Yasujirō Shimazu

★ Directing #12,066

1897 - 1945 (age 48) • Directing

Born: 6/3/1897 in Tokyo, Japan

Died: 9/18/1945 (age 48)

Known for: Directing

Yasujirō Shimazu

★ Directing #12,066

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.

Known For

Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

74%

Director

1934

A Brother and His Younger Sister

60%

Director

1939

The Lights of Asakusa

60%

Director

1937

ABC Lifeline

67%

Director

1931

Okoto and Sasuke

68%

Director

1935

Vermilion and Green

53%

Director

1937

My Nightingale

65%

Writer

1944

Fisherman's Fire

70%

Supervisor of Production Resources

1939

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

Screenplay

1956

Nichijô no tatakai

70%

Director

1944

My Nightingale

65%

Writer

1944

My Nightingale

65%

Director

1944

Chorus of Prayer

Director

1943

Chorus of Prayer

Screenplay

1943

Green Earth

Director

1942

Green Earth

Story

1942

White Heron

90%

Director

1941

Wedding Day

Screenplay

1940

Wedding Day

Director

1940

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

Screenplay

1940

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

Director

1940

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

Screenplay

1940

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

Director

1940

Okayo's Preparedness

70%

Director

1939

Okayo's Preparedness

70%

Writer

1939

A Brother and His Younger Sister

60%

Director

1939

A Brother and His Younger Sister

60%

Writer

1939

A Brother and His Younger Sister

60%

Producer

1939

Fisherman's Fire

70%

Supervisor of Production Resources

1939

So Goes My Love

85%

Director

1938

The Lights of Asakusa

60%

Director

1937

The Trio's Engagements

70%

Director

1937

The Trio's Engagements

70%

Screenplay

1937

Vermilion and Green

53%

Director

1937

Men vs. Women

70%

Director

1936

Family Meeting

Director

1936