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Kōzaburō Yoshimura (吉村 公三郎, Yoshimura Kōzaburō, 9 September 1911 – 7 November 2000) was a Japanese film director.

Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Yoshimura in January 1967
Born	(1911-09-09)9 September 1911 Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan[1]
Died	7 November 2000(2000-11-07) (aged 89) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Other names	Kimisaburo Yoshimura
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1929-1974

Biography

Born in Shiga Prefecture, he joined the Shōchiku studio in 1929.[2] He debuted as director in 1934, but continued working as an assistant director for such filmmakers as Yasujirō Ozu and Yasujirō Shimazu after that.^{[citation needed]} It was the 1939 film Warm Current that established his status as a director.[1][2] During the Sino-Japanese war he directed a number of military dramas such as The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940), for which he toured the actual battlefields in China.[3] His 1947 work The Ball at the Anjo House, starring Setsuko Hara, was named the best picture of the year by Kinema Junpo.[1] This 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.[1][2]

Yoshimura is credited with furthering the careers of such actresses as Fujiko Yamamoto, Machiko Kyō and Ayako Wakao.[1] He directed over 60 films during his career,[4] and received a Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon) from the Japanese government in 1976.[1]

Selected filmography

• Warm Current (暖流, Danryū) (1939)
• The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)
• The Spy isn't Dead Yet (1942)
• The Ball at the Anjo House (安城家の舞踏会, Anjō-ke no butōkai) (1947)
• The Tale of Genji (1951)
• Before the Dawn (1953)
• Epitome (1953) (producer only)
• Life of a Woman (1953) (producer only)
• Ginza no onna (1955)
• Night River (1956)
• An Osaka Story (1957)
• A Woman's Uphill Slope (女の坂, Onna no saka) (1960)
• A Woman's Testament (女経, Jokyō) (1960) (episode "The Woman Who Forgot to Love")

References

External links

• Kōzaburō Yoshimura at IMDb
• Kōzaburō Yoshimura at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

На других языках

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- [en] Kōzaburō Yoshimura

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[es] Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Kōzaburō Yoshimura (吉村公三郎, Yoshimura Kōzaburō?) Hiroshima, 9 de septiembre de 1911 - Yokohama, 7 de noviembre de 2000 fue un director de cine japonés. Dirigió 44 películas entre los años 1939 y 1974.

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[ru] Ёсимура, Кодзабуро

Кодзабуро Ёсимура (яп. 吉村公三郎 Ёсимура Кодзабуро), также известен как Кимасабуро Ёсимура, в «Кинословаре» 1970 года издания его фамилия написана как Йосимура. (9 сентября 1911, Оцу, префектура Сига, Япония — 7 ноября 2000, Киото, Япония) — японский кинорежиссёр и продюсер, представитель старшего поколения японских кинорежиссёров, работавший в «золотые годы японского кино». Обладатель престижнейших японских наград: императорского ордена Восходящего солнца[1], правительственной награды Ордена Культуры[1], кинопремий — журнала «Кинэма Дзюмпо»[2] и «Майнити»[2].

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