Akinori Matsuo
- Directing
- November 5, 1928 · Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- July 12, 2010
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Warlord of the Underworld · Director
- Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu · Director
- Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief · Director
- Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy · Director, Screenplay
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 8 · Director
- Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death · Director
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 7 · Director
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 6 · Director
- Kazu no Fūkei · Director
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 4 · Director
- The Inugami Family · Director
- Miyamoto Musashi · Director
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 3 · Director
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 2 · Director
- The Notorious Bored Samurai · Director
- The Retired Samurai · Director
- Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu · Director
- Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches · Director
- The Fugitive Samurai · Director
- Masked Blade · Director
- 松本清張のかげろう絵図 · Director
- The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn · Director
- Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell · Director
- Shadow Warriors · Director
- Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police · Director
- The Okinawa War of Ten Years · Director
- Gambling Code and Feuds · Director
- Special Crime Investigation Front · Director
- The Lady Professional · Director
- Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life · Director
- Greatest Boss of Japan · Director
- Thirteen Times a Loser · Director
- Penitentiary Brothers · Director
- Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell · Director
- Family Crest: Die Like a Man · Director
- I Shall Not Forget · Director, Screenplay
- Three Rogues · Director
- Duel in the Storm · Director
- Dice and Swords · Director, Screenplay
- The Debt of Blood · Director, Screenplay
- Asia-Pol · Director
- The Reckless One · Director
- Asiapol Secret Service · Director
- Watashi, chigatteiru kashira · Director
- Love and Desire in the Night Mist · Director
- A World For Two · Director, Screenplay
- The Dragon and the Tiger · Director
- In Tears · Director
- Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze · Director, Screenplay
- The Eternal Life · Director
- Kaze to Ki to Sora to · Director
- Sunset Hill · Director
- Fight of the Gamblers · Director
- The Dragon Crest · Director
- Tale on Kanto Chivalry · Director
- The Symbol of a Man · Director
- Badge of the Night · Director
- Utau abarenbō · Director
- Rainbow Over Kinmon · Director
- The Man From the Sea · Director
- The President's Son · Director
- A Rampage Full of Dreams · Director
- Angel and the Outlaw · Director
- Ningen Gari · Director
- Zurari oretacha yōjinbō · Director
- Gun of Nosappu · Director
- Seven Challengers · Director
- Good-for-nothing Guy · Director
- Pacific Porters · Director
- For This We Fight · Director
- Yakuza sensei · Director, Screenplay
- The Lost Diamond · Director
- Knock Down · Director
- When a Man Risks His Life · Screenplay, Director
- The Wild Reporter · Director, Screenplay
- Yuganda tsuki · Director
- Young Panther · Director
- Abashiri Prison · Director, Screenplay
- I Will Challenge · Director, Screenplay
- Crimson Wings · Screenplay, Assistant Director