Yasujirō Shimazu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yasujirō Shimazu

Japanese film director

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1897

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 18-Sep-1945

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.