ShÅ zÅ Makino (マã‚ãƒŽçœ ä¸‰, Makino ShÅ zÅ , September 22, 1878,
Kyoto â€" July 25, 1929) was a Japanese film director, film producer
and businessman who is regarded as a pioneering director of Japanese
film. In addition, all four of his sons, including Masahiro Makino and
Sadatsugu Matsuda, went into the film business as either directors or
producers, and his grandchildren include the actors Masahiko Tsugawa
and Hiroyuki Nagato. Actress Yoko Minamida is a
granddaughter-in-law.Makino was born in Kyoto on September 22, 1878.
His mother ran a theater[clarification needed], and his association
with movies began when the motion picture producer Einosuke Yokota of
Yokota ShÅ kai asked for his help in filming period films. Shozo
discovered actor Matsunosuke Onoe working in an itinerant kabuki
troupe and enlisted him into becoming Japan's first film star. He
directed over 60 Matsunosuke films a year in the early 1910s, most if
not all short films.In addition to creating the unique genre of the
Japanese period film,[clarification needed] Makino also incorporated
trick camera techniques and a myriad of other cinematic methods of
expression into his films. In 1919, he founded the Mikado Company and
began to produce educational films. He later founded an independent
production company, Makino Film Productions, and from 1923, continued
as a director and as producer. Makino Film Productions turned out many
successful movies also made by several other directors and
actors.[clarification needed]In 1928, he directed the epic, Jitsuroku
Chushingura (True Record of the Forty-Seven Ronin), which coincided
with his 50th birthday. He died on July 25, 1929.
Kyoto â€" July 25, 1929) was a Japanese film director, film producer
and businessman who is regarded as a pioneering director of Japanese
film. In addition, all four of his sons, including Masahiro Makino and
Sadatsugu Matsuda, went into the film business as either directors or
producers, and his grandchildren include the actors Masahiko Tsugawa
and Hiroyuki Nagato. Actress Yoko Minamida is a
granddaughter-in-law.Makino was born in Kyoto on September 22, 1878.
His mother ran a theater[clarification needed], and his association
with movies began when the motion picture producer Einosuke Yokota of
Yokota ShÅ kai asked for his help in filming period films. Shozo
discovered actor Matsunosuke Onoe working in an itinerant kabuki
troupe and enlisted him into becoming Japan's first film star. He
directed over 60 Matsunosuke films a year in the early 1910s, most if
not all short films.In addition to creating the unique genre of the
Japanese period film,[clarification needed] Makino also incorporated
trick camera techniques and a myriad of other cinematic methods of
expression into his films. In 1919, he founded the Mikado Company and
began to produce educational films. He later founded an independent
production company, Makino Film Productions, and from 1923, continued
as a director and as producer. Makino Film Productions turned out many
successful movies also made by several other directors and
actors.[clarification needed]In 1928, he directed the epic, Jitsuroku
Chushingura (True Record of the Forty-Seven Ronin), which coincided
with his 50th birthday. He died on July 25, 1929.
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