Yasujirō Shimazu

Yasujirō Shimazu
Yasujirō Shimazu in 1939
Born(1897-06-03)June 3, 1897
Tokyo, Japan
DiedSeptember 18, 1945(1945-09-18) (aged 48)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Years active1920–1944

Yasujirō Shimazu (島津 保次郎, Shimazu Yasujirō; 3 June 1897 – 18 September 1945) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, and a pioneer of the shōshimin-eiga (common people drama) genre at the Shōchiku studios in pre-World War II Japan.

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