Kōzaburō Yoshimura

was a Japanese film director.

Biography Born in Shiga Prefecture, he joined the Shōchiku studio in 1929. continued working as an assistant director for filmmakers Yasujirō Ozu and Yasujirō Shimazu on films like Our Neighbor, Miss Yae and What Did the Lady Forget? It was the 1939 film Warm Current that established his status as a director.

Yoshimura's 1947 The Ball at the Anjo House, starring Setsuko Hara, was named the best picture of the year by film magazine Kinema Junpo The film marked the start of a long relationship with screenwriter and film director Kaneto Shindō. In 1950, the two of them left Shōchiku and started the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyōkai. Since the mid-1950s, Yoshimura's films were produced mostly by Daiei. which earned him the comparison with Kenji Mizoguchi.