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).

Crew

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Director
Badge of the Night
Director
The Lady Professional
Director
The Wild Reporter
Director, Screenplay
Asia-Pol
Director
The Fugitive Samurai
Director
Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
Director
I Shall Not Forget
Director, Screenplay
Duel in the Storm
Director
Three Rogues
Director
Yuganda tsuki
Director
The Dragon and the Tiger
Director
Dice and Swords
Director, Screenplay
Asiapol Secret Service
Director
The Man From the Sea
Director
The Retired Samurai
Director
Who's the Real Killer
Assistant Director
Utau abarenbō
Director
I Will Challenge
Director, Screenplay
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Director
Wakai hyou no mure
Director
The Reckless One
Director
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
Director
Family Crest: Die Like a Man
Director
Angel and the Outlaw
Director
When a Man Risks His Life
Screenplay, Director
For This We Fight
Director
Yume ga ippai abarenbō
Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 4
Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai
Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
Director
Penitentiary Brothers
Director
Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
Director
A World For Two
Screenplay, Director
Frankie the Milkman
Assistant Director
Fight of the Gamblers
Director
The Dragon Crest
Director
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
Director, Screenplay
Gambling Code and Feuds
Director
Greatest Boss Of Japan
Director
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
Director
The Lost Diamond
Director
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
Director
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
Director
Rainbow Over Kinmon
Director
In Tears
Director
The Symbol of a Man
Director
The President's Son
Director
Ningen Gari
Director
I Am Waiting
Assistant Director
Our Town
First Assistant Director
Abashiri Prison
Screenplay, Director
Crimson Wings
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Knock Down
Director
Nosappu no jū
Director
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Director
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
Director
Pacific Porters
Director
The Eternal Life
Director
Kazu no Fūkei
Director
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
Director, Screenplay
Streetlights
Assistant Director
Sunset Hill
Director
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
Director
Shichinin no chōsensha
Director
Good-for-nothing Guy
Director
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
Director
Warlord of the Underworld
Director