Yoshirô Edamasa was born on September 22, 1888 in Kujimamura, Hiroshima, Japan [now Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Awaremi no kyoku (1919), Rakûjitsu no yume (1924) and Daibutsu kaikoku (1934). He died on September 8, 1944 in Japan.