Yoji Yamada
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 13, 1931 (age 95)
- Birthplace
- Osaka, Japan
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Tokyo Taxi
Movie · Director
Mom, Is That You?!
Movie · Director
It's a Flickering Life
Movie · Director
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
Movie · Director
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Movie · Director
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Movie · Director
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Movie · Director
What a Wonderful Family!
Movie · Director
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Movie · Director
The Little House
Movie · Director
Tokyo Family
Movie · Director
About Her Brother
Movie · Director
Kyoto Story
Movie · Director
Shinema Kabuki: Renjishi
Movie · Director
Kabei: Our Mother
Movie · Director
Love and Honor
Movie · Director
The Hidden Blade
Movie · Director
The Twilight Samurai
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A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Movie · Director
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Movie · Director
The Rainbow Seeker 2
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Movie · Director
A Class to Remember II
Movie · Director
The Rainbow Seeker
Movie · Director
Tora-san to the Rescue
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Movie · Director
A Class to Remember
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Movie · Director
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Movie · Director
My Sons
Movie · Director
Tora-san Confesses
Movie · Director
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
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Tora-san, My Uncle
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Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Movie · Director
Downtown Heroes
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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
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Tora-san Goes North
Movie · Director
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Movie · Director
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
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Tora-san's Island Encounter
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Movie · Director
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Song of Love
Movie · Director
Tora-san, the Expert
Movie · Director
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Promise
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Movie · Director
A Distant Cry from Spring
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
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The Yellow Handkerchief
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
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Tora-san's Pure Love
Movie · Director
The Village
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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
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Tora-san's Lovesick
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Tora-san's Lullaby
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Tora-san Loves an Artist
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not
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Home from the Sea
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
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Tora-san's Love Call
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
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Tora-san's Runaway
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Where Spring Comes Late
Movie · Director
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Movie · Director
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Movie · Director
Vagabond Schemer
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The Million Dollar Pursuit
Movie · Director
The Shy Deceiver
Movie · Director
The Greatest Challenge of All
Movie · Director
Let's Have A Dream
Movie · Director
Song of Love
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The Lovable Tramp
Movie · Director
Gamblers' Luck
Movie · Director
A Trap
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The Irresponsible Fool
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The Honest Fool
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The Donkey Comes on a Tank
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The Sunshine Girl
Movie · Director
The Strangers Upstairs
Movie · Director
One-Way Ticket to Love
Movie · Assistant Director