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)
- Children Seeking a Mother ... (Director)
- The Sentimental Idiot ... (Screenplay)
1955
- The Shiinomi School ... (Director)
- The Tale of Jiro ... (Director)
1953
- Mole Alley ... (Screenplay)
- Tokyo Profile ... (Screenplay)
- Nara ni wa furuki hotoke tachi ... (Director)
1952
- Children of the Great Buddha ... (Director)
1951
- Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next ... (Screenplay)
- Under the Blossoming Peach ... (Writer)
1950
- A Mother's Love ... (Director)
1949
- Mr. Shosuke Ohara ... (Director)
- 娘十八嘘つき時代 ... (Director)
1948
- Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather ... (Director)
- Children of the Beehive ... (Director)
1945
- Victory Song ... (Writer)
1943
- Sayon's Bell ... (Director)
1942
- Ramayana ... (Director)
1941
- Ornamental Hairpin ... (Director)
- Introspection Tower ... (Director)
- Notes of an Itinerant Performer ... (Director)
- Dawn Chorus ... (Director)
- Record of a Woman Doctor ... (Director)
- Acorns & Chestnuts ... (Screenplay)
1939
- Four Seasons of Children ... (Director)
- Weeds with flowers ... (Director)
1938
- The Masseurs and a Woman ... (Director)
- Family Diary ... (Director)
1937
- A Star Athlete ... (Director)
- Children in the Wind ... (Director)
- The Golden Demon ... (Director)
- Forget Love for Now ... (Director)
- Renai muteki kantai ... (Screenplay)
- Goodbye to the Front ... (Director)
1936
- Mr. Thank You ... (Screenplay)
1935
- A Hero of Tokyo ... (Director)
- Him, Her, and the Boys ... (Director)
1934
- Eclipse ... (Director)
- Mother of the East ... (Director)
1933
- The Boss's Son at College ... (Director)
- Japanese Girls at the Harbor ... (Director)
- A Woman Crying in Spring ... (Director)
1932
- Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter ... (Director)
- Passion ... (Director)
- Rikugun Daikoshin ... (Director)
- Storm Zone ... (Director)
1931
- Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter ... (Director)
- Silver Stream ... (Director)
- Shining Love ... (Director)
1930
- Walk Cheerfully ... (Story)
- At a Crossroads ... (Director)
1929
- The Blacksmith of the Forest ... (Director)
- I Graduated, But... ... (Story)
- Eternal Heart ... (Director)
- Parent ... (Director)
- Stick Girl ... (Director)
- Cheerful Song ... (Director)
1927
- Honoo no sora ... (Director)
1926
- The Betrayed ... (Director)
- The Cursed Sword ... (Director)
- Troubled Days ... (Director)
1925
- Cry of the Raging Current ... (Director)
- The Little Traveling Entertainer ... (Director)
- Fallen Samurai ... (Director)
- Love's Snare ... (Director)
- The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple ... (Director)
1924
- Beyond The Pass ... (Director)
- Village Pasture ... (Director)