How many movies have Chikashi Makiura and Saburo Date collaborated on?

They have worked on 17 movies together! Their first movie together was New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) while their highest rated movie together was A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963). They have not worked together since Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972). They are most known for their action films together.