Akinori Matsuo

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 by Akinori Matsuo

• Asia-Pol 1967 · ★ 7.2
• The Okinawa War of Ten Years 1978 · ★ 6.2
• The Lady Professional 1971 · ★ 7.3
• Dice and Swords 1968 · ★ 7.7
• Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police 1979 · ★ 6.0
• The Fugitive Samurai 1984 · ★ 7.0
• I Shall Not Forget 1968 · ★ 7.0
• Duel in the Storm 1968 · ★ 10.0
• Three Rogues 1968 · ★ 7.0
• The Dragon and the Tiger 1966 · ★ 7.0
• Asiapol Secret Service 1966 · ★ 6.0
• The Man From the Sea 1962 · ★ 8.0
• The Notorious Bored Samurai 1988 · ★ 10.0
• Fight of the Gamblers 1963 · ★ 6.0
• Gambling Code and Feuds 1977 · ★ 7.0
• The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn 1982 · ★ 9.0
• The Symbol of a Man 1963 · ★ 7.0
• Gun of Nosappu 1961 · ★ 10.0
• Pacific Porters 1961 · ★ 10.0
• Zurari oretacha yōjinbō 1961 · ★ 6.0
• Yakuza sensei 1960 · ★ 7.0
• Watashi, chigatteiru kashira 1966
• Badge of the Night 1963
• The Wild Reporter 1959
• Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life 1971
• Yuganda tsuki 1959
• The Retired Samurai 1987
• Utau abarenbō 1962
• I Will Challenge 1959
• Love and Desire in the Night Mist 1966
• Young Panther 1959
• The Reckless One 1967
• Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell 1969
• Family Crest: Die Like a Man 1969
• Angel and the Outlaw 1962
• For This We Fight 1961
• A Rampage Full of Dreams 1962
• The Notorious Bored Samurai 2 1988
• The Notorious Bored Samurai 3 1989
• The Notorious Bored Samurai 4 1990