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),
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) and
The Balloon (1956). He died on June 11, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan.