Yūzō Kawashima

Yūzō Kawashima

Director · Writer

Tanabu, Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
February 4, 1918

Biography

Yūzō Kawashima (川島雄三, Kawashima Yūzō, 4 February 1918 – 11 June 1963) was a Japanese film director, most famous for making tragi-comic films and satires.

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Yūzō Kawashima 1
Yūzō Kawashima 2

Representative Works

Burden of Love
Burden of Love
6.8
/ Japanese
Mount Hakone
Mount Hakone
7.0
/ Japanese
This Madding Crowd
This Madding Crowd
7.0
/ Japanese
Tales of Ginza
Tales of Ginza
7.0
/ Japanese
Temptation on Glamour Island
Temptation on Glamour Island
7.0
/ Japanese
Hito mo arukeba
Hito mo arukeba
9.0
/ Japanese
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
9.0
/ Japanese
Room for Let
Room for Let
7.0
/ Japanese
Our Chief, Our Doctor
Our Chief, Our Doctor
8.0
/ Japanese
The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese
6.5
/ Japanese
Aces Wild
Aces Wild
8.0
/ Japanese
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
7.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Burden of Love
1955Nominee

Best Director

Burden of Love

Mount Hakone
1962Nominee

Best Director

Mount Hakone

This Madding Crowd
1962Nominee

Best Director

This Madding Crowd

Career Highlights

Tales of Ginza
1955Highlight

Best Director

Tales of Ginza

Temptation on Glamour Island
1959Highlight

Best Director

Temptation on Glamour Island

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