Masahiro Makino Movies

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

The rise of the famed gambler.

Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in...

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.

Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyama, lost a fight to the young samurai Enjo...

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge...

The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...

Japanese horror movie from 1950.

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period....

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

Raiden is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Shozo Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda. It is a posthumous...

Film about Ghost-Cat.

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less...

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.