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Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda

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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Crew
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.1
    574 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 26, 1970
    57 years ago
  • The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    Department Directing

    Job Assistant Director

    Average Rating
    7.9
    162 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 21, 1956
    71 years ago
  • Rusty Knife

    Rusty Knife

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.7
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 11, 1958
    69 years ago
  • Rusty Knife

    Rusty Knife

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.7
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 11, 1958
    69 years ago
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 03, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.0
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 03, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Department Writing

    Job Adaptation

    Average Rating
    6.0
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 03, 1974
    52 years ago
  • The Heart

    The Heart

    Department Directing

    Job Assistant Director

    Average Rating
    6.8
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 31, 1955
    71 years ago
  • Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.3
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 02, 1980
    46 years ago
  • Outlaw: Gangster VIP

    Outlaw: Gangster VIP

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.7
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 13, 1968
    59 years ago
  • Space Battleship Yamato

    Space Battleship Yamato

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    8.3
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 06, 1977
    49 years ago
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    7.9
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 14, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.9
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 14, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Be Forever Yamato

    Be Forever Yamato

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.6
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 01, 1980
    46 years ago
  • Future War 198X

    Future War 198X

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.8
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 30, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    4.6
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 10, 1985
    41 years ago
  • Be Forever Yamato

    Be Forever Yamato

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    7.6
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 01, 1980
    46 years ago
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Department Writing

    Job Original Story

    Average Rating
    7.9
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 14, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.5
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 10, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.5
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 10, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Velvet Hustler

    Velvet Hustler

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.3
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 06, 1967
    59 years ago
  • Velvet Hustler

    Velvet Hustler

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.3
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 06, 1967
    59 years ago
  • The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    Department Directing

    Job Assistant Director

    Average Rating
    5.7
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 29, 1957
    69 years ago
  • Final Yamato

    Final Yamato

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    7.0
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 19, 1983
    43 years ago
  • The Perfect Game

    The Perfect Game

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.2
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 11, 1958
    68 years ago
  • Tokyo Blackout

    Tokyo Blackout

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.5
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 16, 1987
    39 years ago
  • Tokyo Blackout

    Tokyo Blackout

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.5
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 16, 1987
    39 years ago
  • Triton of the Sea

    Triton of the Sea

    Department Production

    Job Supervising Producer

    Average Rating
    3.8
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 04, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Red Handkerchief

    Red Handkerchief

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.0
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1964
    63 years ago
  • Red Handkerchief

    Red Handkerchief

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    7.0
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1964
    63 years ago
  • Shadow Hunters

    Shadow Hunters

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 10, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Zero

    Zero

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    4.2
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 11, 1984
    42 years ago
  • Red Pier

    Red Pier

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.2
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 23, 1958
    68 years ago
  • Company Executives

    Company Executives

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 10, 1989
    37 years ago
  • The Great Shogunate Battle

    The Great Shogunate Battle

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 14, 1991
    34 years ago
  • Red Pier

    Red Pier

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.2
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 23, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Champion

    The Champion

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    May 01, 1957
    69 years ago
  • Conflagration

    Conflagration

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 12, 1975
    51 years ago
  • The Imperial Japanese Empire

    The Imperial Japanese Empire

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 07, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Heavenly Sin

    Heavenly Sin

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    3.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 03, 1992
    33 years ago
  • Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

    Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 10, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Love: Starting on a Journey

    Love: Starting on a Journey

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    2.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 26, 1985
    41 years ago
  • Battle Anthem

    Battle Anthem

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 04, 1983
    43 years ago
  • Love: Starting on a Journey

    Love: Starting on a Journey

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    2.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 26, 1985
    41 years ago
  • Keep Your Chin Up

    Keep Your Chin Up

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 04, 1962
    65 years ago
  • High Seas Hijack

    High Seas Hijack

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    10.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 20, 1977
    49 years ago
  • Exiled to Hell

    Exiled to Hell

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 22, 1969
    58 years ago
  • Exiled to Hell

    Exiled to Hell

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 22, 1969
    58 years ago
  • The Day of Youth

    The Day of Youth

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 29, 1960
    66 years ago
  • My Blood is the Blood of Others

    My Blood is the Blood of Others

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 12, 1974
    52 years ago
  • My Blood is the Blood of Others

