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Kōzaburō Yoshimura(1911-2000)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kōzaburō Yoshimura was born on 9 September 1911 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for The Ball at the Anjo House (1947), Clothes of Deception (1951) and A Night to Remember (1962). He died on 7 November 2000 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
BornSeptember 9, 1911
DiedNovember 7, 2000(89)
BornSeptember 9, 1911
DiedNovember 7, 2000(89)
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 2 nominations total

Known for

The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
The Ball at the Anjo House
7.4
  • Director(as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
  • 1947
Clothes of Deception (1951)
Clothes of Deception
7.3
  • Director(as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
  • 1951
Jirō Tamiya and Ayako Wakao in A Night to Remember (1962)
A Night to Remember
6.6
  • Director(as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
  • 1962
A Woman's Testament (1960)
A Woman's Testament
6.7
  • Director(segment "Koi o wasureteita onna", as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
  • 1960

Credits

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Director

  • Ranru no hata (1974)
    Ranru no hata
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1974
  • Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby (1973)
    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
    5.7
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1973
  • Tomomi Satô in Amai Himitsu (1971)
    Amai Himitsu
    5.8
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1971
  • Atsui yorû
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1969
  • The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968)
    The House of the Sleeping Virgins
    7.4
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1968
  • Iwan no baka
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1967
  • Daraku suru onna (1967)
    Daraku suru onna
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1967
  • Kokoro no sanmyaku
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1966
  • Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
    Bamboo Doll of Echizen
    7.4
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1963
  • Uso (1963)
    Uso
    7.2
    • Director (segment "Syayo nigou", as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1963
  • Jirō Tamiya and Ayako Wakao in A Night to Remember (1962)
    A Night to Remember
    6.6
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1962
  • Katei no jijô (1962)
    Katei no jijô
    5.9
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1962
  • Onna no kunshô (1961)
    Onna no kunshô
    6.9
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1961
  • Konki (1961)
    Konki
    6.9
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1961
  • Mariko Okada in Onna no saka (1960)
    Onna no saka
    7.4
    • Director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1960

Writer

  • Takasebune
    TV Series
    • teleplay (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1962
  • Moeru Shanghai (1954)
    Moeru Shanghai
    • Writer (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1954
  • Mole Alley (1953)
    Mole Alley
    7.2
    • screenplay (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1953
  • Kôya Takao
    • screenplay (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1952
  • Mangetsu Sanjikkokubune
    • screenplay (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1952
  • Amakusa hibun: Nanban zukin
    • screenplay (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1952
  • The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
    The Ball at the Anjo House
    7.4
    • idea (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1947
  • The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
    The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
    6.5
    • screenplay (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1947
  • Otoko no iki
    • Writer (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1942
  • Aratanaru kôfuku
    • Writer (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1942
  • Kanojo wa kirai to iimashita
    • script (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1935

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
    What Did the Lady Forget?
    7.0
    • assistant director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1937
  • Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke (1935)
    Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke
    6.9
    • second assistant director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1935
  • Watashi no niisan (1934)
    Watashi no niisan
    6.5
    • assistant director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1934
  • Tonari no Yae-chan (1934)
    Tonari no Yae-chan
    7.0
    • assistant director (as Kôzaburô Yoshimura)
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Kôzaburô Yoshimura
  • Born
    • September 9, 1911
    • Hiroshima, Japan
  • Died
    • November 7, 2000
    • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan(heart failure)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Worked from 1929 as assistant director to Yasujiro Shimazu at Japan's Shochiku studios. Started to direct his own film just prior to World War II. After the war, formed an independent production company with Kaneto Shindo.

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