Akio Yoshida

Known for
Directing
Born
October 6, 1951 (age 75)

Biography

Akio Yoshida (born October 6, 1951) is a Japanese television and film director. A graduate of Gakushuin University’s Faculty of Law, he has directed numerous television dramas, including Papa wa News Caster (1987), Mama wa Idol! (1987), Double Kitchen (1993), and High School Chorus (2015). His film directing credits include Intern! (2016) and The Grapes of Joy (2021). In 1994, he shared the Television Drama Academy Award for Best Director for Ningen Shikkaku.

Known For

Filmography

2021
The Grapes of Joy poster

The Grapes of Joy

Movie · Director

2017
Grade A Reversal poster

Grade A Reversal

TV · Director · 10 eps

2016
Intern poster

Intern

Movie · Director

2012
Resident: Story of 5 Interns poster

Resident: Story of 5 Interns

TV · Director · 10 eps

2011
Rooftop Apartment poster

Rooftop Apartment

Movie · Director

2011
Being Born. poster

Being Born.

TV · Director · 10 eps

2010
Girls College Terror poster

Girls College Terror

Movie · Director

2010
Bad Boy and Good Girl poster

Bad Boy and Good Girl

TV · Director · 10 eps

2007
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2 poster

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2

Movie · Director

2007
Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari poster

Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari

Movie · Director

2007
Wives Make the World Go Round poster

Wives Make the World Go Round

TV · Director · 10 eps

2006
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya poster

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya

Movie · Director

2006
Tales of Terror: Final Night 1 poster

Tales of Terror: Final Night 1

Movie · Director

2006
Tales of Terror: Final Night 2 poster

Tales of Terror: Final Night 2

Movie · Director

2005
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment poster

Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment

Movie · Director

2005
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya poster

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya

Movie · Director

2005
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: San Nin Kuru zo-hen poster

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: San Nin Kuru zo-hen

Movie · Director

2004
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie poster

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie

Movie · Director

2004
Bewitched in Tokyo SP poster

Bewitched in Tokyo SP

Movie · Director

2004
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2 poster

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2

Movie · Director

2004
Bewitched In Tokyo poster

Bewitched In Tokyo

TV · Director · 11 eps

2003
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1 poster

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1

Movie · Director

2003
Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us poster

Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us

Movie · Director

2003
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya poster

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya

Movie · Director

2003
Always Smiling poster

Always Smiling

TV · Director · 3 eps

2002
Kamaitachi no Yoru poster

Kamaitachi no Yoru

Movie · Director

2002
Pretty Girls poster

Pretty Girls

TV · Director · 3 eps

2001
世界で一番熱い夏

世界で一番熱い夏

TV · Director · 2 eps

2000
Oyaji poster

Oyaji

TV · Director · 11 eps

1999
Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella poster

Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella

Movie · Director

1999
Living Alone poster

Living Alone

TV · Director · 12 eps

1998
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · Director · 7 eps

1997
Middle-aged Bachelors poster

Middle-aged Bachelors

TV · Director · 1 ep

1996
Kimi to Deatte kara poster

Kimi to Deatte kara

TV · Director · 13 eps

1996
Dear Woman poster

Dear Woman

TV · Director · 9 eps

1994
Rampo - Bewitching Women poster

Rampo - Bewitching Women

Movie · Director

1994
The Loss of Humanity poster

The Loss of Humanity

TV · Director · 12 eps

1991
Mamatte Kirei!?

Mamatte Kirei!?

TV · Director · 6 eps

1990
Defeat the Devil! poster

Defeat the Devil!

Movie · Director

1990
Graduation poster

Graduation

TV · Director · 12 eps

1990
Prep School Boogie poster

Prep School Boogie

TV · Director · 12 eps

1989
Oshare dorobō poster

Oshare dorobō

Movie · Director

1987
Manatsu Girl poster

Manatsu Girl

Movie · Director

1987
Daddy, the Newscaster poster

Daddy, the Newscaster

TV · Director · 4 eps

1987
Mama Is an Idol poster

Mama Is an Idol

TV · Director · 4 eps

1983
Ao ga Chiru poster

Ao ga Chiru

TV · Director · 13 eps