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Akinori Matsuo profile
Director

Akinori Matsuo

Directing

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Directed credits

78

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.2

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Directed movies: 70Directed series: 8All crew credits: 80

TMDB ID: 1157368

IMDb ID: nm0559602

Known for: Directing

Born: November 5, 1928

Died: July 12, 2010

Age: 81

Place of birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1956 - 1998

Years active: 43

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q2829055

Frequent jobs

Director (73)Assistant Director (4)First Assistant Director (1)Screenplay (2)

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).

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