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Shōzō Makino

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Known For

50 Years Old

Shōzō Makino (マキノ省三, Makino Shōzō, September 22, 1878, Kyoto – 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shōzō Makino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Born

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan on 22nd September 1878

Died

25th July 1929

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