Yoji Yamada

Directing

Born Sep 13, 1931

From Osaka, Japan

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.

Known For

6.0

Filmography — Acting

6.0

2016

Filmography — Crew

Yoji Yamada

Known For

Ken San

I Lived, But...

Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki

Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto

700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto

55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns

Filmography — Acting

Ken San

I Lived, But...

Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki

Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto

700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto

55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns

Filmography — Crew

The Twilight Samurai

A Distant Cry from Spring

The Castle of Sand

Love and Honor

Tokyo Taxi

Kabei: Our Mother

The Little House

It's a Flickering Life

Tora-san Goes Religious?

The Yellow Handkerchief

Tora-san, the Go-Between

About Her Brother

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

What a Wonderful Family!

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

A Trap

Tora-san Plays Daddy

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Mom, Is That You?!

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Tora-san's Pure Love

Tokyo Family

I, the Executioner

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san, the Expert

My Sons

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

The Rainbow Seeker

Toki no kagayaki

Tora-san's Love Call

Where Spring Comes Late

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

Tora-san to the Rescue

Zero Focus

Foster Daddy, Tora!

What a Wonderful Family! 2

A Distant Cry from Spring

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

Tora-san Goes North

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

Tora-san's Lullaby

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Tora-san Plays Cupid

The Hidden Blade

Free and Easy

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

At the Side of the Bridge

The Honest Fool

Tora-san's Runaway

Free and Easy Special

The Yellow Handkerchief

Downtown Heroes

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Tora-san Confesses

Tora-san, My Uncle

The Greatest Challenge of All