Makino Film Productions was a successful early film producing company active in Japanese cinema in the 1920s and 1930s. It was founded by the pioneering film director Shozo Makino in 1923.[1] Makino produced many prominent films of the early era, and employed many directors and actors within its production.
Founded | 1923 in Japan |
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Founder | Shozo Makino |
Makino separated from the Mikado Company he had founded in 1919 into an independent production company, Makino Film Productions, and from 1923 continued his work as a director and producer.[2] In 1929, he started distributing talkies with a sound-on-disc system.
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edit- Shozo Makino at IMDb