Masahiro Makino
Masahiro Makino was a Japanese film director. He directed more than 260 films, primarily in the chanbara and yakuza genres. His real name was Masatada , but he took the stage name Masahiro, the kanji for which he changed multiple times .
Masahiro Makino was born in Kyoto, the eldest son of the film director and producer Shz Makino, who is often called the father of Japanese cinema. As a boy he began acting in films before debuting as a film director in 1926 at age 18. His critically acclaimed nihilistic jidaigeki such as Roningai made him one of the top Japanese film directors, but his way of shooting films quickly also earned him detractors. For instance, the total time it took to shoot the 1936 film Edo no Ka Osh was onlyhours. The critic Sadao Yamane, however, has argued that this fast filming practice also contributed to Makinos speedy, rhythmic film style. Rhythm and tempo are important to his films, and so in his jidaigeki, fight scenes like in Kett Takadanobaba could seem like dances, or entire sequences, like in Awa no Odoriko , could be filled with dance. He made musicals like Singing Lovebirds and even his wartime propaganda films like Hanakosan and Ahen senso could have Busby Berkeleylike musical num
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