Portrait of Hiroshi Shimizu

Directing

Hiroshi Shimizu

Career

Active from 1924 to 1959, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mr. Thank You
Mr. Thank You
GoodWatch score78/100

Characters

1

The characters Hiroshi Shimizu played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hiroshi Shimizu Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Crime
    2.0, average 3.5
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character Study 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Romance 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Classic Japanese Drama 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Historical Context 2
  • Human Condition 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
My Darling of the Mountains
My Darling of the Mountains (2008)

Scenario Writer

1950s

17 titles · average score 76
Image of a Mother
Image of a Mother (1959)

Director

Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl (1957)

Director

Sound in the Mist
Sound in the Mist (1956)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

Girl's Reform School
Girl's Reform School (1956)

Director, Screenplay

Children Seeking a Mother
Children Seeking a Mother (1956)

Director, Writer

The Shiinomi School
The Shiinomi School (1955)

Writer, Director

The Tale of Jiro
The Tale of Jiro (1955)

Screenplay, Director

Tokyo Profile
Tokyo Profile (1953)

Director, Screenplay

Mole Alley
Mole Alley (1953)

Screenplay, Director

Children of the Great Buddha
Children of the Great Buddha (1952)

Director, Writer

Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next
Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next (1951)

Director, Screenplay

A Mother's Love
A Mother's Love (1950)

Screenplay, Director

1940s

15 titles · average score 69
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)

Director, Screenplay

Children of the Beehive
Children of the Beehive (1948)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Director

Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather
Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather (1948)

Director

Victory Song
Victory Song (1945)

Writer, Director

Sayon's Bell
Sayon's Bell (1943)

Director

Ornamental Hairpin
Ornamental Hairpin (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Screenplay

Dawn Chorus
Dawn Chorus (1941)

Director

Introspection Tower
Introspection Tower (1941)

Director, Screenplay

Notes of an Itinerant Performer
Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941)

Director

Record of a Woman Doctor
Record of a Woman Doctor (1941)

Director

Acorns & Chestnuts
Acorns & Chestnuts (1941)

Screenplay, Director

Nobuko
Nobuko (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

1930s

27 titles · average score 74
Four Seasons of Children
Four Seasons of Children (1939)

Director

The Masseurs and a Woman
The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Screenplay

Family Diary
Family Diary (1938)

Director

Children in the Wind
Children in the Wind (1937)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

A Star Athlete
A Star Athlete (1937)

Director

Mr. Thank You
Mr. Thank You (1936)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay, Director

A Hero of Tokyo
A Hero of Tokyo (1935)

Director

Eclipse
Eclipse (1934)

Director

Japanese Girls at the Harbor
Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Boss's Son at College
The Boss's Son at College (1933)

Story, Director

A Woman Crying in Spring
A Woman Crying in Spring (1933)

Director

Walk Cheerfully
Walk Cheerfully (1930)
GoodWatch score 73

Story

1920s

17 titles · average score 63
I Graduated, But...
I Graduated, But... (1929)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

Eternal Heart
Eternal Heart (1929)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

The Blacksmith of the Forest
The Blacksmith of the Forest (1929)

Director

Parent
Parent (1929)

Director

Cheerful Song
Cheerful Song (1929)

Director, Story

The Betrayed
The Betrayed (1926)

Writer, Director

Troubled Days
Troubled Days (1926)

Writer, Director

The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple
The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple (1925)

Director, Story

Fallen Samurai
Fallen Samurai (1925)

Director

Love's Snare
Love's Snare (1925)

Writer, Director

Village Pasture
Village Pasture (1924)

Director

Beyond The Pass
Beyond The Pass (1924)

Director