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Toshio Masuda
Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn October 5, 1927 (98 years)
Toshio Masuda (born October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu Company. He was their top director of action films and worked with the company's top stars, including Yujiro Ishihara with whom he made 25 films. After the breakdown of the studio system, he moved on to a succession of big-budget movies including the American-Japanese co-production Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and the science fiction epic Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974). He worked on such anime productions as the Space Battleship Yamato series. His corporate drama Company Funeral (1989) earned him a Japanese Academy Award nomination and wins at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mainichi Film Awards. In Japan, his films are well remembered by fans and called genre landmarks by critics. He remains little known abroad save for rare exceptions of his post-Nikkatsu work such as Tora! Tora! Tora!. However, a number of his films were screened in a 2005 Nikkatsu Action Cinema retrospective in Italy and a few have since made their way to the United States. At the age of 81, he is currently prepping to helm Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen (2009).
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Known For
Toshio Masuda Filmography
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| 1998 | Shinsengumi Keppuroku (TV Series) |
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| 1990 | Miyamoto Musashi (TV Series) |
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| 1976 | Megapolis: Days Of Fight (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Space Battleship Yamato (TV Series) |
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| 1973 | The Water Margin (TV Series) |
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| 1973 | Lone Wolf and Cub (TV Series) |
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| 1985 | Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Final Yamato · as Screenplay |
| 1980 | Be Forever Yamato · as Screenplay |
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| 1978 | Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | Conflagration · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | Jigoku no hamonjo · as Screenplay |
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| 1967 | Taiketsu · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | Hoshi yo nageku na: Shôri no otoko · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | Nihon ninkyôden: Chimatsuri kenkajô · as Screenplay |
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| 1965 | Seishun to wa nanda · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | Shirotori · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Akai hankachi · as Screenplay |
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| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus · as Voice |
| 2001 | History vs. Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1979 | Triton of the Sea · as Supervising Director |
| 1979 | Triton of the Sea · as Supervising Producer |
| 1979 | The Boss's Boss · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | Tono Eijirô no Mito Kômon · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | The Yagyu Conspiracy (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1977 | Japanese Godfather: Ambition · as Cinematographer |
| 1977 | Space Battleship Yamato · as Composition |
| 1977 | Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don · as Cinematographer |
| 1976 | Dasso yugi · as Cinematographer |
| 1976 | Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics · as Cinematographer |
| 1975 | Scoundrel Boss · as Cinematographer |
| 1975 | Company Buggers · as Cinematographer |
| 1974 | The Karate 2 · as Cinematographer |
| 1974 | Bronson Lee, Champion · as Cinematographer |
| 1974 | Jeans Blues: No Future · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | Aesthetics of a Bullet · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | Girl Boss: Revenge · as Cinematographer |
| 1972 | Hot Springs Turtle Geisha · as Cinematographer |
| 1972 | Mamushi no kyôdai: Chôeki jûsankai · as Cinematographer |
| 1971 | A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers · as Cinematographer |
| 1971 | A Boss with the Samurai Spirit · as Cinematographer |
| 1957 | The Eagle and the Hawk · as Assistant Director |
| 1956 | The Burmese Harp · as Assistant Director |
| 1955 | The Heart · as Assistant Director |