Akinori Matsuo
Director
Biography
Akinori Matsuo was born on November 5, 1928 in Japan. Akinori was a director and assistant director, known for Yakuza sensei (1960), Meiji kepp没roku: Taka to 么kami (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).
As Director
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1978
The Lady Professional
1971
Dice and Swords
1968
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
1979
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
The Symbol of a Man
1963
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
Badge of the Night
1963
The Wild Reporter
1959