Direction: Yasujirô Shimazu

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Yasujirô Shimazu. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Our Neighbor

1934 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Yumeko Aizome · Yukichi Iwata · Choko Iida · Yoshiko Okada

Plot Two families live in rural or suburban Japan, somewhere in the Kansai region probably. The two families are quite close to each other; the two fathers are drinking buddies, the...

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The Appearance in the Love of Osayo

1934 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Ayako Katsuragi · Reikichi Kawamura · Kaoru Futaba · Kinuyo Tanaka

Plot The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble paying his bills, is the...

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Vermilion and Green

1937 · Movie · 131 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Hideo Fujino · Hideko Higashi · Reikichi Kawamura · Ryotaro Mizushima

Plot A film about a businessman’s daughter who falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

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A Brother and His Younger Sister

1939 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Reikichi Kawamura · Michiko Kuwano · Kuniko Miyake · Shin Saburi

Plot Keisuke works late hours at his job where he doesn’t get the attention he feels he deserves. He comes home very late to a house that he and his wife...

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Okoto and Sasuke

1935 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

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The Lights of Asakusa

1937 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

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My Elder Brother

1934 · Movie · 69 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Shigeo Akaike · Kazuo Hasegawa · Ryuji Ishiyama · Kanji Kawahara

Plot Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. Jyuta tries to...

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Fisherman's Fire

1938 · Movie · 52 min. · Korea

Direction Ahn Chul-yeong · Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Yun Bug-yang · Gye Seong-ae · Park No-gyeong · Lee Hyeon

Plot Hit hard by a prolonged scarcity of fish, fisherman Chun-sam goes out fishing to pay off his debt to Clerk Jang where he meets an unexpected death. Clerk Jang wants...

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First Steps Ashore

1932 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

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The Trio's Engagements

1937 · Movie · 66 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Shinobu Aoki · Reiko Hikawa · Choko Iida · Fumiko Katsuragi

Plot Amid a job shortage, three young men find work at a textile company at the same time and fall for the company president's daughter, sparking a rivalry for her affections....

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Men vs. Women

1936 · Movie · 132 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Shinobu Aoki · Mariko Aoyama · Jun Arai · Hideo Fujino

Plot A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

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So Goes My Love

1938 · Movie · 57 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Shûji Sano · Sanae Takasugi · Takeshi Sakamoto · Ayako Katsuragi

Plot Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako earns from working in...

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Family Meeting

1936 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Hideo Fujino · Shinichi Himori · Choko Iida · Kanji Kawahara

Plot Shigezumi is a young stock broker from Tokyo. He is in love with young Taiko who lives in Osaka. The marriage seems impossible as Shigezumi had a difficult relationship to...

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Okayo's Preparedness

1939 · Movie · 56 min. · Japan

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