Yasujirō Shimazu
Directing
Yasujirō Shimazu (島津 保次郎, Shimazu Yasujirō, 3 June 1897 – 18 September 1945) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, and a pioneer of the shōshimin-eiga (common people drama) genre at the Shōchiku studios in pre-World War II Japan. Shimazu was born in Tokyo, the second son of merchant Otojirō Shimazu. His father owned a long-established seaweed business named Kōshū-ya directly in front of the main Mitsukoshi department store in Nihonbashi. Shimazu entered Shōchiku in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began training under Kaoru Osanai. He gave his debut as director in 1921 at Shōchiku's recently established Kamata studio, directing both comedy and melodrama films, often depicting the everyday life of the lower middle classes. Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934) and A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939) are regarded as his most exemplary and best films. By the end of the 1930s, he moved to Tōhō studios, where he made some films in cooperation with the Manchuria Film Association. He died of cancer just after the war ended. Many famous directors, such as Heinosuke Gosho, Shirō Toyoda, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and Keisuke Kinoshita, started their careers as his assistant.
Known for
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movieNichijô no tatakai
1944
Director
movieMy Nightingale
1944
Director
movieChorus of Prayer
1943
Director
movieGreen Earth
1942
Director
movieWhite Heron
1941
Director
movieA World of Two
1940
Director
movieWedding Day
1940
Director
movieHikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Director
movieHikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Director
movieOkayo's Preparedness
1939
Director
movieSo Goes My Love
1938
Director
movieThe Lights of Asakusa
1937
Director
movieThe Trio's Engagements
1937
Director
movieVermilion and Green
1937
Director
movieMen vs. Women
1936
Director
movieFamily Meeting
1936
Director
movieOkoto and Sasuke
1935
Director
movieMy Elder Brother
1934
Director
movieOsayo Koi Sugata
1934
Director
movieOur Neighbor, Miss Yae
1934
Director
movieFirst Steps Ashore
1932
Director
movieVictory or Defeat
1932
Director
movieABC Lifeline
1931
Director
Reijin
1930
Director
Echigo Lion
1929
Director
movieUmi mo yusha
1927
Director
movieYoung Master
1926
Director
Brave Love
1925
Director
Father
1923
Director
Writing23
movieA Brother and His Sister
1956
Screenplay
movieThree Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
Screenplay
movieMy Nightingale
1944
Writer
movieChorus of Prayer
1943
Screenplay
movieGreen Earth
1942
Story
movieWedding Day
1940
Screenplay
movieHikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Screenplay
movieHikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Trio's Engagements
1937
Screenplay
The Great Ship
1930
Screenplay, Story
If Only She...
1928
Screenplay, Story
movieYoung Master
1926
Writer
Nature Is the Judge
1925
Writer, Story
Brave Love
1925
Writer, Story
Crew1
movieFisherman's Fire
1939
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