Minoru Shibuya
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Minoru Shibuya

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Directing · Born 1907-01-02 · age 73 at death · Tokyo, Japan

Born in Tokyo, Shibuya attended Keiō University but left before graduating. He joined Shochiku in 1930 and worked as an assistant under Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Heinosuke Gosho, before making his debut as a director in 1937. Shibuya "worked with equal facility in comedy and melodrama and made his mark as an ironic but compassionate chronicler of the difficulties of the early postwar period".

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Titles

Titles

Every-Night Dreams
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7.2

Every-Night Dreams

Jun 8, 1933
Assistant Director
Street Without End
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6.6

Street Without End

Apr 26, 1934
Assistant Director
Burden of Life
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6.6

Burden of Life

Dec 10, 1935
Assistant Director, Editor
Modern People
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3.3

Modern People

Sep 3, 1952
Director
Doctor's Day Off
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6.8

Doctor's Day Off

Apr 1, 1952
Director
The Radish and the Carrot
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9.0

The Radish and the Carrot

Jan 3, 1965
Director, Screenplay
The New Road: Akemi
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8.5

The New Road: Akemi

Nov 30, 1936
Assistant Director
A Certain Woman
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7.0

A Certain Woman

Oct 29, 1942
Director
Christ in Bronze
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9.0

Christ in Bronze

Oct 11, 1955
Director
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6.0

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

May 20, 1937
Director
Futari dake no toride
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9.0

Futari dake no toride

Mar 24, 1963
Director, Screenplay
Woman in the Mist
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8.0

Woman in the Mist

May 14, 1936
Assistant Director
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10.0

Middle-Aged Man

Aug 12, 1943
Director
Freedom School
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7.0

Freedom School

May 5, 1951
Director
The Unbalanced Wheel
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7.0

The Unbalanced Wheel

Nov 26, 1957
Director
Song of the Flower Basket
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8.0

Song of the Flower Basket

Jan 14, 1937
Editor
The Days of Evil Women
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7.0

The Days of Evil Women

Nov 30, 1958
Director
Yassamossa
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8.0

Yassamossa

Feb 25, 1953
Director
Crazy Uproar
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9.0

Crazy Uproar

Jul 23, 1950
Director
First Love Questions and Answers
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10.0

First Love Questions and Answers

Jan 15, 1950
Director
Mother and Child
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Mother and Child

Jul 1, 1938
Director
The Glorious Days
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The Glorious Days

Apr 14, 1954
Director, Writer
Southern Wind
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Southern Wind

Feb 15, 1939
Director
Drunkard's Paradise
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Drunkard's Paradise

Feb 4, 1962
Director, Original Story
The Fourth Lady
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The Fourth Lady

Dec 23, 1948
Director
The Shrikes
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The Shrikes

Mar 1, 1961
Director
A Case of Honor
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A Case of Honor

Feb 20, 1957
Director
A Good Man, A Good Day
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A Good Man, A Good Day

Aug 13, 1961
Director
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
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Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

Apr 1, 1943
Director
Monrō no yōna onna
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Monrō no yōna onna

Jan 1, 1964
Director, Screenplay
Kiri aru jyoji
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Kiri aru jyoji

Nov 7, 1959
Director
Banana
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Banana

Apr 29, 1960
Director
Look Up, Noble One
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Look Up, Noble One

Oct 22, 1966
Director