Yasujirō Shimazu
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-06-03 (48 years old)
Deathday
1945-09-18
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known As
Ясудзиро Симадзу
Yasujirō Shimazu
Biography
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, dire...
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1944
as Director
1944
as Writer
1939
as Supervisor of Production Resources
1932
as Director
1932
as Screenplay
1934
as Director
1934
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1934
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1934
as Screenplay
1931
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1931
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1942
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1941
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1942
as Story
1923
as Director
1937
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1936
as Director
1932
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1939
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1935
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1931
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1937
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1927
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1934
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1934
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1936
as Director
1944
as Director
1934
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1937
as Screenplay
1937
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1939
as Writer
1940
as Screenplay
1940
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1940
as Director
1940
as Screenplay
1940
as Director
1940
as Screenplay
1930
as Director
1935
as Writer
1939
as Writer
1923
as Director
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