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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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Directing

1956

[ ] Frankie the Milkman (Assistant Director)
[ ] Our Town (First Assistant Director)

1957

[ ] Who's the Real Killer (Assistant Director)
[ ] I Am Waiting (Assistant Director)
[ ] Streetlights (Assistant Director)

1958

[ ] Crimson Wings (Assistant Director)

1959

[ ] The Wild Reporter (Director)
[ ] Yuganda tsuki (Director)
[ ] I Will Challenge (Director)
[ ] Wakai hyou no mure (Director)
[ ] Abashiri Prison (Director)
[ ] When a Man Risks His Life (Director)

1960

[ ] The Lost Diamond (Director)
[ ] Knock Down (Director)

1961

[ ] For This We Fight (Director)
[ ] Nosappu no jū (Director)
[ ] Pacific Porters (Director)
[ ] Zurari oretacha yōjinbō (Director)
[ ] Seven Challengers (Director)
[ ] Good-for-nothing Guy (Director)

1962

[ ] The Man From the Sea (Director)
[ ] Utau abarenbō (Director)
[ ] Angel and the Outlaw (Director)
[ ] Yume ga ippai abarenbō (Director)
[ ] Rainbow Over Kinmon (Director)
[ ] The President's Son (Director)
[ ] Ningen Gari (Director)

1963

[ ] Badge of the Night (Director)
[ ] Fight of the Gamblers (Director)
[ ] The Dragon Crest (Director)
[ ] The Symbol of a Man (Director)
[ ] Tale on Kanto Chivalry (Director)

1964

[ ] Kaze to Ki to Sora to (Director)
[ ] The Eternal Life (Director)
[ ] Sunset Hill (Director)

1965

[ ] In Tears (Director)
[ ] Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze (Director)

1966

[ ] Watashi, chigatteiru kashira (Director)
[ ] The Dragon and the Tiger (Director)
[ ] Asiapol Secret Service (Director)
[ ] Love and Desire in the Night Mist (Director)
[ ] A World For Two (Director)

1967

[ ] Asia-Pol (Director)
[ ] The Reckless One (Director)

1968

[ ] I Shall Not Forget (Director)
[ ] Duel in the Storm (Director)
[ ] Three Rogues (Director)
[ ] Dice and Swords (Director)

1969

[ ] Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell (Director)
[ ] Family Crest: Die Like a Man (Director)
[ ] Penitentiary Brothers (Director)

1970

[ ] Greatest Boss Of Japan (Director)

1971

[ ] The Lady Professional (Director)
[ ] Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life (Director)

1977

[ ] Gambling Code and Feuds (Director)

1978

[ ] The Okinawa War of Ten Years (Director)

1979

[ ] Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police (Director)

1982

[ ] Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell (Director)
[ ] The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn (Director)

1984

[ ] The Fugitive Samurai (Director)

1987

[ ] The Retired Samurai (Director)

1988

[ ] The Notorious Bored Samurai 2 (Director)
[ ] The Notorious Bored Samurai (Director)

1989

[ ] The Notorious Bored Samurai 3 (Director)

1990

[ ] The Notorious Bored Samurai 4 (Director)

1991

[ ] The Notorious Bored Samurai 6 (Director)
[ ] Kazu no Fūkei (Director)

1992

[ ] The Notorious Bored Samurai 7 (Director)

1993

[ ] The Notorious Bored Samurai 8 (Director)
[ ] Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy (Director)
[ ] Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death (Director)

1998

[ ] Warlord of the Underworld (Director)

Writing

1958

[ ] Crimson Wings (Screenplay)

1959

[ ] The Wild Reporter (Screenplay)
[ ] I Will Challenge (Screenplay)
[ ] When a Man Risks His Life (Screenplay)
[ ] Abashiri Prison (Screenplay)

1965

[ ] Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze (Screenplay)

1966

[ ] A World For Two (Screenplay)

1968

[ ] I Shall Not Forget (Screenplay)
[ ] Dice and Swords (Screenplay)

1993

[ ] Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy (Screenplay)