Yoji Yamada

Directing·Sep 13, 1931·Osaka, Japan

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Yoji Yamada (山田洋次 Yamada Yōji, born September 13, 1931 in Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films. He was born in Osaka. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the age of 2 he was brought up in Manchuria. Following the end of World War II, he came back to Japan and subsequently he lived in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. After receiving his degree from Tokyo University in 1954, he entered Shochiku and worked under Yoshitaro Nomura as a scriptwriter or as an assistant director. He has won many awards throughout his lengthy career and is well respected in Japan and by critics throughout the world. He wrote his first screenplay in 1958, and directed his first movie in 1961. Yamada continues to make movies to this day. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan, and is currently a guest professor of Ritsumeikan University.

Film	Credit
Tokyo Taxi2025 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Mom, Is That You?!2023 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
It's a Flickering Life2021 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
戦戦争童画集～75年目のショートストーリー～2020 · Director	Director
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
What a Wonderful Family! 32018 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
What a Wonderful Family! 22017 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
What a Wonderful Family!2016 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son2015 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Little House2014 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tokyo Family2013 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Kyoto Story2010 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
About Her Brother2010 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Shinema Kabuki: Renjishi2010 · Director	Director
Kabei: Our Mother2008 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Love and Honor2006 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Hidden Blade2004 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Twilight Samurai2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen2000 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage1998 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Rainbow Seeker 21997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Rainbow Seeker1996 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Class to Remember II1996 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san to the Rescue1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san's Easy Advice1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san's Matchmaker1993 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Class to Remember1993 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Makes Excuses1992 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Confesses1991 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
My Sons1991 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Takes a Vacation1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san, My Uncle1989 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Tora-san Goes to Vienna1989 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial1988 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Downtown Heroes1988 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Plays Daddy1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Goes North1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy1986 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san's Island Encounter1985 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san, the Go-Between1985 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Forbidden Love1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Marriage Counselor Tora-san1984 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Goes Religious?1983 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Tora-san's Song of Love1983 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san, the Expert1982 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san1982 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Promise1981 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Love in Osaka1981 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Foster Daddy, Tora!1980 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Tropical Fever1980 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Distant Cry from Spring1980 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Dream of Spring1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Matchmaker1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Talk of the Town Tora-san1978 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Stage-Struck Tora-san1978 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Tora-san Plays Cupid1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Yellow Handkerchief1977 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Meets His Lordship1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san's Pure Love1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Intellectual1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Village1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Lullaby1974 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Tora-san's Lovesick1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tora-san Loves an Artist1973 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Tora-san's Forget Me Not1973 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True1972 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Home from the Sea1972 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Dear Old Home1972 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Love Call1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Shattered Romance1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Where Spring Comes Late1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Runaway1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Cherished Mother1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Vagabond Schemer1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Shy Deceiver1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Million Dollar Pursuit1968 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Greatest Challenge of All1967 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Song of Love1967 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Let's Have A Dream1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Lovable Tramp1966 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Gamblers' Luck1966 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Trap1965 · Director	Director
The Donkey Comes on a Tank1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Irresponsible Fool1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Honest Fool1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Sunshine Girl1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Strangers Upstairs1961 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer