How to Pronounce Yasujirō Shimazu
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Jun 03, 1897 Tokyo, Japan Died on 18 Sep 1945 (aged 48)
Japanese film director
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About Yasujir Shimazu
- Yasujiro Shimazu (?? ???, Shimazu Yasujiro, 3 June 1897 – 18 September 1945) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who was one of the major creators of the shoshimingeki genre (films depicting the lower middle classes) at the Shochiku studios in pre-World War II Japan. Born in Kanda, Tokyo, Shimazu entered the Shochiku studio in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began training under Kaoru Osanai.
- He was recognized as a director from 1923 and began specializing in the films about the middle class (shoshimingeki) that were favored at Shochiku's Kamata studio.
- He especially came into his own in the sound era, but eventually moved to the Toho studio.
- There he made some films in cooperation with the Manchuria Film Association.
- He died of lung cancer just after the war ended.
- Many famous directors, such as Heinosuke Gosho, Shiro Toyoda, Kozaburo Yoshimura, and Keisuke Kinoshita, trained under him.
