About
Born in Tokyo, Shibuya attended Keiō University but left before graduating. He joined Shochiku in 1930 and worked as an assistant under Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Heinosuke Gosho, before making his debut as a director in 1937. Shibuya "worked with equal facility in comedy and melodrama and made his mark as an ironic but compassionate chronicler of the difficulties of the early postwar period".
Filmography
Look Up, Noble One1966 · Director
The Radish and the Carrot1965 · Director, Screenplay
Monrō no yōna onna1964 · Director, Screenplay
Futari dake no toride1963 · Director, Screenplay
Drunkard's Paradise1962 · Director, Original Story
A Good Man, A Good Day1961 · Director
The Shrikes1961 · Director
Banana1960 · Director
Kiri aru jyoji1959 · Director
The Days of Evil Women1958 · Director
The Unbalanced Wheel1957 · Director
A Case of Honor1957 · Director
Christ in Bronze1955 · Director
The Glorious Days1954 · Director, Writer
Yassamossa1953 · Director
Modern People1952 · Director
Doctor's Day Off1952 · Director
Freedom School1951 · Director
Crazy Uproar1950 · Director
First Love Questions and Answers1950 · Director