Shōzō Makino
Birthday
September 22, 1878 (50 years)
Place of Birth
Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Directing
Biography
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
