
Yasuzō Masumura
Directing
Born: 1924-08-25 · Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
Died: 1986-11-23
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 Luchin
🎬 Movies (30)

The Setting Sun
2022
Screenplay

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Script

Lullaby of Death
1982
Director

The Garden of Eden
1980
Director

Double Suicide of Sonezaki
1978
Director
The primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death
1978
Director

Lullaby of the Earth
1976
Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Self

Main Line to Terror
1975
Director

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
1974
Screenplay

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
Director

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
Director

Music
1972
Director

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
1972
Director

Games
1971
Director

The Hot Little Girl
1970
Director

Play It Cool
1970
Director

An Ode to Yakuza
1970
Director

Just for You
1970
Screenplay

Blind Beast
1969
Director

Vixen
1969
Director

Thousand Cranes
1969
Director

The Great Villains
1968
Director

The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Director

The Sex Check
1968
Director

One Day at Summer's End
1968
Director

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Director

Love for an Idiot
1967
Director

Two Wives
1967
Director

A Certain Killer
1967
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