Masahiro Makino Filmes

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Japanese horror movie from 1950.

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid...

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the...

With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend.

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Japanese film.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortunate fate. Nakamura Kinnosuke stars in two...

Sozenji Baba is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Masahiro Makino. It is an ambitious film in which Makino deals with the...

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.

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

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.