- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 25, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
- Died
- November 23, 1986
Yasuzō Masumura
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 T…
Filmography
movieThe Setting Sun
2022 · Screenplay
movieShoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985 · Script
tvShoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985 · Writer
movieLullaby of Death
1982 · Director, Writer
movieThe Garden of Eden
1980 · Director
tvAkai Shisen
1980 · Director
tvRed Storm
1979 · Director
The primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death
movieThe primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death
1978 · Director
movieDouble Suicide of Sonezaki
1978 · Director, Screenplay
tvAkai Shougeki
1976 · Director
movieLullaby of the Earth
1976 · Director
movieMain Line to Terror
1975 · Screenplay, Director
movieKenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Self
movieAkumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974 · Director
movieHanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
1974 · Screenplay
movieHanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973 · Director, Screenplay
movieMusic
1972 · Director, Screenplay
movieNew Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972 · Director, Screenplay
tvシークレット部隊
1972 · Writer
movieGames
1971 · Director
movieJust for You
1970 · Screenplay
movieThe Hot Little Girl
1970 · Director, Writer
movieAn Ode to Yakuza
1970 · Director
moviePlay It Cool
1970 · Director, Screenplay
movieVixen
1969 · Director, Screenplay
movieThousand Cranes
1969 · Director
movieBlind Beast
1969 · Director
movieOne Day at Summer's End
1968 · Director
movieThe House of Wooden Blocks
1968 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Sex Check
1968 · Director
movieThe Great Villains
1968 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967 · Director
movieLove for an Idiot
1967 · Director
movieA Certain Killer
1967 · Screenplay
movieTwo Wives
1967 · Director
movieRed Angel
1966 · Director
movieThe School of Spies
1966 · Director
movieIrezumi
1966 · Director
movieSeisaku's Wife
1965 · Director
movieHoodlum Soldier
1965 · Director
movieSuperexpress
1964 · Director, Screenplay
movieManji
1964 · Director
movieLove and Greed
1964 · Director
movieFools at Work
1964 · Director
movieSentimental Mobsters
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieWhen Women Lie
1963 · Director
movieBlack Report
1963 · Script, Director
movieA Woman's Life
1962 · Director
movieBlack Test Car
1962 · Director
movieStolen Pleasure
1962 · Director
movieThe Burdened Sisters
1961 · Director
movieA Wife Confesses
1961 · Director
movieA Lustful Man
1961 · Director
movieLove and Life
1961 · Director
movieThe False Student
1960 · Director
movieThe Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · Director
movieAfraid to Die
1960 · Director
movieA Woman's Testament
1960 · Director
movieAcross the Darkness
1959 · Director, Writer
movieBeauty the Enemy
1959 · Director
movieThe Cast-Off
1959 · Director
movieThe Most Valuable Wife
1959 · Director
movieDisobedience
1958 · Director
movieThe Lowest Man
1958 · Director
movieGiants and Toys
1958 · Director
movieThe Precipice
1958 · Director
movieWarm Current
1957 · Director
movieThe Blue Sky Maiden
1957 · Director
movieKisses
1957 · Director
movieBridge of Japan
1956 · Assistant Director
moviePunishment Room
1956 · Assistant Director
movieStreet of Shame
1956 · Assistant Director
moviePrincess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Assistant Director
movieMadame Butterfly
1954 · Assistant Director