Yasujirō Shimazu
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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Movies (44)
A Brother and His Sister
1956 · Screenplay
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956 · Screenplay
Nichijô no tatakai
1944 · Director
My Nightingale
1944 · Director, Writer
Chorus of Prayer
1943 · Director, Screenplay
Green Earth
1942 · Director, Story
White Heron
1941 · Director
A World of Two
1940 · Director
Wedding Day
1940 · Director, Screenplay
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940 · Director, Screenplay
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940 · Director, Screenplay
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939 · Director, Writer, Producer
Okayo's Preparedness
1939 · Director, Writer
Fisherman's Fire
1939 · Supervisor of Production Resources
So Goes My Love
1938 · Director
The Lights of Asakusa
1937 · Director
The Trio's Engagements
1937 · Director, Screenplay
Vermilion and Green
1937 · Director
Men vs. Women
1936 · Director
Family Meeting
1936 · Director
Okoto and Sasuke
1935 · Director, Writer
My Elder Brother
1934 · Director, Writer
That Night's Woman
1934 · Director, Screenplay
Osayo Koi Sugata
1934 · Director
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
1934 · Director, Writer
Arashi no naka no shojo
1932 · Director, Screenplay
First Steps Ashore
1932 · Director
Victory or Defeat
1932 · Director
ABC Lifeline
1931 · Director
ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter
1931 · Director
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931 · Director
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931 · Director
The Great Ship
1930 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Reijin
1930 · Director
Scenes of Love
1929 · Director, Writer
Echigo Lion
1929 · Director, Writer
The Glory of the Shōwa Era
1928 · Director
If Only She...
1928 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Umi mo yusha
1927 · Director
Young Master
1926 · Director, Writer
Nature Is the Judge
1925 · Director, Writer, Story
Brave Love
1925 · Director, Writer, Story
Yama no senroban
1923 · Director
Father
1923 · Director
TV shows (0)
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