Yûzô Kawashima was born on February 4, 1918 in Tanabu, Aomori, Japan [now Mutsu, Aomori, Japan]. He was a director and writer, known for The Temple of Wild Geese (1962), Bakumatsu taiyôden (1957) and The Graceful Brute (1962). He died on June 11, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan.