Background
Yasujiro Shimazu was born on June 3, 1897 in Tokyo, Japan.
保次郎 島津
Yasujiro Shimazu was born on June 3, 1897 in Tokyo, Japan.
Yasujiro Shimazu joined the Shochiku Motion Picture Company and became a director under the guidance of Kaoru Osanai. He directed 140 films in 39 years for Shochiku until he left the company.
His films were mostly of modern city life. Anito S'ono Imoto (The Brother and His Sister) in 1929 was the most acclaimed of his works. After he joined the Toho Movie Company, he did not make any notable film.
His last production was Nichijo-no Tabakai (Everyday Struggle) in 1944. Many famous directors, such as Heinosuke Gosho, Shirō Toyoda, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and Keisuke Kinoshita, trained under him.
He died of lung cancer just after the war ended.