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 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.
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.
Filmography
all 72
Movies 69
Director 63
Writer 6
TV Shows 3
Screenplay 1
self 1
The Setting Sun (2022)
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka (1985)
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka (1985)
Lullaby of Death (1982)
The Garden of Eden (1980)
Akai shisen (1980)
Akai Arashi (1979)
Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
Main Line to Terror (1975)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon (1974)
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
Music (1972)
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line (1972)
Games (1971)
Just for You (1970)
The Hot Little Girl (1970)
An Ode to Yakuza (1970)
Play It Cool (1970)
Vixen (1969)
Thousand Cranes (1969)
Blind Beast (1969)
One Day at Summer's End (1968)
The House of Wooden Blocks (1968)
The Fox With Nine Tails (1968)
The Sex Check (1968)
The Great Villains (1968)
A Killer's Key (1967)
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
Love for an Idiot (1967)
A Certain Killer (1967)
Two Wives (1967)
Red Angel (1966)
The School of Spies (1966)
Irezumi (1966)
Seisaku's Wife (1965)
Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
Superexpress (1964)
Manji (1964)
Love and Greed (1964)
Fools at Work (1964)
Sentimental Mobsters (1963)
When Women Lie (1963)
Black Report (1963)
A Woman's Life (1962)
Black Test Car (1962)
Stolen Pleasure (1962)
The Burdened Sisters (1961)
A Wife Confesses (1961)
A Lustful Man (1961)
Love and Life (1961)
The False Student (1960)
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
Afraid to Die (1960)
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Across the Darkness (1959)
Beauty the Enemy (1959)
The Cast-Off (1959)
The Most Valuable Madam (1959)
Disobedience (1958)
The Lowest Man (1958)
Giants and Toys (1958)
The Precipice (1958)
Warm Current (1957)
The Blue Sky Maiden (1957)
Kisses (1957)
Bridge of Japan (1956)
Punishment Room (1956)
Street of Shame (1956)
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1924-08-25
Deathday1986-11-23 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceKofu, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsYasuzo Masumura, 増村 保造, Masumura Yasuzō, 마스무라 야스조, Ясудзо Масумура, 增村保造, 야스조 마스무라
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