

Directing
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Titles
- 65movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1939 to 1974, busiest in 1942 and 1953 with 4 main titles each.
- Directed
- 55titles as director
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
The Ball at the Anjo House77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical9.0average 2.6
- Family Dynamics8.3average 4.7
- Melancholy8.1average 4.7
- Nostalgia6.8average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism6.2average 3.3
- Pathos8.1average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Catharsis6.6average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.4, average 5.2
- Adrenaline1.7, average 5.1
- Crime0.7, average 3.7
- Violence1.3, average 4.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 3
- Historical Drama 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Coming-of-Age Story 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kaneto ShindōWriterRika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby, Freedom School, The Tale of Genji, The End of the War, The Telephone Rings in the Evening, +28 more
Akira IfukubeComposerAn Osaka Story, The Tale of Genji, Cape Ashizuri, On This Earth, Before the Dawn, +8 more
Yoshio MiyajimaCinematographerIf Indeed One Loves, Cape Ashizuri, Before the Dawn, Wakai hito-tachi, The Tattered Banner, +5 more- TToshio UbukataCinematographerThe Ball at the Anjo House, Ishimatsu of the Forest, Warm Current, The Most Beautiful Day of My Life, Jealousy, +4 more
Taiji TonoyamaActorRika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby, If Indeed One Loves, On This Earth, Before the Dawn, The Ball at the Anjo House, +3 more
Kazuo MiyagawaCinematographerNight Butterflies, Undercurrent, A Woman's Testament, Desire, Bamboo Doll of Echizen, +3 more
Nobuko OtowaActorThe Tale of Genji, If Indeed One Loves, Before the Dawn, Desire, Reminiscence, +1 more
Sei IkenoComposerNight Butterflies, Undercurrent, A Fallen Woman, The House of the Sleeping Virgins, Bamboo Doll of Echizen, +1 more- YYoshihisa NakagawaCinematographerYonjū-hassai no teikō, The Telephone Rings in the Evening, The Aristocrat's Stairs, On This Earth, A Grain of Wheat, +1 more
- TTadao IkedaWriterWarm Current, South Wind 2, The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant, South Wind, Flower
- SShigeo NishidaEditorAn Osaka Story, Undercurrent, Clothes of Deception, Bamboo Doll of Echizen, Sisters of Nishijin
- YYoshiro TsujiWriterThe Spy Has Not Died Yet, Kaisen no Zenya, South Wind 2, South Wind, Flower
Movies and TV shows
651970s
3 titles

The Tattered Banner (1974)
Director

Sweet Secret (1971)
Director
1960s
11 titles · average score 76

A Fallen Woman (1967)
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Kokoro no sanmyaku (1966)
Director
76
Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
Director

When Women Lie (1963)
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A Night to Remember (1962)
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Their Legacy (1962)
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A Design for Dying (1961)
Director

Marriageable Age (1961)
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A Woman's Testament (1960)
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A Woman’s Uphill Slope (1960)
Director
1950s
30 titles · average score 70

The Ladder of Success (1958)
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An Osaka Story (1957)
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Night Butterflies (1957)
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On This Earth (1957)
Director
67
Undercurrent (1956)
Director

Yonjū-hassai no teikō (1956)
Director

Women of Ginza (1955)
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Cape Ashizuri (1954)
Director

Mole Alley (1953)
Screenplay

Before the Dawn (1953)
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The Tale of Genji (1951)
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Clothes of Deception (1951)
Director
1940s
14 titles · average score 77

Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)
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Jealousy (1949)
Director

Temptation (1948)
Director
77
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
Story, Director

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
Screenplay, Director

Kaisen no Zenya (1943)
Director

The Spy Has Not Died Yet (1942)
Director

Otoko no iki (1942)
Writer

Flower (1941)
Director
1930s
7 titles · average score 72

Warm Current (1939)
Director

Five Siblings (1939)
Director

Fisherman's Fire (1939)
Editor

So Goes My Love (1938)
Editor

Okoto and Sasuke (1935)
Assistant Director
72
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934)
Assistant Director





