Yasuzō Masumura
Directing
- Born
- August 25, 1924 · Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
- Died
- November 23, 1986 (age 62)
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 study philosophy; he graduated in 1949. He then won a scholarship allowing him to study film in Italy at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti.
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Masumura returned to Japan in 1953 and from 1955 worked as a second-unit director on films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa, before directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three decades he directed around 60 films in a variety of genres. His work is noted for his dark satire and fluid style. Notable films include Red Angel, Black Test Car, Giants and Toys, Blind Beast and Hoodlum Soldier.
Known for
Street of Shame
March 18, 1956
Blind Beast
January 25, 1969
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
May 3, 1955
Red Angel
October 1, 1966
Irezumi
January 15, 1966
Manji
July 25, 1964
Giants and Toys
June 22, 1958
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
August 11, 1973
A Wife Confesses
October 29, 1961
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
February 9, 1974
Black Test Car
June 30, 1962
Seisaku's Wife
June 25, 1965
Behind the camera68
- 2022The Setting Sun Screenplay
- 1982Lullaby of Death Director, Writer
- 1980The Garden of Eden Director
- 1978The primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death Director
- 1978Double Suicide of Sonezaki Director, Screenplay
- 1976Lullaby of the Earth Director
- 1975Main Line to Terror Screenplay, Director
- 1974Akumyo: Notorious Dragon Director
- 1974Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? Screenplay
- 1973