Akinori Matsuo
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).
On the crew 85
Masked Blade
1983
Shadow Warriors
1980
Special Crime Investigation Front
1977
Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
1997
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
1986
The President's Son
1962
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
Frankie the Milkman
1956
Miyamoto Musashi
1990
Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
1982
I Am Waiting
1957
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
1998
The Debt of Blood
1967
Yakuza sensei
1960
松本清張のかげろう絵図
1983
The Symbol of a Man
1963
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
1987
Warlord of the Underworld
1998
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969
The Lady Professional
1971
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
Pacific Porters
1961
Utau abarenbō
1962
Asia-Pol
1967
Drums Love and Dreams
1956
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Our Town
1956
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993
A World For Two
1966
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1978
Penitentiary Brothers
1969
Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
1971
Rainbow Over Kinmon
1962
Knock Down
1960
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1964
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
For This We Fight
1961
Ningen Gari
1962
Duel in the Storm
1968
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
In Tears
1965
Sunset Hill
1964
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
The Retired Samurai
1987
Crimson Wings
1958
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
Who's the Real Killer
1957
Gun of Nosappu
1961
The Reckless One
1967
The Notorious Bored Samurai 4
1990
Dice and Swords
1968
Yuganda tsuki
1959
Kazu no Fūkei
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
1979
Good-for-nothing Guy
1961
I Shall Not Forget
1968
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
1989
Wakai hyou no mure
1959
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
Angel and the Outlaw
1962
The Man From the Sea
1962
Streetlights
1957
The Lost Diamond
1960
Family Crest: Die Like a Man
1969
I Will Challenge
1959
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1965
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
The Eternal Life
1964
Seven Challengers
1961
The Wild Reporter
1959
Three Rogues
1968
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
Badge of the Night
1963
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
The Dragon Crest
1963
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1993
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
Abashiri Prison
1959
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
1992