Yasuzō Masumura

Director

Born: August 25, 1924
Died: November 23, 1986 (age 62)
From: Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan

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…

Filmography (59)

Lullaby of Death (1982)
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The Garden of Eden (1980)
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The primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death
The primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death (1978)
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Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
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Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
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Main Line to Terror (1975)
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
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Akumyo: Notorious Dragon (1974)
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Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
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Music (1972)
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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line (1972)
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Games (1971)
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The Hot Little Girl (1970)
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An Ode to Yakuza (1970)
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Play It Cool (1970)
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Vixen (1969)
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Thousand Cranes (1969)
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Blind Beast (1969)
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One Day at Summer's End (1968)
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The House of Wooden Blocks (1968)
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The Sex Check (1968)
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The Great Villains (1968)
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
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Love for an Idiot (1967)
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Two Wives (1967)
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Red Angel (1966)
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The School of Spies (1966)
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Irezumi (1966)
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Seisaku's Wife (1965)
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Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
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