Toshio Masuda

director • writer • cinematographer

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. Bet...

Born: October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan (age 97)

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Known For

6.4

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movies & TV Credits

97 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Father and Son Hawk TV Show	—	Directing	Director(11 Episodes)	1994
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon Movie	—	Directing	Director	1993
Heavenly Sin Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1992
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan Movie	—	Directing	Director	1992
三国志 TV Show	—	Creator	Creator	1992
The Unruly Ronin's Journey 2 Movie	—	Directing	Director	1992
Sure Death 5 Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1991
The Great Shogunate Battle Movie	7.0	Directing	Director	1991
Dohten Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1991
Miyamoto Musashi TV Show	8.1	Directing	Director(13 Episodes)	1990
Minamoto Yoshitsune Limited Series	6.6	Directing	Director	1990
Company Executives Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1989
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke Movie	7.2	Directing	Director	1989
Tokyo Blackout Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1987
This Story of Love Movie	—	Directing	Director	1987
Odin: Starlight Mutiny Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1985
Love: Starting on a Journey Movie	2.6	Directing	Director	1985
Vendetta of Obligation Movie	—	Directing	Director	1985
Zero Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1984
Final Yamato Movie	6.8	Writing	Screenplay	1983
Battle Anthem Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1983
L・O・V・I・N・G Movie	—	Directing	Director	1983
Future War 198X Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1982
Highteen Boogie Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1982
The Imperial Japanese Empire Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1982
The Last Days of Planet Earth Movie	—	Directing	Director	1981
Nihyakusan kouchi TV Show	—	Directing	Director(8 Episodes)	1981
Port Arthur Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1980
Be Forever Yamato Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1980
Triton of the Sea Movie	7.1	Production	Supervising Producer	1979
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1979
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato Movie	7.0	Writing	Screenplay	1978
Space Battleship Yamato Movie	7.2	Directing	Director	1977
High Seas Hijack Movie	5.0	Writing	Screenplay	1977
Human Revolution II Movie	8.5	Directing	Director	1976
Conflagration Movie	5.9	Writing	Writer	1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus Movie	6.0	Actor	Voice	1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1974
My Blood is the Blood of Others Movie	6.9	Writing	Screenplay	1974
The Human Revolution Movie	8.2	Directing	Director	1973
Lone Wolf and Cub TV Show	8.0	Directing	Director(2 Episodes)	1973
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1972
Shadow Hunters Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1972
Sword and Flower Movie	—	Directing	Director	1972
Chase That Man Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1972
Farewell to the Code Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1971
Tora! Tora! Tora! Movie	7.6	Directing	Director	1970
Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty Movie	—	Crew	Cinematography	1970
Spartan Education Movie	—	Directing	Director	1970
The Cleanup Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	1969
The Fatal Raid Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1969
Exiled to Hell Movie	—	Directing	Director	1969
Outlaw: Gangster VIP Movie	7.0	Directing	Director	1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1968
Man of a Stormy Era Movie	6.8	Writing	Screenplay	1968
Song of my Life Movie	—	Directing	Director	1968
Velvet Hustler Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1967
The Man of Victory Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1967
対決 Movie	—	Directing	Director	1967
The Endless Duel Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1967
Challenge for Glory Movie	5.3	Writing	Screenplay	1966
The Stormy Man Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1966
Blood Shed Movie	6.5	Writing	Screenplay	1966
Kill the Night Rose Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1966
Taking the Castle Movie	9.2	Writing	Screenplay	1965
Showdown in the Red Valley Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1965
Why Are We Young? Movie	—	Directing	Director	1965
Red Handkerchief Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1964
Jinsei Gekijo Movie	—	Directing	Director	1964
Escape Into Terror Movie	—	Directing	Director	1963
Prince of Wolves Movie	—	Directing	Director	1963
Keep Your Chin Up Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1962
Hana to ryu Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1962
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi Movie	4.7	Writing	Screenplay	1962
零戦黒雲一家 Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1962
ひとりぼっちの二人だが Movie	—	Directing	Director	1962
Lost in the Sun Movie	—	Directing	Director	1961
Hotbed of Crime Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1961
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun Movie	—	Directing	Director	1961
The Day of Youth Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1960
The Poem of the Blue Star Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1960
Man at the Bullfight Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1960
The Sky Is Mine Movie	—	Directing	Director	1959
A Man Explodes Movie	—	Directing	Director	1959
We Live Today Movie	—	Directing	Director	1959
Get Over The Woman Movie	—	Directing	Director	1959
Red Pier Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1958
Rusty Knife Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1958
The Perfect Game Movie	7.0	Directing	Director	1958
The Eagle and the Hawk Movie	6.7	Directing	Assistant Director	1957
The Champion Movie	6.8	Writing	Screenplay	1957
Dancing Sisters Movie	6.3	Directing	Assistant Director	1957
The Burmese Harp Movie	8.1	Directing	Assistant Director	1956
Nikoyon monogatari Movie	—	Directing	Assistant Director	1956
Lunar Eclipse Movie	—	Writing	Writer	1956
Evil Reward Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1956
The Heart Movie	7.1	Directing	Assistant Director	1955

Toshio Masuda

Known For

Rusty Knife

The Burmese Harp

The Heart

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movies & TV Credits