Shimizu Hiroshi
- Name: Shimizu Hiroshi
- Native name: 清水宏
- Also Known as: Kujiraya Tobee, Minamoto Takahiko, Nanjo Ayako, Yuhara Umihiko
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: March 28, 1903
- Died: June 23, 1966
His later work often focused on children, and Shimizu himself worked to help war orphans after World War II, an experience that led to the film Children of the Beehive which Jacoby calls a “masterpiece of neo-realism”. His films featured all sorts of children, ranging from those who do not love, or are unloved by their parents, to children that are rejected by their peers or become social outcasts to even those that suffer from illness and disability. While the premise of the stories differed, a common theme often persisted. Shimizu utilized individuals who are excluded from a group to make social commentary and criticism of society through the group themselves.
Shimizu also explored themes of maternal self-sacrifice and, in general, fallen female roles. In these films his heroine was often accepting the burden of supporting a male dependent or relative to afford them the opportunity to go to school or become successful in life. However their efforts and sacrifice do not lead to their aim and their actions are called to question from which it seems that tragedy will inevitably follow. Alexander Jacoby explains this as a “critical of the double standard which expects women to sacrifice everything for the sake of their male dependents, while indulging in moralistic condemnation of the methods they are required to adopt to do so.
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 (Region 2 format, with both Japanese and English subtitles). In 2009, a Criterion Collection box set of four of his films (corresponding to the first Shochiku set) was released in the Region 1 format.
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Screenwriter
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Kids Return: Saikai no Toki | 7.0 |
Farewell My Darling | 6.9 |
Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
A Mother's Journey | 0.0 |
Dancing Girl | 6.0 |
Sayon's Bell | 0.0 |
Nobuko | 7.3 |
Katei Nikki: Zenpen | 0.0 |
Children in the Wind | 6.0 |
A Star Athlete | 6.0 |
The Golden Demon | 0.0 |
Forget Love for Now | 6.8 |
A Hero of Tokyo | 7.0 |
Kinkanshoku | 0.0 |
Japanese Girls at the Harbor | 6.4 |
The Lady Who Wept in Spring | 7.0 |
Konsen Nita Fufu | 0.0 |
Gakidaisho | 0.0 |
Hoyo | 0.0 |
Renai dai Ikka | 0.0 |
Undying Pearl | 7.4 |
Mori no Kajiya | 0.0 |
Aiyoku Hensozu | 0.0 |
Shusse no Chikamichi | 0.0 |
Screenwriter & Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Mail de Todoita Story | 1.0 |
The Sentimental Idiot | 0.0 |
Tokyo Profile | 7.5 |
Momo no Hana no Sakushita de | 0.0 |
A Mother's Love | 0.0 |
Ohara Shosuke-san | 0.0 |
Ashita wa Nihonbare | 0.0 |
Children of the Beehive | 7.3 |
Ornamental Hairpin | 6.6 |
Introspection Tower | 6.2 |
Four Seasons of Children | 6.0 |
The Masseurs and a Woman | 7.1 |
Mr. Thank You | 7.5 |
Jiman no Segare | 0.0 |
Art Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Kozure Okami | 7.0 |
Original Creator
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Walk Cheerfully | 0.0 |
I Graduated, But... | 7.2 |
Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Uradeka
Japanese Drama, 1992, 12 eps
(Ep. 7)
(Guest Role)
|
5.0
|
Bay City Deka
Japanese Drama, 1987, 24 eps
(Ep.7)
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
G-Men '82
Japanese Drama, 1982, 17 eps
(Ep. 8)
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Doshin Akatsuki Rannosuke
Japanese Drama, 1981, 45 eps
(Ep. 43)
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
World Apartment Horror
Japanese Movie, 1991,
(Support Role)
|
6.6
|
Comic Magazine
Japanese Movie, 1986,
(Unknown)
|
7.3
|
Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Japanese Movie, 1983,
[Male Colleague B]
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
Japanese Movie, 1980,
[Loan shark bill collector]
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Oretachi ni Hakahanai
Japanese Movie, 1979,
Yamao
(Support Role)
|
3.0
|
The Murder Game
Japanese Movie, 1978,
(Bit part)
|
6.8
|
The Most Dangerous Game
Japanese Movie, 1978,
(Unknown)
|
6.2
|
Ghost of Saga Mansion
Japanese Movie, 1953,
Manabe
(Unknown)
|
2.0
|
Special
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Unmeitoge
Japanese Special, 1993, 1 eps
(Unknown)
|
8.0
|
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