
Akinori Matsuo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 5, 1928
- Died
- July 12, 2010 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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).
Known For
Filmography

Warlord of the Underworld
Movie · Director

Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
TV · Director · 10 eps

Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
TV · Director · 8 eps
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
Movie · Director

Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
Movie · Director

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Movie · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
Movie · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
Movie · Director

Kazu no Fūkei
Movie · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 4
Movie · Director

The Inugami Family
Movie · Director

Miyamoto Musashi
TV · Director · 13 eps
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
Movie · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai
Movie · Director
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
Movie · Director

The Retired Samurai
Movie · Director

Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
TV · Director · 6 eps

Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
TV · Director · 13 eps

The Fugitive Samurai
Movie · Director
松本清張のかげろう絵図
Movie · Director

Masked Blade
TV · Director · 118 eps

Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
Movie · Director

The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
Movie · Director

Shadow Warriors
TV · Director · 7 eps

Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
Movie · Director

The Okinawa War of Ten Years
Movie · Director

Gambling Code and Feuds
Movie · Director

Special Crime Investigation Front
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Lady Professional
Movie · Director

Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
Movie · Director

Greatest Boss of Japan
Movie · Director

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
Movie · Director

Family Crest: Die Like a Man
Movie · Director

Penitentiary Brothers
Movie · Director

Thirteen Times a Loser
Movie · Director

I Shall Not Forget
Movie · Director

Duel in the Storm
Movie · Director

Three Rogues
Movie · Director

Dice and Swords
Movie · Director

Asia-Pol
Movie · Director

The Reckless One
Movie · Director

The Debt of Blood
Movie · Director

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Movie · Director

The Dragon and the Tiger
Movie · Director

Asiapol Secret Service
Movie · Director

Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Movie · Director

A World For Two
Movie · Director

In Tears
Movie · Director

Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
Movie · Director

Kaze to Ki to Sora to
Movie · Director

The Eternal Life
Movie · Director

Sunset Hill
Movie · Director

Badge of the Night
Movie · Director

The Dragon Crest
Movie · Director

Fight of the Gamblers
Movie · Director

The Symbol of a Man
Movie · Director

Tale on Kanto Chivalry
Movie · Director
The Man From the Sea
Movie · Director

Utau abarenbō
Movie · Director

Angel and the Outlaw
Movie · Director

A Rampage Full of Dreams
Movie · Director

Rainbow Over Kinmon
Movie · Director

The President's Son
Movie · Director

Ningen Gari
Movie · Director

For This We Fight
Movie · Director

Gun of Nosappu
Movie · Director

Pacific Porters
Movie · Director

Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
Movie · Director

Seven Challengers
Movie · Director

Good-for-nothing Guy
Movie · Director

The Lost Diamond
Movie · Director

Knock Down
Movie · Director

Yakuza sensei
Movie · Director

The Wild Reporter
Movie · Director

Yuganda tsuki
Movie · Director

I Will Challenge
Movie · Director

Young Panther
Movie · Director

Abashiri Prison
Movie · Director

When a Man Risks His Life
Movie · Director

Crimson Wings
Movie · Assistant Director

Who's the Real Killer
Movie · Assistant Director

I Am Waiting
Movie · Assistant Director

Streetlights
Movie · Assistant Director

Frankie the Milkman
Movie · Assistant Director

Our Town
Movie · First Assistant Director

Drums Love and Dreams
Movie · Assistant Director