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Yasuzō Masumura

Yasuzō Masumura

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/08/1924

Day of Death

23/11/1986
(62) years old

Place of Birth

Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan

Biography

Yasuzo Masumura (増村 保造 Masumura Yasuzō, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director. Masumura was born in Kōfu on Honshū. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to stud... Read More

Known For

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Filmography

Crew

2022

The Setting Sun

as Screenplay

1985

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

as Script

1982

Lullaby of Death

as Director

1982

Lullaby of Death

as Writer

1980

The Garden of Eden

as Director

1978

The primary colored butterfly was watchi...

as Director

1978

Horror of the Giant Vortex

as Director

1978

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

as Director

1978

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

as Screenplay

1976

Lullaby of the Earth

as Director

1975

Main Line to Terror

as Screenplay

1975

Main Line to Terror

as Director

1974

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

as Director

1974

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

as Screenplay

1973

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

as Director

1973

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

as Screenplay

1972

Music

as Writer

1972

Music

as Director

1972

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

as Director

1972

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

as Screenplay

1971

Games

as Director

1970

Just for You

as Screenplay

1970

The Hot Little Girl

as Director

1970

The Hot Little Girl

as Writer

1970

An Ode to Yakuza

as Director

1970

Play It Cool

as Director

1970

Play It Cool

as Screenplay

1969

Vixen

as Director

1969

Vixen

as Screenplay

1969

Thousand Cranes

as Director

1969

Blind Beast

as Director

1968

One Day at Summer's End

as Director

1968

The House of Wooden Blocks

as Director

1968

The House of Wooden Blocks

as Screenplay

1968

The Sex Check

as Director

1968

The Great Villains

as Screenplay

1968

The Great Villains

as Director

1967

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

as Director

1967

Love for an Idiot

as Director

1967

A Certain Killer

as Screenplay

1967

Two Wives

as Director

1966

Red Angel

as Director

1966

The School of Spies

as Director

1966

Irezumi

as Director

1965

Seisaku's Wife

as Director

1965

Hoodlum Soldier

as Director

1964

Superexpress

as Director

1964

Superexpress

as Screenplay

1964

Manji

as Director

1964

Love and Greed

as Director

1964

Fools at Work

as Director

1963

Sentimental Mobsters

as Director

1963

Sentimental Mobsters

as Screenplay

1963

When Women Lie

as Director

1963

Black Report

as Script

1963

Black Report

as Director

1962

A Woman's Life

as Director

1962

Black Test Car

as Director

1962

Stolen Pleasure

as Director

1961

The Burdened Sisters

as Director

1961

A Wife Confesses

as Director

1961

A Lustful Man

as Director

1961

Love and Life

as Director

1960

The False Student

as Director

1960

The Woman Who Touched Legs

as Director

1960

Afraid to Die

as Director

1960

A Woman's Testament

as Director

1959

Across the Darkness

as Director

1959

Across the Darkness

as Writer

1959

Beauty the Enemy

as Director

1959

The Cast-Off

as Director

1959

The Most Valuable Wife

as Director

1958

Disobedience

as Director

1958

The Lowest Man

as Director

1958

Giants and Toys

as Director

1958

The Precipice

as Director

1957

Warm Current

as Director

1957

The Blue Sky Maiden

as Director

1957

Kisses

as Director

1956

Bridge of Japan

as Assistant Director

1956

Punishment Room

as Assistant Director

1956

Street of Shame

as Assistant Director

1955

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

as Assistant Director

1954

Madame Butterfly

as Assistant Director