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Toshio Masuda(I)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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Toshio Masuda was born on 5 October 1927 in Kobe, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Shaso (1989), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and The Battle of Port Arthur (1980).
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Shaso (1989)
Shaso
6.8
  • Director
  • 1989
Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5
  • Director(Japanese sequences)
  • 1970
Tatsuya Nakadai and Tetsurô Tanba in The Battle of Port Arthur (1980)
The Battle of Port Arthur
6.6
  • Director
  • 1980
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978)
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love
7.2
  • Director
  • 1978

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Director

  • Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
    Godzilla: Final Wars
    • (earlier film clips, uncredited)
  • Shinsengumi keppûroku (1998)
    Shinsengumi keppûroku
  • Tengoku no Taizai
  • Sangokushi (1992)
    Sangokushi
    • (supervisor)
  • Edo-jo tairan (1991)
    Edo-jo tairan
  • Hissatsu! V: Ôgon no chi
  • Doten
  • Minamoto Yoshitsune
    • (1990)
  • Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke (1989)
    Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke
  • Shaso (1989)
    Shaso
  • This Story of Love (1987)
    This Story of Love
  • Shuto shôshitsu (1987)
    Shuto shôshitsu
  • Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
    • (original material)
  • Katayoku dake no tenshi
  • Odin (1985)
    Odin

Writer

  • Doten
  • Shuto shôshitsu (1987)
    Shuto shôshitsu
  • Odin (1985)
    Odin
  • Masahiko Kondô and Akina Nakamori in Love: Take Off (1985)
    Love: Take Off
  • Uchû senkan Yamato: Kanketsuhen (1983)
    Uchû senkan Yamato: Kanketsuhen
  • Keiju Kobayashi, Kumiko Takeda, Junko Mihara, Masahiko Kondô, Toshihiko Tahara, and Yoshio Nomura in Haithîn bugi (1982)
    Haithîn bugi
  • Be Forever Yamato (1980)
    Be Forever Yamato
  • Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)
    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
  • Space Battleship Yamato II (1978)
    Space Battleship Yamato II
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978)
    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love
  • High Seas Hijack (1977)
    High Seas Hijack
  • Tôkyô-wan enjô (1975)
    Tôkyô-wan enjô
  • Blood (1974)
    Blood
  • Farewell to the Code
  • Jigoku no hamonjo (1969)
    Jigoku no hamonjo

Cinematographer

  • Sochô no kubi (1979)
    Sochô no kubi
  • Tono Eijirô no Mito Kômon
  • Toshirô Mifune and Shin Saburi in Nippon no Don: Yabohen (1977)
    Nippon no Don: Yabohen
  • Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977)
    Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten
  • Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don (1977)
    Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don
  • Dasso yugi (1976)
    Dasso yugi
  • Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics (1976)
    Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics
  • Gokudô shachô (1975)
    Gokudô shachô
  • Company Buggers (1975)
    Company Buggers
  • Meiko Kaji in Jînzu burûsu: Asu naki buraiha (1974)
    Jînzu burûsu: Asu naki buraiha
  • Bolo Yeung and Tadashi Yamashita in The Karate 2 (1974)
    The Karate 2
  • Tadashi Yamashita in Bronson Lee, Champion (1974)
    Bronson Lee, Champion
  • Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok (1973)
    Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok
  • Teppôdama no bigaku (1973)
    Teppôdama no bigaku
  • Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)
    Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

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    • October 5, 1927
    • Kobe, Japan

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    Started training as a kamikaze pilot in 1945 but was expelled from the training school for his anti-militaristic views.

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