Shōzō Makino

Shōzō Makino was born on 22 September 1878 in Kyoto. A man of the theatre, he made a first film in 1908 at the request of the producer Yokota Einosuke, then spotted Onoe Matsunosuke in a travelling kabuki troupe, made him the first star of Japanese cinema and kept him shooting without respite. He then founded his own production companies, and several of his sons became directors or producers. He died in 1929.

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• CinemaChushingura: The True Story忠魂義烈 実録忠臣蔵Shōzō Makino · 1928Cinema