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

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

Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment

The Loss of Humanity

Bad Boy and Good Girl

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1

Mama Is an Idol

Kamaitachi no Yoru

Resident: Story of 5 Interns

Bewitched In Tokyo

Oyaji

Being Born.

Daddy, the Newscaster
Filmography

The Grapes of Joy
Movie · Director

Grade A Reversal
TV · Director · 10 eps

Intern
Movie · Director

Resident: Story of 5 Interns
TV · Director · 10 eps

Rooftop Apartment
Movie · Director

Being Born.
TV · Director · 10 eps

Girls College Terror
Movie · Director

Bad Boy and Good Girl
TV · Director · 10 eps

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

Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
Movie · Director

Wives Make the World Go Round
TV · Director · 10 eps

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya
Movie · Director

Tales of Terror: Final Night 1
Movie · Director

Tales of Terror: Final Night 2
Movie · Director

Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Movie · Director

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
Movie · Director

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: San Nin Kuru zo-hen
Movie · Director

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

Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Movie · Director

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2
Movie · Director

Bewitched In Tokyo
TV · Director · 11 eps

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1
Movie · Director

Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us
Movie · Director

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya
Movie · Director

Always Smiling
TV · Director · 3 eps

Kamaitachi no Yoru
Movie · Director

Pretty Girls
TV · Director · 3 eps
世界で一番熱い夏
TV · Director · 2 eps

Oyaji
TV · Director · 11 eps

Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella
Movie · Director

Living Alone
TV · Director · 12 eps

Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · Director · 7 eps

Middle-aged Bachelors
TV · Director · 1 ep

Kimi to Deatte kara
TV · Director · 13 eps

Dear Woman
TV · Director · 9 eps

Rampo - Bewitching Women
Movie · Director

The Loss of Humanity
TV · Director · 12 eps
Mamatte Kirei!?
TV · Director · 6 eps

Defeat the Devil!
Movie · Director

Graduation
TV · Director · 12 eps

Prep School Boogie
TV · Director · 12 eps

Oshare dorobō
Movie · Director

Manatsu Girl
Movie · Director

Daddy, the Newscaster
TV · Director · 4 eps

Mama Is an Idol
TV · Director · 4 eps

Ao ga Chiru
TV · Director · 13 eps