Yasuzō Masumura

Directing·Aug 25, 1924·Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan

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Yasuzo Masumura (増村保造 Masumura Yasuzō, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director. Masumura was born in Kōfu on Honshū. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to study philosophy; he graduated in 1949. He then won a scholarship allowing him to study film in Italy at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. Masumura returned to Japan in 1953 and from 1955 worked as a second-unit director on films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa, before directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three decades he directed around 60 films in a variety of genres. His work is noted for his dark satire and fluid style. Notable films include Red Angel, Black Test Car, Giants and Toys, Blind Beast and Hoodlum Soldier.

Film	Credit
The Setting Sun2022 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Lullaby of Death1982 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Garden of Eden1980 · Director	Director
TThe primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death1978 · Director	Director
Double Suicide of Sonezaki1978 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lullaby of the Earth1976 · Director	Director
Main Line to Terror1975 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · Self	Self
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon1974 · Director	Director
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?1974 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare1973 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Music1972 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line1972 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Games1971 · Director	Director
Just for You1970 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Hot Little Girl1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
An Ode to Yakuza1970 · Director	Director
Play It Cool1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Vixen1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Thousand Cranes1969 · Director	Director
Blind Beast1969 · Director	Director
One Day at Summer's End1968 · Director	Director
The House of Wooden Blocks1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Sex Check1968 · Director	Director
The Great Villains1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka1967 · Director	Director
Love for an Idiot1967 · Director	Director
A Certain Killer1967 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Two Wives1967 · Director	Director
Red Angel1966 · Director	Director
The School of Spies1966 · Director	Director
Irezumi1966 · Director	Director
Seisaku's Wife1965 · Director	Director
Hoodlum Soldier1965 · Director	Director
Superexpress1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Manji1964 · Director	Director
Love and Greed1964 · Director	Director
Fools at Work1964 · Director	Director
Sentimental Mobsters1963 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
When Women Lie1963 · Director	Director
Black Report1963 · Director	Director
A Woman's Life1962 · Director	Director
Black Test Car1962 · Director	Director
Stolen Pleasure1962 · Director	Director
The Burdened Sisters1961 · Director	Director
A Wife Confesses1961 · Director	Director
A Lustful Man1961 · Director	Director
Love and Life1961 · Director	Director