M Directing Masuo Maeda Born October 18, 1931 · Imari City, Saga Prefecture, Japan Died January 8, 2018 · aged 86 Film director and producer. ↗ Share Known For‹Yakuza sensei · 1960Yakuza sensei★ 7.01960MovieDrama▶+Satsujin-sha o oe · 1962Satsujin-sha o oe1962Movie1962 Japanese movie▶+Gun of Nosappu · 1961Gun of Nosappu★ 10.01961MovieActionWesternSet against the backdrop of the vast wilderness of Hokkaido and the Sea of Okhotsk, Ace Joe arrives in the town of Nosappu and explodes with exhilarating rapid fire and invincible charm.▶+Knock Down · 1960Knock Down1960Movie▶+When a Man Risks His Life · 1959When a Man Risks His Life1959Movie▶+Rookie Detective · 1964Rookie Detective1964MovieDramaThriller▶+Ningen ni kakeruna · 1964Ningen ni kakeruna1964MovieDrama▶+Gun Number Zero · 1959Gun Number Zero1959MovieCrimeActionEric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and immediately sold it to Matsuko - another pauper. Soon, the weapon that moves from hand to hand, becomes a tool of many crimes.▶+› FilmographySortPopularNewestTop ratedYakuza sensei · 1960Yakuza sensei★ 7.01960MovieDrama▶+Assistant DirectorSatsujin-sha o oe · 1962Satsujin-sha o oe1962Movie1962 Japanese movie▶+DirectorGun of Nosappu · 1961Gun of Nosappu★ 10.01961MovieActionWesternSet against the backdrop of the vast wilderness of Hokkaido and the Sea of Okhotsk, Ace Joe arrives in the town of Nosappu and explodes with exhilarating rapid fire and invincible charm.▶+Assistant DirectorKnock Down · 1960Knock Down1960Movie▶+Assistant DirectorWhen a Man Risks His Life · 1959When a Man Risks His Life1959Movie▶+Assistant DirectorRookie Detective · 1964Rookie Detective1964MovieDramaThriller▶+DirectorNingen ni kakeruna · 1964Ningen ni kakeruna1964MovieDrama▶+DirectorGun Number Zero · 1959Gun Number Zero1959MovieCrimeActionEric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and immediately sold it to Matsuko - another pauper. Soon, the weapon that moves from hand to hand, becomes a tool of many crimes.▶+ScreenplayWakai toppū · 1960Wakai toppū1960MovieActionDramaOn his way back to Yokohama, a young boy named Kenji Hase encounters a girl named Yoshiko who is being harassed by the Kaminaryu gang. He rescues her and they head towards Yokohama in Yoshiko's car. In Yokohama, there is an uproar because Kenji's father, Shozo Hase, a customs officer, has been accused of stealing confiscated drugs. The story unfolds with thrilling action as Kenji bravely confronts the gang of villains who framed his father and kidnapped him, all while seeking justice and vindicating his father's innocence.▶+Assistant DirectorNingen Gari · 1962Ningen Gari1962MovieCrimeA detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.▶+Assistant DirectorYuganda tsuki · 1959Yuganda tsuki1959MovieCrimeDrama▶+Assistant DirectorSong of a Traveller · 1962Song of a Traveller1962MovieCrimeA crime film released in 1962▶+Assistant DirectorPacific Porters · 1961Pacific Porters★ 10.01961MovieActionTetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Captain Jim's intoxication. Only Junpei Nambu, the editor-in-chief of “Kokuikai” (Aviation World), was on Tetsuji's side. Tetsuji questions Jim, but Jim refuses to tell him anything, and the atmosphere turns sour. At that moment, Yosuke Sugie, a former classmate of Tetsuji's at the Civil Aviation College, enters the office.▶+Assistant DirectorKawaii Onna · 1959Kawaii Onna1959MovieCrimeMysteryA unique erotic mystery about the murder of a husband.▶+Assistant DirectorOchiba no honō · 1965Ochiba no honō1965MovieTwo young lovers stake their lives on passion. Yet a cruel and capricious fate cruelly extinguishes the blazing flame of their love.▶+Director