As Writer
A Certain Killer
1967
6.7
Yasuzō Masumura
Directing
Born
August 25, 1924
Place of Birth
Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
Deceased
November 23, 1986
Biography
Yasuzo Masumura (増村 保造 Masumura Yasuzō, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director. Masumura was born in Kōfu 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. Masumura 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, Black Test Car, Giants and Toys, Blind Beast and Hoodlum Soldier.
The Filmography
As Director
Two Wives
1967
7.3
As Director
Red Angel
1966
7.6
As Director
The School of Spies
1966
6.5
As Director
Irezumi
1966
7.0
As Director
Seisaku's Wife
1965
7.3
As Director
Hoodlum Soldier
1965
7.3
As Director, As Writer
Superexpress
1964
8.0
As Director
Manji
1964
6.5
As Director
Love and Greed
1964
6.5
As Director
When Women Lie
1963
7.0
As Director
Black Report
1963
5.8
As Director
Black Test Car
1962
6.9
As Director
Stolen Pleasure
1962
6.8
As Director
A Wife Confesses
1961
6.7
As Director
A Lustful Man
1961
5.9
As Director
The False Student
1960
6.5
As Director
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
6.0
As Director
Afraid to Die
1960
6.0
As Director
A Woman's Testament
1960
5.8