Directed credits
78
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Akinori Matsuo
Directing
Career Snapshot
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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).
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Akinori Matsuo.
Warlord of the Underworld
Director
1998 Movie
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
Director
1993 Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
Director
1993 Movie
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Director
1993 Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
Director
1992 Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
Director
1991 Movie
Kazu no Fūkei
Director
1991 Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 4
Director
1990 Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
Director
1989 Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
Director
1988 Movie
10.0
The Notorious Bored Samurai
Director
1988 Movie
The Retired Samurai
Director
1987 Movie
The Fugitive Samurai
Director
1984 Movie
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
Director
1982 Movie
Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
Director
1982 Movie
5.0
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
Director
1979 Movie
6.0
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
Director
1978 Movie
Gambling Code and Feuds
Director
1977 Movie
Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
Director
1971 Movie
6.0
The Lady Professional
Director
1971 Movie
Greatest Boss Of Japan
Director
1970 Movie
Penitentiary Brothers
Director
1969 Movie
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
Director
1969 Movie
Family Crest: Die Like a Man
Director
1969 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Akinori Matsuo.
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
Director • 10 eps
1998 Series
Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
Director • 8 eps
1997 Series
Miyamoto Musashi
Director • 13 eps
1990 Series
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
Director • 6 eps
1987 Series
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
Director • 13 eps
1986 Series
6.0
Masked Blade
Director • 118 eps
1983 Series
8.0
Shadow Warriors
Director • 7 eps
1980 Series
10.0
Special Crime Investigation Front
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Akinori Matsuo.
Ningen Gari
Director
1962 Movie
6.0
Fight of the Gamblers
Director
1963 Movie
Duel in the Storm
Director
1968 Movie
6.5
I Am Waiting
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Director
1993 Movie
The Fugitive Samurai
Director
1984 Movie
A World For Two
Director
1966 Movie
Yuganda tsuki
Director
1959 Movie
6.0
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
Director
1978 Movie
6.0
The Lady Professional
Director
1971 Movie
Knock Down
Director
1960 Movie
Who's the Real Killer
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Akinori Matsuo.
6.0
Masked Blade
Director • 118 eps
1983 Series
8.0
Shadow Warriors
Director • 7 eps
1980 Series
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
Director • 13 eps
1986 Series
Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
Director • 8 eps
1997 Series
10.0
Special Crime Investigation Front
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
Miyamoto Musashi
Director • 13 eps
1990 Series
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
Director • 10 eps
1998 Series
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
Director • 6 eps
1987 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Akinori Matsuo.
