Biography
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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Filmography
all 108
Movies 104
Director 83
TV Shows 4
Writer 4
Creator 1
Producer 1
Screenplay 1
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Sangokushi: The Distant Land (1994)
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning! (1993)
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon (1993)
Heavenly Sin (1992)
三国志 (1992)
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan (1992)
Sure Death 5 (1991)
The Great Shogunate Battle (1991)
Dohten (1991)
Minamoto Yoshitsune (1990)
Miyamoto Musashi (1990)
Company Executives (1989)
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger (1989)
This Story of Love (1987)
Tokyo Blackout (1987)
Revengence Superlady (1986)
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986)
Vendetta of Obligation (1985)
Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985)
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Love: Starting on a Journey (1985)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Zero (1984)
L・O・V・I・N・G (1983)
Battle Anthem (1983)
Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter (1983)
Future War 198X (1982)
The Imperial Japanese Empire (1982)
Highteen Boogie (1982)
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? (1981)
Port Arthur (1980)
Be Forever Yamato (1980)
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)
Triton of the Sea (1979)
Down with The Big Boss (1979)
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)
The War in Space (1977)
High Seas Hijack (1977)
Space Battleship Yamato (1977)
The Smart Aleck Ten (1977)
Human Revolution II (1976)
Jail Breakers (1976)
Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)
Scoundrel Boss (1975)
Company Buggers (1975)
Conflagration (1975)
My Blood is the Blood of Others (1974)
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
Jeans Blues: No Future (1974)
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle (1973)
The Human Revolution (1973)
Lone Wolf and Cub (1973)
Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny (1972)
Turtle Geisha (1972)
Shadow Hunters (1972)
Sword and Flower (1972)
Chase That Man (1972)
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (1972)
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers (1971)
Twisted Sex (1971)
Farewell to the Code (1971)
Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation (1971)
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder (1970)
Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji (1970)
Kantō tekiya ikka: Goromentsuu (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The Cleanup (1969)
The Fatal Raid (1969)
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage (1969)
Exiled to Hell (1969)
Monument to the Girl's Corps (1968)
Man of a Stormy Era (1968)
Song of my Life (1968)
Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
Velvet Hustler (1967)
The Man of Victory (1967)
Challenge for Glory (1966)
The Stormy Man (1966)
Kill the Night Rose (1966)
Blood Shed (1966)
Showdown in the Red Valley (1965)
Taking the Castle (1965)
Jinsei Gekijo (1964)
Red Handkerchief (1964)
Prince of Wolves (1963)
Hana to ryu (1962)
Hitoribotchi no futari daga (1962)
零戦黒雲一家 (1962)
Keep Your Chin Up (1962)
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962)
Lost in the Sun (1961)
Hotbed of Crime (1961)
The Day of Youth (1960)
The Sky Is Mine (1959)
A Man Explodes (1959)
The Perfect Game (1958)
Red Pier (1958)
Rusty Knife (1958)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)
The Champion (1957)
Dancing Sisters (1957)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Evil Reward (1956)
The Heart (1955)
Three Faces (1955)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1927-10-05 (96 years old)
Birth PlaceKobe, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As舛田利雄, 舛田 利雄
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
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