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