Yasuzo Masumura (増æ ' ä¿ é€ , Masumura YasuzÅ , August 25, 1924 â€"
November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director.Masumura was born in
KÅ fu, Yamanashi. After dropping out of a law course at the University
of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei Film 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. From 1955, he worked as a second-unit director on films
directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa and Daisuke Ito, before
directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three
decades, he directed 58 films in a variety of genres.Japanese film
critic Shigehiko Hasumi said, "Young and influential filmmaker Shinji
Aoyama declared that Masumura is the most important filmmaker in the
history of postwar Japanese cinema."
November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director.Masumura was born in
KÅ fu, Yamanashi. After dropping out of a law course at the University
of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei Film 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. From 1955, he worked as a second-unit director on films
directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa and Daisuke Ito, before
directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three
decades, he directed 58 films in a variety of genres.Japanese film
critic Shigehiko Hasumi said, "Young and influential filmmaker Shinji
Aoyama declared that Masumura is the most important filmmaker in the
history of postwar Japanese cinema."
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