Yasujirō Shimazu

Directing·Jun 3, 1897·Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
A Brother and His Sister1956 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl1956 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Nichijô no tatakai1944 · Director	Director
My Nightingale1944 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Chorus of Prayer1943 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Green Earth1942 · Director	Director
White Heron1941 · Director	Director
A World of Two1940 · Director	Director
Wedding Day1940 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)1940 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)1940 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
A Brother and His Younger Sister1939 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Okayo's Preparedness1939 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
So Goes My Love1938 · Director	Director
The Lights of Asakusa1937 · Director	Director
The Trio's Engagements1937 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Vermilion and Green1937 · Director	Director
Men vs. Women1936 · Director	Director
Family Meeting1936 · Director	Director
Okoto and Sasuke1935 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
My Elder Brother1934 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
TThat Night's Woman1934 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Osayo Koi Sugata1934 · Director	Director
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae1934 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
AArashi no naka no shojo1932 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
First Steps Ashore1932 · Director	Director
Victory or Defeat1932 · Director	Director
ABC Lifeline1931 · Director	Director
ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter1931 · Director	Director
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 11931 · Director	Director
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 21931 · Director	Director
TThe Great Ship1930 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
RReijin1930 · Director	Director
SScenes of Love1929 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
EEchigo Lion1929 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Glory of the Shōwa Era1928 · Director	Director
IIf Only She...1928 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Umi mo yusha1927 · Director	Director
Young Master1926 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
NNature Is the Judge1925 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
BBrave Love1925 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
YYama no senroban1923 · Director	Director
FFather1923 · Director	Director