Masashi Yamamoto

Directing·Jan 24, 1956·Oita Prefecture, Japan

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Born in Ōita Prefecture, Yamamoto attended Meiji University but left early to concentrate on making independent 8mm films. His Carnival in the Night was screened at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival, and Robinson's Garden was given the Zitty Award at the 1987 edition of the Berlinale. The latter film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 1998 he was given a research fellowship from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs to study in New York, during which time he set up screenings of his film Junk Food in America. Often filming those living on the margins of Japanese society, his film Limousine Drive was actually filmed in the United States. He has also acted in some films.

Film	Credit
DDUDE2026 · Director	Director
Wonderful Paradise2020 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers2018 · Actor	Actor
The Voice of Water2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
SSunrise Sunset2013 · Producer	Producer
Sawada2012 · Producer	Producer
Three☆Points2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Crowd of Three2010 · Actor	Actor
Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession2008 · Director	Director
Man, Woman & the Wall2006 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days2006 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Whispering of the Gods2005 · Brother Akabane	Brother Akabane
Cycle2005 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name2003 · Yamamoto	Yamamoto
Limousine Drive2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Junk Food1997 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
AAtlanta Boogie1996 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Stairway to the Distant Past1995 · Actor	Actor
March Comes In Like a Lion1991 · Ramen Man	Ramen Man
Kumagusu1991 · Director	Director
What's Up Connection1990 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
Robinson's Garden1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TTampon Tango1984 · Director	Director
Carnival in the Night1981 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Saint Terrorism1980 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer