Yuzaburo Shimada
Also Known As: 島田友三郎
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Gender: Other
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Juvenile Delinquents
Overview: Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refreshing for its time.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-03
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Escape at Dawn
Overview: Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-01-08
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Children of the Great Buddha
Overview: The final film in the Beehive trilogy, Children of the Great Buddha chronicles war orphans working as tour guides among the looming statues and temples of Japan’s ancient capital of Nara. Shimizu’s uncharacteristic hands-on approach to the film’s cinematography frames the sacred objects as “very real agents” in the children’s threadbare lives, resulting in a deeply moving and spiritual work that fittingly concludes his orphan saga.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-23
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I Love The Sun
Overview: A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-05-11
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