directing
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).
Filmography
1998
- Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu ... (Director)
- Warlord of the Underworld ... (Director)
1997
- Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief ... (Director)
1993
- Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy ... (Director)
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 8 ... (Director)
- Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death ... (Director)
1992
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 7 ... (Director)
1991
- Kazu no Fūkei ... (Director)
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 6 ... (Director)
1990
- Miyamoto Musashi ... (Director)
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 4 ... (Director)
1989
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 3 ... (Director)
1988
- The Notorious Bored Samurai ... (Director)
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 2 ... (Director)
1987
- Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu ... (Director)
- The Retired Samurai ... (Director)
1986
- Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches ... (Director)
1984
- The Fugitive Samurai ... (Director)
1983
- Masked Blade ... (Director)
- 松本清張のかげろう絵図 ... (Director)
1982
- The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn ... (Director)
- Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell ... (Director)
1980
- Shadow Warriors ... (Director)
1979
- Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police ... (Director)
1978
- The Okinawa War of Ten Years ... (Director)
1977
- Special Crime Investigation Front ... (Director)
- Gambling Code and Feuds ... (Director)
1971
- The Lady Professional ... (Director)
- Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life ... (Director)
1970
- Greatest Boss of Japan ... (Director)
1969
- Family Crest: Die Like a Man ... (Director)
- Penitentiary Brothers ... (Director)
- Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell ... (Director)
- Thirteen Times a Loser ... (Director)
1968
- Three Rogues ... (Director)
- Dice and Swords ... (Director)
- Duel in the Storm ... (Director)
- I Shall Not Forget ... (Director)
1967
- The Reckless One ... (Director)
- Asia-Pol ... (Director)
- The Debt of Blood ... (Director)
1966
- Asiapol Secret Service ... (Director)
- A World For Two ... (Director)
- The Dragon and the Tiger ... (Director)
- Love and Desire in the Night Mist ... (Director)
- Watashi, chigatteiru kashira ... (Director)
1965
- In Tears ... (Director)
- Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze ... (Director)
1964
- Kaze to Ki to Sora to ... (Director)
- The Eternal Life ... (Director)
- Sunset Hill ... (Director)
1963
- Fight of the Gamblers ... (Director)
- The Dragon Crest ... (Director)
- Badge of the Night ... (Director)
- The Symbol of a Man ... (Director)
- Tale on Kanto Chivalry ... (Director)
1962
- A Rampage Full of Dreams ... (Director)
- Ningen Gari ... (Director)
- Angel and the Outlaw ... (Director)
- Rainbow Over Kinmon ... (Director)
- The Man From the Sea ... (Director)
- Utau abarenbō ... (Director)
- The President's Son ... (Director)
1961
- Pacific Porters ... (Director)
- Gun of Nosappu ... (Director)
- For This We Fight ... (Director)
- Zurari oretacha yōjinbō ... (Director)
- Good-for-nothing Guy ... (Director)
- Seven Challengers ... (Director)
1960
- The Lost Diamond ... (Director)
- Knock Down ... (Director)
- Yakuza sensei ... (Director)
1959
- The Wild Reporter ... (Director)
- Yuganda tsuki ... (Director)
- Wakai hyou no mure ... (Director)
- I Will Challenge ... (Director)
- Abashiri Prison ... (Director)
- When a Man Risks His Life ... (Screenplay)
1958
- Crimson Wings ... (Screenplay)
1957
- I Am Waiting ... (Assistant Director)
- Who's the Real Killer ... (Assistant Director)
- Streetlights ... (Assistant Director)
1956
- Our Town ... (First Assistant Director)
- Frankie the Milkman ... (Assistant Director)
- Drums Love and Dreams ... (Assistant Director)