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
- Girl's Reform School ... (Director)
- Sound in the Mist ... (Director)
- Children Seeking a Mother ... (Director)
- The Sentimental Idiot ... (Director)
1955
- The Shiinomi School ... (Director)
- The Tale of Jiro ... (Screenplay)
1953
- Mole Alley ... (Screenplay)
- Tokyo Profile ... (Screenplay)
- Nara ni wa furuki hotoke tachi ... (Director)
1952
- Children of the Great Buddha ... (Director)
1951
- Under the Blossoming Peach ... (Director)
- Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next ... (Director)
1950
- A Mother's Love ... (Screenplay)
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)
1941
- Acorns & Chestnuts ... (Screenplay)
- Ornamental Hairpin ... (Director)
- Notes of an Itinerant Performer ... (Director)
- Introspection Tower ... (Director)
- Record of a Woman Doctor ... (Director)
- Dawn Chorus ... (Director)
1939
- Weeds with flowers ... (Director)
- Four Seasons of Children ... (Director)
1938
- The Masseurs and a Woman ... (Director)
- Family Diary ... (Director)
1937
- Goodbye to the Front ... (Director)
- The Golden Demon ... (Director)
- A Star Athlete ... (Director)
- Forget Love for Now ... (Director)
- Children in the Wind ... (Director)
- Renai muteki kantai ... (Director)
1936
- Mr. Thank You ... (Director)
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)
- The Boss's Son at College ... (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
- I Graduated, But... ... (Story)
- Eternal Heart ... (Director)
- The Blacksmith of the Forest ... (Director)
- Cheerful Song ... (Director)
- Parent ... (Director)
- Stick Girl ... (Director)
1927
- Honoo no sora ... (Director)
1926
- The Betrayed ... (Director)
- The Cursed Sword ... (Director)
- Troubled Days ... (Director)
1925
- Love's Snare ... (Director)
- Fallen Samurai ... (Director)
- The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple ... (Director)
- The Little Traveling Entertainer ... (Director)
- Cry of the Raging Current ... (Director)
1924
- Village Pasture ... (Director)
- Beyond The Pass ... (Director)