Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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film director
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Place of Birth: Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
About Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Kozaburo Yoshimura (?? ???, Yoshimura Kozaburo, 9 September 1911 – 7 November 2000) was a Japanese film director.
- Born in Shiga Prefecture, he joined the Shochiku studio in 1929.
- He debuted as director in 1934, but continued working as an assistant director for such filmmakers as Yasujiro Ozu and Yasujiro Shimazu after that.
- It was the 1939 film Danryu that established his status as a director.
- During the Sino-Japanese war he directed a number of military dramas such as The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940), based on a true story, for which he toured the actual battlefields in China.
- His 1947 work, A Ball at the Anjo House, starring Setsuko Hara, was named the best picture of the year by Kinema Junpo.
- That film marked the start of a long relationship with the screenwriter and film director Kaneto Shindo.
- In 1950, the two of them started the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai.Yoshimura is credited with furthering the careers of such actresses as Fujiko Yamamoto, Machiko Kyo and Ayako Wakao.
- He directed over 60 films during his career, and received a Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon) from the Japanese government in 1976.
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