Yasujirō Shimazu
Yasujirō Shimazu | |
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![]() Yasujirō Shimazu in 1939 | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | June 3, 1897
Died | September 18, 1945 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 48)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1920–1944 |
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 shomin-geki (common people drama) genre at the Shōchiku studios in pre-World War II Japan.[1]
Biography[]
Born in Tokyo,[a] Shimazu entered Shōchiku in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began training under Kaoru Osanai.[3] He gave his debut as director in 1921 at Shōchiku's recently established Kamata studio,[3] directing both comedy and melodrama films, often depicting the everyday life of the lower middle classes.[1] Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934) and A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939) are regarded as his most exemplary and best films.[1][4] By the end of the 1930s, he moved to Tōhō studios, where he made some films in cooperation with the Manchuria Film Association.[5] He died of cancer just after the war ended.[2] Many famous directors, such as Heinosuke Gosho, Shirō Toyoda, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and Keisuke Kinoshita, started their careers as his assistant.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- 1930: The Belle (麗人, Reijin)
- 1931: Lifeline ABC (生活線ABC, Seikatsusen ABC)
- 1932: First Steps Ashore (上陸第一歩, Jōriku dai ippo)
- 1934: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (隣の八重ちゃん, Tonari no Yae-chan)
- 1935: Okoto and Sasuke (春琴抄 お琴と佐助, Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke)
- 1936: Family Meeting (家族会議, Kazoku kaigi)
- 1937: Three Crows' Engagement (婚約三羽烏, Kon'yaku sanbagarasu)
- 1937: The Lights of Asakusa (浅草の灯, Asakusa no hi)
- 1939: A Brother and His Younger Sister (兄とその妹, Ani to soto imōto)
- 1940: Totsugu hi made (嫁ぐ日まで)
Notes[]
- ^ Depending on the source, either in Kanda[2] or in Nihonbashi[3] district.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 264–268. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "島津 保次郎 (Shimazu Yasujiro)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "島津 保次郎 (Shimazu Yasujirō)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company.
- ^ 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 IMDb
- Yasujirō Shimazu at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Japanese film directors
- Japanese screenwriters
- 1897 births
- 1945 deaths
- People from Tokyo
- Silent film directors
- 20th-century screenwriters
- Deaths from cancer in Japan