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Akinori Matsuo

Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born November 5, 1928Died July 12, 2010 (81 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • Shadow Warriors
  • The Okinawa War of Ten Years

Known For

  • I Am Waiting
  • Our Town
  • Asiapol Secret Service
  • The Okinawa War of Ten Years
  • Shadow Warriors
  • Otoko no monshô
  • The Dragon and the Tiger
  • Koroshi ta no wa dare ta
  • Fight of Gamblers
  • Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword
  • Fugitive Samurai
  • Yogiri no bojô
  • Yakuza sensei
  • The Notorious Bored Samurai
  • Seishi Yokomizo

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