Background
Kōzaburō Yoshimura was born on September 9, 1911 in Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
(After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, lib...)
After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves for his defeated father and the values that the war destroyed, while the daughter tries to prevent father from taking his life and to find her own place in the new Japan.
1947
(It is based on the piece of Japanese literature of the sa...)
It is based on the piece of Japanese literature of the same name.
1951
公三郎 吉村
Kōzaburō Yoshimura was born on September 9, 1911 in Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
Kōzaburō Yoshimura joined the Shōchiku studio in 1929. He debuted as director in 1934, but continued working as an assistant director for such filmmakers as Yasujirō Ozu and Yasujirō Shimazu after that. It was the 1939 film Danryū that established his status as a director.
During the Sino-Japanese war he directed a number of military dramas such as The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940), based on a true story, for which he toured the actual battlefields in China. His 1947 work, A Ball at the Anjo House, starring Setsuko Hara, was named the best picture of the year by Kinema Junpo. That film marked the start of a long relationship with the screenwriter and film director Kaneto Shindō. In 1950, the two of them started the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai.
Yoshimura is credited with furthering the careers of such actresses as Fujiko Yamamoto, Machiko Kyō and Ayako Wakao. He directed over 60 films during his career, and received a Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon) from the Japanese government in 1976.
Epitome
(Ginko (Nobuko Otowa) works as a geisha to support her poo...)
1953A Ball at the Anjo House
(After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, lib...)
1947The Tale of Genji
(It is based on the piece of Japanese literature of the sa...)
1951Jokyo
(This is a series of three stories revolving around women....)
1960Life of a Woman
1953An Osaka Story
1957
