Masahiro Makino Movies

The Domain: Severed Relations

A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

All that remains of the first Samurai Town Story is the concluding battle.

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national...

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...

A representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese film"). This film lent status to ensemble casts that...

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Raiden is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Shozo Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda. It is a posthumous...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Japanese horror movie from 1916. Produced by Nikkatsu.

This film tells the story of a ronin falsely accused of a crime and unable to convince others of his innocence.