Yasujirō Shimazu

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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, who was one of the major creators of the shōshimingeki genre at the Shōchiku studios in pre-World War II Japan.

Born in Kanda, Tokyo, Shimazu entered the Shōchiku studio in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began training under Kaoru Osanai.^[1]^[2] He was recognized as a director from 1923 and began specializing in the films about the middle class (shōshimingeki) that were favored at Shōchiku's Kamata studio.^[1] He especially came into his own in the sound era, but eventually moved to the Tōhō studio. There he made some films in cooperation with the Manchuria Film Association.^[3] He died of lung cancer just after the war ended.^[1] Many famous directors, such as Heinosuke Gosho, Shirō Toyoda, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and Keisuke Kinoshita, trained under him.^[3]

Selected filmography

First Steps Ashore (Jōriku dai ippo 上陸第一歩) (1932)
Tonari no Yae-chan (隣の八重ちゃん) (1934)
Asakusa no hi (浅草の灯) (1937)
Ani to sono imōto (兄とその妹) (1939)
Totsugu hi made (嫁ぐ日まで) (1940)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Yasujiro Shimazu". Mubi.com. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
↑ "Shimazu Yasujirō". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Yamane, Sadao (1997). "Shimazu Yasujirō". Nihon eiga jinmei jiten: Kantoku hen (in Japanese). Kinema Junpō. pp. 404–406. ISBN 4-87376-208-1.

Bibliography

Wada-Marciano, Mitsuyo (2008). Nippon Modern: Japanese Cinema of the 1920s and 1930s. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3240-7.

External links

Yasujirō Shimazu at the Internet Movie Database
Shimazu Yasujirō at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)

Persondata
Name	Shimazu, Yasujiro
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese film director
Date of birth	3 June 1897
Place of birth
Date of death	18 September 1945
Place of death

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