Yasujirō Shimazu

  • Known for: Director
  • Date of birth: 1897. June 3.
  • Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

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. Shimazu was born in Tokyo, the second son of...

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