Film director Shōzō Makino

Shōzō Makino

1878 - 1929
Shōzō Makino (マキノ省三, Makino Shōzō, September 22, 1878, Kyoto – July 25, 1929) was a Japanese film director, film producer and businessman who is regarded as a pioneering director of Japanese film. In addition, all four of his sons, including Masahiro Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda, went into the film business as either directors or producers, and his grandchildren include the actors Masahiko Tsugawa and Hiroyuki Nagato. Actress Yoko Minamida is a granddaughter-in-law. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shōzō Makino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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本能寺合戦

Shōzō Makino

Ritoku Arashi, Fukunasuke Nakamura

In 1908, Director/Producer Shozo Makino (father of Japanese cinema) directed and produced the first dramatic film in Kyoto. “Honnô-ji Gassen” was shot at Shinnyo-Do Temple.

Battle at Honnôji Temple

1908 本能寺合戦
Япония, драма

Chûshingura

Shōzō Makino

Matsunosuke Onoe

Short version of the classic 47 Ronin story.

The Loyal 47 Ronin

6.7 ⚠️ 1913 Chûshingura
Япония, исторический

雷電

Sadatsugo Masuda, Shōzō Makino

Tōichirō Negishi, Masue Bessho

Raiden is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Shozo Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda. It is a posthumous work by Makino and is the last film starring his son, Masahiro Makino, in his first role in a comedy film.

Raiden

6.7 ⚠️ 1928 雷電
Япония, комедия

忠魂義烈 実録忠臣蔵

Shōzō Makino

Kaoru Akiyoshi, Jinichi Amano

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperienced, so Lord Kira Kozuke-no suke Yoshinako was given the task of instructing Lord Asano in the customs of the ceremony. On the day of the reception, something went terrible wrong, and Lord Asano attempted to kill Lord Kira. For this, Lord Asano was order to commit seppuku. However, in violation of existing law, Lord Kira was not punished. The ruling Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi eventually confiscated Lord Asano's land and dismissed the samurai that had served him so faithfully, effectively making them all ronin. Two years later, Oishi Kuranosuke Yoshi led a group of samurai loyal to Lord Asano in an attack on Kira's compound. Their aim was to capture and kill him.

Chushingura: The Truth

6.4 ⚠️ 1928 Chushingura: The Truth
Япония

四つ谷怪談

Shōzō Makino

Matsunosuke Onoe

A tale of betrayal, murder and revenge.

Yotsuya Kaidan

6.3 ⚠️ 1912 四つ谷怪談
Япония

豪傑児雷也

Shōzō Makino

Matsunosuke Onoe, Suminojo Ichikawa

Jiraiya is some sort of super-ninja with superpowers. He can fly, he can avoid detection by turning himself into a toad, and he has some sort of ability to vanish.

Jiraiya the Hero

5.8 ⚠️ 1921 豪傑児雷也
Япония, боевик

Chûshingura

Shōzō Makino

Matsunosuke Onoe, Ichinosuke Kataoka

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.

The 47 Loyal Ronin

5.8 ⚠️ 1911 Chûshingura
Япония, приключения