    My Blood is the Blood of Others

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 12, 1974
    52 years ago
  • The Fatal Raid

    The Fatal Raid

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 23, 1969
    57 years ago
  • The Fatal Raid

    The Fatal Raid

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 23, 1969
    57 years ago
  • Prince of Wolves

    Prince of Wolves

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 04, 1963
    63 years ago
  • Hotbed of Crime

    Hotbed of Crime

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 26, 1961
    65 years ago
  • Hotbed of Crime

    Hotbed of Crime

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 26, 1961
    65 years ago
  • Kill the Night Rose

    Kill the Night Rose

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 09, 1966
    60 years ago
  • A Man Explodes

    A Man Explodes

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 28, 1959
    67 years ago
  • Highteen Boogie

    Highteen Boogie

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 07, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Highteen Boogie

    Highteen Boogie

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 07, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Evil Reward

    Evil Reward

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 08, 1956
    71 years ago
  • The Cleanup

    The Cleanup

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1969
    57 years ago
  • Dohten

    Dohten

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 26, 1991
    35 years ago
  • Dohten

    Dohten

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 26, 1991
    35 years ago
  • Monument to the Girl's Corps

    Monument to the Girl's Corps

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 21, 1968
    58 years ago
  • Hitoribotchi no futari daga

    Hitoribotchi no futari daga

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 03, 1962
    64 years ago
  • Chase That Man

    Chase That Man

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 23, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Spartan Education

    Spartan Education

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 12, 1970
    56 years ago
  • A Man With Dragon Tattoos

    A Man With Dragon Tattoos

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 26, 1962
    64 years ago
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1992
    34 years ago
  • Showdown in the Red Valley

    Showdown in the Red Valley

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 29, 1965
    61 years ago
  • This Story of Love

    This Story of Love

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 12, 1987
    39 years ago
  • Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 14, 1962
    65 years ago
  • Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 14, 1962
    65 years ago
  • Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

    Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1989
    37 years ago

  • The Unruly Ronin's Journey II

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 30, 1992
    34 years ago
  • Sword and Flower

    Sword and Flower

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 14, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Human Revolution II

    Human Revolution II

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 19, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Sure Death 5

    Sure Death 5

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 23, 1991
    34 years ago
  • 零戦黒雲一家

    零戦黒雲一家

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 12, 1962
    64 years ago
  • 零戦黒雲一家

    零戦黒雲一家

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 12, 1962
    64 years ago
  • Lost in the Sun

    Lost in the Sun

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 16, 1961
    65 years ago
  • L・O・V・I・N・G

    L・O・V・I・N・G

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 24, 1983
    42 years ago
  • Man at the Bullfight

    Man at the Bullfight

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 27, 1960
    66 years ago
  • The Poem of the Blue Star

    The Poem of the Blue Star

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 31, 1960
    67 years ago
  • Lunar Eclipse

    Lunar Eclipse

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 19, 1956
    70 years ago
  • Challenge for Glory

    Challenge for Glory

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 18, 1966
    60 years ago
  • Challenge for Glory

    Challenge for Glory

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 18, 1966
    60 years ago
  • The Stormy Man

    The Stormy Man

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 03, 1966
    60 years ago
  • Man of a Stormy Era

    Man of a Stormy Era

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 22, 1968
    58 years ago
  • Man of a Stormy Era

    Man of a Stormy Era

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 22, 1968
    58 years ago
  • Blood Shed

    Blood Shed

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 10, 1966
    60 years ago
  • Dancing Sisters

    Dancing Sisters

    Department Directing

    Job Assistant Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1957
    70 years ago
  • Blood Shed

    Blood Shed

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 10, 1966
    60 years ago
  • Minamoto Yoshitsune

    Minamoto Yoshitsune

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1990
    35 years ago
  • Taking the Castle

    Taking the Castle

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 06, 1965
    61 years ago
  • Vendetta of Obligation

    Vendetta of Obligation

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 30, 1985
    40 years ago
  • Taking the Castle

    Taking the Castle

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 06, 1965
    61 years ago
  • The Human Revolution

    The Human Revolution

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 08, 1973
    53 years ago
  • The Man of Victory

    The Man of Victory

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 25, 1967
    59 years ago
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