Yoshishige Yoshida

Directing·Feb 16, 1933·Fukui, Japan

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Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田喜重 Yoshida Yoshishige), also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi. He was a central member of what came to be called the "Shōchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of the Japanese New Wave. Like many of his New Wave cohorts, he felt restricted under the studio system and left Shōchiku in 1964 to start his own production company where he directed such films as Eros + Massacre. He has directed more than 20 films between 1960 and 2004. He has also written a number of philosophical books about his work and the cinema, including an award-winning study of Yasujirō Ozu.

Film	Credit
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance2022 · Self	Self
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?2008 · Self	Self
Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story2008 · Self	Self
Welcome to São Paulo2004 · Director	Director
Women in the Mirror2003 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
知の解放知の冒険知の祝祭東京大学学問の過去・現在・未来1997 · Director	Director
Lumière & Company1995 · Director	Director
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema1995 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida1994 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
Wuthering Heights1988 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Human Promise1986 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cinématon1978 · N°789	N°789
The Story of Big 1: Sadaharu Oh1977 · Director	Director
Coup d'Etat1973 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Confessions Among Actresses1971 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Heroic Purgatory1970 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Eros + Massacre1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Farewell to the Summer Light1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Affair in the Snow1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Impasse1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Affair1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Woman of the Lake1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Story Written with Water1965 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Escape from Japan1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
18 Roughs1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Akitsu Hot Springs1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Bitter End of a Sweet Night1961 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Blood Is Dry1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Good-for-Nothing1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay