Toshio Masuda

Career Overview

Toshio Masuda has 130 screen credits in a career dating back to 1955. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Space Battleship Yamato Collection with 5 titles. Signature works include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Battle Anthem, Space Battleship Yamato. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

130

Birth Date

1927-10-05

Birth Place

Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan

Known For

• 

  Tora! Tora! Tora!
• 

  Battle Anthem
• 

  Space Battleship Yamato
• 

  Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
• 

  Human Revolution II
• 

  Prophecies of Nostradamus

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Space Battleship Yamato Collection (5 titles)
• The Human Revolution (2 titles)
• Shadow Hunters Collection (2 titles)
• Sure Death! Collection (1 titles)
• Outlaw Gangster VIP: The Complete Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Torahiko Hamada (3 collaborations)
• Tetsuro Tamba (3 collaborations)
• Gorō Naya (3 collaborations)
• So Yamamura (2 collaborations)
• Masahiko Tanimura (2 collaborations)
• Yoshio Inaba (2 collaborations)
• Tatsuya Nakadai (2 collaborations)
• Kei Tomiyama (2 collaborations)
• Shūsei Nakamura (2 collaborations)
• Yoko Asagami (2 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (91 credits)

  • Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Heavenly Sin

    director

    directing
    1992
  • The Unruly Ronin's Journey II

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Sure Death 5

    director

    directing
    1991
  • The Great Shogunate Battle

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Dohten

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Minamoto Yoshitsune

    director

    directing
    1990
  • The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls

    director

    directing
    1990
  • Company Executives

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

    director

    directing
    1989
  • This Story of Love

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Tokyo Blackout

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Katayoku dake no tenshi

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Vendetta of Obligation

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Love: Starting on a Journey

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Zero

    director

    directing
    1984
  • L・O・V・I・N・G

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Battle Anthem

    director

    directing
    1983
  • The Imperial Japanese Empire

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Highteen Boogie

    director

    directing
    1982
  • The Last Days of Planet Earth

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Port Arthur

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Be Forever Yamato

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Space Battleship Yamato

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Human Revolution II

    director

    directing
    1976
  • My Blood is the Blood of Others

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus

    director

    directing
    1974
  • The Human Revolution

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Shadow Hunters

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Sword and Flower

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Chase That Man

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Law of the Outlaw

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Challenge at Dawn

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Spartan Education

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Cleanup

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Fatal Raid

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Exiled to Hell

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Monument to the Girl's Corps

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Man of a Stormy Era

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Song of my Life

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Outlaw: Gangster VIP

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Endless Duel

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Velvet Hustler

    director

    directing
    1967
  • 対決

    director

    directing
    1967
  • The Man of Victory

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Challenge for Glory

    director

    directing
    1966
  • The Stormy Man

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Kill the Night Rose

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Blood Shed

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Showdown in the Red Valley

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Why Are We Young?

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Taking the Castle

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Eliminate The Killer

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Jinsei Gekijo

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Red Handkerchief

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Prince of Wolves

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Escape into Terror

    director

    directing
    1963
  • A Man With Dragon Tattoos

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Two People, Yet All Alone

    director

    directing
    1962
  • 零戦黒雲一家

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Keep Your Chin Up

    director

    directing
    1962
  • A City Where Men Live

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Quiet Man of the Underworld

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Lost in the Sun

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Hotbed of Crime

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Man at the Bullfight

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Brawler

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Day of Youth

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Yakuza Song

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Sky Is Mine

    director

    directing
    1959
  • A Man Explodes

    director

    directing
    1959
  • We Live Today

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Get Over Her

    director

    directing
    1959
  • The Perfect Game

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Red Pier

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Rusty Knife

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Eagle and the Hawk

    assistant director

    directing
    1957
  • The Champion

    assistant director

    directing
    1957
  • Dancing Sisters

    assistant director

    directing
    1957
  • Nikoyon monogatari

    assistant director

    directing
    1956
  • Phoenix

    assistant director

    directing
    1956
  • The Burmese Harp

    assistant director

    directing
    1956
  • The Heart

    assistant director

    directing
    1955

• writing (37 credits)

  • Dohten

    screenplay

    writing
    1991
  • Tokyo Blackout

    writer

    writing
    1987
  • Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    screenplay

    writing
    1985
  • Love: Starting on a Journey

    screenplay

    writing
    1985
  • Final Yamato

    screenplay

    writing
    1983
  • Highteen Boogie

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • The Last Days of Planet Earth

    adaptation

    writing
    1981
  • Be Forever Yamato

    screenplay

    writing
    1980
  • Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    writer

    writing
    1979
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    original story

    writing
    1978
  • High Seas Hijack

    screenplay

    writing
    1977
  • Conflagration

    screenplay

    writing
    1975
  • My Blood is the Blood of Others

    screenplay

    writing
    1974
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus

    adaptation

    writing
    1974
  • The Fatal Raid

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Exiled to Hell

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Man of a Stormy Era

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • The Endless Duel

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • Velvet Hustler

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • 対決

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • The Man of Victory

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • Challenge for Glory

    screenplay

    writing
    1966
  • Blood Shed

    screenplay

    writing
    1966
  • Why Are We Young?

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • Taking the Castle

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • Red Handkerchief

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • 零戦黒雲一家

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • A City Where Men Live

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Hotbed of Crime

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • Man at the Bullfight

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • Get Over Her

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • Red Pier

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • Rusty Knife

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • The Champion

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • Lunar Eclipse

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • Evil Reward

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • The Three Faces

    screenplay

    writing
    1955

• production (1 credits)

  • Triton of the Sea

    supervising producer

    production
    1979

• actors (1 credits)

  • Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Voice

    actor

    actors
    1974