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Kôzaburô Yoshimura(1911-2000)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kôzaburô 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), A Night to Remember (1962) and Clothes of Deception (1951). 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
7.3
  • Director
  • 1947
Jirô Tamiya and Ayako Wakao in A Night to Remember (1962)
A Night to Remember
6.6
  • Director
  • 1962
Clothes of Deception (1951)
Clothes of Deception
7.2
  • Director
  • 1951
A Woman's Testament (1960)
A Woman's Testament
6.7
  • Director(segment "Koi o wasureteita onna")
  • 1960

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Director



  • Ranru no hata (1974)
    Ranru no hata
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Rica 3: Juvenile Lullabay (1973)
    Rica 3: Juvenile Lullabay
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Tomomi Satô in Amai Himitsu (1971)
    Amai Himitsu
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Atsui yorû
    • Director
    • 1969
  • The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968)
    The House of the Sleeping Virgins
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Iwan no baka
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Daraku suru onna (1967)
    Daraku suru onna
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Kokoro no sanmyaku
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
    Bamboo Doll of Echizen
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Uso (1963)
    Uso
    6.7
    • Director (segment "Syayo nigou")
    • 1963
  • Jirô Tamiya and Ayako Wakao in A Night to Remember (1962)
    A Night to Remember
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Katei no jijô (1962)
    Katei no jijô
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Onna no kunshô (1961)
    Onna no kunshô
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Konki (1961)
    Konki
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Mariko Okada in Onna no saka (1960)
    Onna no saka
    7.7
    • Director
    • 1960

Writer



  • Takasebune
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1962
  • Moeru Shanghai (1954)
    Moeru Shanghai
    • Writer
    • 1954
  • Mole Alley (1953)
    Mole Alley
    7.6
    • screenplay
    • 1953
  • Kôya Takao
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Mangetsu Sanjikkokubune
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Amakusa hibun: Nanban zukin
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
    The Ball at the Anjo House
    7.3
    • idea
    • 1947
  • The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
    The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • 1947
  • Otoko no iki
    • Writer
    • 1942
  • Aratanaru kôfuku
    • Writer
    • 1942
  • Kanojo wa kirai to iimashita
    • script
    • 1935

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
    What Did the Lady Forget?
    7.0
    • assistant director
    • 1937
  • Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke (1935)
    Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke
    6.8
    • second assistant director
    • 1935
  • Watashi no niisan
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1934
  • Tonari no Yae-chan (1934)
    Tonari no Yae-chan
    7.0
    • assistant director
    • 1934

Personal details

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

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    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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