Hiroshi Shimizu
Born: 1903-03-28 in Shizuoka, Japan
Died: 1966-06-23
Known For: Directing
Biography
Hiroshi Shimizu ( March 28, 1903 – June 23, 1966) was a Japanese film director, known for his silent films with detailed depictions of Japanese society. He was born in Shizuoka and attended the Shochiku studio in Tokyo where he began making films in 1924, at the age of just 21. A friend and colleague of Yasujiro Ozu, he is believed to have directed at least 166 films during his career. He died of a heart attack on June 23, 1966, at the age of 63. Though respected in his time, today he is largely unknown, even in his native Japan. In 2008, Shochiku released two box sets which include eight of his films. In 2009, a Criterion Collection box set of four of his films was released.
Filmography
2008
- My Darling of the Mountains ... (Scenario Writer)
1959
- Image of a Mother ... (Director)
1958
- A Mother's Journey ... (Director)
1957
- Dancing Girl ... (Director)
1956
- Sound in the Mist ... (Director)
- Girl's Reform School ... (Director)
- The Sentimental Idiot ... (Director)
- Children Seeking a Mother ... (Director)
1955
- The Shiinomi School ... (Director)
- The Tale of Jiro ... (Screenplay)
1954
- The Second Kiss ... (Director)
1953
- Tokyo Profile ... (Screenplay)
- Mole Alley ... (Screenplay)
- Nara ni wa furuki hotoke tachi ... (Director)
1952
- Children of the Great Buddha ... (Writer)
1951
- Under the Blossoming Peach ... (Writer)
- Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next ... (Director)
1950
- A Mother's Love ... (Screenplay)
1949
- 娘十八嘘つき時代 ... (Director)
- Mr. Shosuke Ohara ... (Director)
1948
- Children of the Beehive ... (Director)
- Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather ... (Director)
1945
- Victory Song ... (Writer)
1943
- Sayon's Bell ... (Director)
1941
- Record of a Woman Doctor ... (Director)
- Acorns & Chestnuts ... (Screenplay)
- Ornamental Hairpin ... (Director)
- Introspection Tower ... (Director)
- Dawn Chorus ... (Director)
- Notes of an Itinerant Performer ... (Director)
1939
- Four Seasons of Children ... (Director)
- Weeds with flowers ... (Director)
1938
- The Masseurs and a Woman ... (Director)
- Family Diary ... (Director)
1937
- Goodbye to the Front ... (Director)
- Forget Love for Now ... (Director)
- Children in the Wind ... (Director)
- A Star Athlete ... (Director)
- The Golden Demon ... (Director)
- Renai muteki kantai ... (Screenplay)
1936
- Mr. Thank You ... (Screenplay)
1935
- Him, Her, and the Boys ... (Story)
- A Hero of Tokyo ... (Director)
1934
- Eclipse ... (Director)
- Mother of the East ... (Director)
1933
- Japanese Girls at the Harbor ... (Director)
- A Woman Crying in Spring ... (Director)
- The Boss's Son at College ... (Director)
1932
- Rikugun Daikoshin ... (Director)
- Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter ... (Director)
- Passion ... (Director)
- Storm Zone ... (Director)
1931
- Shining Love ... (Director)
- Silver Stream ... (Director)
- Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter ... (Director)
1930
- Walk Cheerfully ... (Story)
- At a Crossroads ... (Director)
1929
- Eternal Heart ... (Director)
- I Graduated, But... ... (Story)
- Stick Girl ... (Director)
- The Blacksmith of the Forest ... (Director)
- Parent ... (Director)
- Cheerful Song ... (Director)
1927
- Honoo no sora ... (Director)
1926
- The Cursed Sword ... (Director)
- The Betrayed ... (Director)
- Troubled Days ... (Director)
1925
- Love's Snare ... (Director)
- Cry of the Raging Current ... (Director)
- Fallen Samurai ... (Director)
- The Little Traveling Entertainer ... (Director)
- The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple ... (Director)
1924
- Beyond The Pass ... (Director)
- Village Pasture ... (Director)