Yasujirō Shimazu
Directing
Born 1897-06-03
Died 1945-09-18
Tokyo, Japan
44 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Directing
41 credits
Vermilion and Green
My Elder Brother
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
ABC Lifeline
Okoto and Sasuke
Family Meeting
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
A World of Two
Nature Is the Judge
The Trio's Engagements
Men vs. Women
Reijin
Chorus of Prayer
A Brother and His Younger Sister
So Goes My Love
The Lights of Asakusa
Green Earth
If Only She...
My Nightingale
The Glory of the Shōwa Era
Nichijô no tatakai
First Steps Ashore
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
The Great Ship
Young Master
White Heron
Father
Wedding Day
Brave Love
Osayo Koi Sugata
Scenes of Love
Echigo Lion
That Night's Woman
ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter
Okayo's Preparedness
Umi mo yusha
Yama no senroban
Victory or Defeat
Arashi no naka no shojo
Writing
23 credits
My Elder Brother
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Okoto and Sasuke
A Brother and His Sister
Nature Is the Judge
The Trio's Engagements
Chorus of Prayer
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Green Earth
If Only She...
My Nightingale
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
The Great Ship
Young Master
Wedding Day
Brave Love
Scenes of Love
Echigo Lion
That Night's Woman
Okayo's Preparedness
Arashi no naka no shojo
Acting
1 credit
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