Best movies of Masahiro Makino

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Hiroki Matsukata, Ken Takakura, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has ...

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Minoru Ôki, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal with issues of repressed homosexuality. In any case, long-lost friend.

Actors : Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Yoshi Katô,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

Fourth film in the "Shôwa Zankyôden" series. This expression means duty, obligations, and rules obeyed by gangsters and outlaws in the pre-Shôwa era.

Actors : Michiko Araki, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada (Takakura) goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. ...

Actors : Eijirô Tôno, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Hibari Misora,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

The tale of Princess Sen, daughter to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and wife of Toyotomi Hideyori.

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta, Shingo Yamashiro,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the...

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.