Portrait of Toshio Masuda

Directing

Toshio Masuda

Career

Active from 1955 to 1997, busiest in 1962 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Final Yamato
Final Yamato
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Toshio Masuda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.6, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 7
  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Space Opera 5
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Military Sci-Fi 4
  • Epic Scale 4
  • Classic Anime 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Heroic Sacrifice 3
  • Sci-Fi Anime 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Setting 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

99
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

10 titles
Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows
Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows (1997)

Director

Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon (1993)

Director

Heavenly Sin
Heavenly Sin (1992)

Director

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan (1992)

Director

The Unruly Ronin's Journey II
The Unruly Ronin's Journey II (1992)

Director

The Great Shogunate Battle
The Great Shogunate Battle (1991)

Director

Sure Death 5
Sure Death 5 (1991)

Director

Dohten
Dohten (1991)

Screenplay, Director

Minamoto Yoshitsune
Minamoto Yoshitsune (1990)

Director

The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls (1990)

Director

1980s

18 titles · average score 65
Company Executives
Company Executives (1989)

Director

Tokyo Blackout
Tokyo Blackout (1987)

Director, Writer

Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

Love: Starting on a Journey
Love: Starting on a Journey (1985)

Director, Screenplay

Zero
Zero (1984)

Director

Final Yamato
Final Yamato (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

Screenplay

Battle Anthem
Battle Anthem (1983)

Director

Future War 198X
Future War 198X (1982)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Highteen Boogie
Highteen Boogie (1982)

Director, Writer

The Imperial Japanese Empire
The Imperial Japanese Empire (1982)

Director

Port Arthur
Port Arthur (1980)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Be Forever Yamato
Be Forever Yamato (1980)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Screenplay

1970s

18 titles · average score 68
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)

Director, Writer

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay, Director

Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

High Seas Hijack
High Seas Hijack (1977)

Screenplay

Human Revolution II
Human Revolution II (1976)

Director

Conflagration
Conflagration (1975)

Screenplay

Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
GoodWatch score 59

as Voice

My Blood is the Blood of Others
My Blood is the Blood of Others (1974)

Screenplay, Director

The Human Revolution
The Human Revolution (1973)

Director

Shadow Hunters
Shadow Hunters (1972)

Director

Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny (1972)

Director

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

1960s

36 titles · average score 68
The Cleanup
The Cleanup (1969)

Director

The Fatal Raid
The Fatal Raid (1969)

Director, Screenplay

Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Monument to the Girl's Corps
Monument to the Girl's Corps (1968)

Director

Velvet Hustler
Velvet Hustler (1967)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

Blood Shed
Blood Shed (1966)

Director, Screenplay

The Stormy Man
The Stormy Man (1966)

Director

Kill the Night Rose
Kill the Night Rose (1966)

Director

Taking the Castle
Taking the Castle (1965)

Director, Screenplay

Red Handkerchief
Red Handkerchief (1964)

Screenplay, Director

A Man with Dragon Tattoos
A Man with Dragon Tattoos (1962)

Director

Keep Your Chin Up
Keep Your Chin Up (1962)

Director

1950s

17 titles · average score 68
Rusty Knife
Rusty Knife (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Red Pier
Red Pier (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

The Perfect Game
The Perfect Game (1958)

Director

The Champion
The Champion (1957)

Assistant Director, Screenplay

The Eagle and the Hawk
The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)

Assistant Director

Dancing Sisters
Dancing Sisters (1957)

Assistant Director

The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp (1956)
GoodWatch score 72

Assistant Director

Phoenix
Phoenix (1956)

Assistant Director

Nikoyon monogatari
Nikoyon monogatari (1956)

Assistant Director

Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse (1956)

Writer

The Three Faces
The Three Faces (1955)

Screenplay

The Heart
The Heart (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

Assistant Director