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
- The Sentimental Idiot ... (Director)
- Sound in the Mist ... (Director)
- Girl's Reform School ... (Director)
- Children Seeking a Mother ... (Director)
1955
- The Shiinomi School ... (Director)
- The Tale of Jiro ... (Screenplay)
1954
- The Second Kiss ... (Director)
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
- Introspection Tower ... (Director)
- Ornamental Hairpin ... (Director)
- Acorns & Chestnuts ... (Screenplay)
- Dawn Chorus ... (Director)
- Record of a Woman Doctor ... (Director)
- Notes of an Itinerant Performer ... (Director)
1939
- Weeds with flowers ... (Director)
- Four Seasons of Children ... (Director)
1938
- The Masseurs and a Woman ... (Director)
- Family Diary ... (Director)
1937
- The Golden Demon ... (Director)
- Renai muteki kantai ... (Director)
- A Star Athlete ... (Director)
- Children in the Wind ... (Director)
- Forget Love for Now ... (Director)
- Goodbye to the Front ... (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
- Shining Love ... (Director)
- Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter ... (Director)
- Silver Stream ... (Director)
1930
- Walk Cheerfully ... (Story)
- At a Crossroads ... (Director)
1929
- I Graduated, But... ... (Story)
- The Blacksmith of the Forest ... (Director)
- Cheerful Song ... (Director)
- Eternal Heart ... (Director)
- Stick Girl ... (Director)
- Parent ... (Director)
1927
- Honoo no sora ... (Director)
1926
- The Cursed Sword ... (Director)
- The Betrayed ... (Director)
- Troubled Days ... (Director)
1925
- Fallen Samurai ... (Director)
- Love's Snare ... (Director)
- The Little Traveling Entertainer ... (Director)
- The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple ... (Director)
- Cry of the Raging Current ... (Director)
1924
- Village Pasture ... (Director)
- Beyond The Pass ... (Director)