Yasuzo Masumura (å¢æ ä¿é Masumura YasuzÅ, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director. Masumura was born in KÅfu on HonshÅ«. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to study philosophy; he graduated in 1949. He then won a scholarship allowing him to study film in Italy at