Masahiro Makino Movies

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

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

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....

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

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

Chutaro and Toshiko, a married couple who run a Zenzai shop called "Shiratama Zenzai," lived next to Hozenji Temple. Chutaro was a playboy who easily...

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

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period....

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

Sozenji Baba is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Masahiro Makino. It is an ambitious film in which Makino deals with the...

A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sleep with a man without taking his money —...

The first film in the Daiei series. At the command of Lord Aiba, Tange Sazen targets two famous swords owned by Onozuka Tessai.

Japanese Warmovie

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.