Direction: Yasuzô Masumura

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


Mazakon-keiji no jikenbo (TV)

1983 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

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The Black Report

1963 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ken Utsui · Junko Kano · Hideo Takamatsu · Shigeru Kôyama

Plot Yasuzo Masumura based his story on prize winning Edogawa Ranpo's book [Hanayaka na shitai]. It's a thriller about a Food Company's boss being killed and the search for his murderer....

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Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

1974 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Joji Ai · Hiroko Isayama · Kirin Kiki

Plot Set in 1937, this is the story of Asakichi, who is played by Shiuntaro Katsu, best known as being Zatoichi in 26 films. Asakichi has been disowned by his father...

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Black Express

1964 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

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Archipelago of Arteries

1975 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Masaomi Kondo · Keiko Takahashi · Meiko Kaji

Plot A hospital intern threatens to blow up a bullet train because he believes that their noise and pollution is contributing to his patients deaths.

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For My Daughter's 7th Birthday

1982 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Shima Iwashita · Jinpachi Nezu · Kyôko Kishida · Shinsuke Ashida

Plot The palmist "blue-moth (Seiga)" is rumored to manipulate the Japanese political and business from behind. Journalist Omoda had inquired into the "blue-moth" but is killed. Sudo who is Omoda's juniors...

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Hoodlum Soldier: Rebel in the Army

1972 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Takahiro Tamura · Koichi Ose · Michiyo Oguso

Plot The last in the Heitai Yakuza series, and the only other entry directed by Masumura, as well as the only one in color. On the Chinese front, Kisaburo, a young...

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Stolen Pleasure

1962 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Jiro Tamiya · Yaeko Mizutani · Eiji Funakoshi

Plot Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adaptation by Kaneto Shindo, Masumura Yasuzo directs. A battle of woman competing for the same man. Masuko (Ayako Wakao) is the number...

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The Troublesome Sisters

1961 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

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Undutiful Street

1958 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Yôko Katsuragi · Hitomi Nozoe · Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Plot A young delinquent wants to avenge his sister from a college student who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the student's sister to...

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Yakuza zesshô

1970 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Naoko Otani · Masakazu Tamura · Yusuke Kawazu

Plot A yakuza member's half-sister means much more to him in a film that repeatedly depicts realities other than what normal societal rules allow. The overly protective and loving brother; however,...

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One Day at Summer's End

1968 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Kinya Kitaoji · Etsushi Takahashi · Mayumi Nagisa

Plot A Masumura Yasuzō film about a love affair starring Wakao Ayako. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.

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A Daring Man

1958 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Hitomi Nozoe · Kyôko Kishida · Eiji Funakoshi

Plot A young offender who is already guilty of many offenses is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.

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A Woman's Testament

1960 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa · Yasuzô Masumura · Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Jiro Tamiya · Sachiko Hidari

Plot A Film in Three Parts. The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy....

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Play

1971 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Keiko Takahashi · Masaaki Daimon · Keizo Kanie · Keiko Matsuzaka

Plot A young factory worker is picked up and courted by a clumsy youth with yakuza dreams, over one long day and a night. But in the fourteen years since Kisses,...

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Vixen

1969 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ruriko Asaoka · Eiji Okada · Kyôko Kishida · Eiko Azusa

Plot A young woman blackmails a corrupted college dean for two million yen after being raped by his son. Dealing through the son in law, then she tries to lure him...

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A False Student

1960 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Jerry Fujio · Jun Fujimaki · Eiji Funakoshi

Plot Having botched his entrance exams to a prestigious university, the dim-witted but earnest Hikoichi Otsu (Fujio) refuses to swallow his pride by doing the decent thing and admitting his failure...

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The Hot Little Girl

1970 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Mari Atsumi · Ryo Tamura · Yusuke Kawazu · Ryoichi Tamagawa

Plot A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.

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