Yasuzo Masumura
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| Born: | August 25, 1924 Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan |
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| Died: | November 23, 1986 Japan |
| Occupation: | Film director and screenwriter. |
Yasuzo Masumura (増村 保造, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director.
He was born in Kofu 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 at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti.
He returned to Japan in 1953 and from 1955 worked as a second-unit director on films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa, before directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three decades he directed around 60 films in a variety of genres. His work is noted for his dark satire and fluid style. Notable films include Red Angel, Giants & Toys, Blind Beast and Hoodlum Soldier.
[edit] External links
- Films by Yasuzo Masumura by Joanathan Rosenbaum
- The Cruel Beauty of Masumura Yasuzo at the Independent Cinema Office
- Yasuzo Masumura at the Internet Movie Database
- (Japanese) Yasuzo Masumura at the Japanese Movie Database
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