FILM DIRECTOR

Yasuzo Masumura

1924 - 1986

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Yasuzō Masumura (増村 保造, Masumura Yasuzō, 25 August 1924 – 23 November 1986) was a Japanese film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuzo Masumura has received more than 91,421 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasuzo Masumura is the 715th most popular film director (down from 670th in 2019), the 993rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 902nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yasuzo Masumuras by language

Over the past year Yasuzo Masumura has had the most page views in the with 28,563 views, followed by English (10,599), and French (4,337). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (65.74%), Korean (31.66%), and Persian (24.73%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yasuzo Masumura ranks 715 out of 2,041. Before him are Olle Hellbom, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Enzo G. Castellari, Jacques Rozier, Dante Ferretti, and J. Stuart Blackton. After him are Paul Grimault, Steno, Tatyana Lioznova, Charles Vidor, Otakar Vávra, and Corey Yuen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Yasuzo Masumura ranks 225. Before him are Olivier Gendebien, Klaus Huber, Mike Bongiorno, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Martha Hyer, and George Segal. After him are Tatyana Lioznova, Dennis Weaver, Max van der Stoel, Philip Stone, Mutesa II of Buganda, and Li Li-hua. Among people deceased in 1986, Yasuzo Masumura ranks 136. Before him are Teddy Wilson, Moses Finley, W. Averell Harriman, Lili Kraus, Ilmari Salminen, and Keenan Wynn. After him are Broderick Crawford, Ivan Papanin, Murray Hamilton, Tahir Yahya, Moderato Wisintainer, and Ernst Lehner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasuzo Masumura ranks 993 out of 6,245. Before him are Makino Nobuaki (1861), Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Akira Ifukube (1914), Nagayasu Honda (null), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859). After him are Nakahama Manjirō (1827), Jien (1155), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Takehito Koyasu (1967), and Tōson Shimazaki (1872).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Yasuzo Masumura ranks 36. Before him are Juzo Itami (1933), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Yoji Yamada (1931), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), and Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910). After him are Sion Sono (1961), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Masato Harada (1949), and Yoshishige Yoshida (1933).

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Filmography

Blind Beast
Director
A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.
Jan 25o 19696.5 / 10
Red Angel
Director
In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction
Oct 1o 19667.6 / 10
Street of Shame
Director
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Mar 18o 19567.7 / 10