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 Yamagata 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.
Filmography
all 152
Movies 148
Director 92
Writer 37
Screenplay 8
self 5
TV Shows 4
Creator 1
Mom, Is That You?! (2023)
続 遙かなる山の呼び声 (2022)
It's a Flickering Life (2021)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films (2019)
Shounen Torajirou (2019)
A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Older Brother, Younger Sister (2018)
What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)
What A Wonderful Family (2017)
What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto (2015)
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki (2015)
The Little House (2014)
Tokyo Family (2013)
The Yellow Handkerchief (2011)
Kyoto Story (2010)
About Her Brother (2010)
Free and Easy 20: Final (2009)
Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Free and Easy 18 (2007)
Love and Honor (2006)
Sea Without Exit (2006)
Free and Easy 17 (2006)
Free and Easy 16 (2005)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Free and Easy 15 (2004)
Free and Easy 14 (2003)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Free and Easy 13 (2002)
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project (2001)
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000)
Free and Easy 11 (2000)
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition (1998)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)
Free and Easy 10 (1998)
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa (1998)
The Rainbow Seeker 2 (1997)
Shin Salaryman Senka (1997)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)
Free and Easy 9 (1997)
The Rainbow Seeker (1996)
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin (1996)
A Class to Remember II (1996)
Free and Easy 8 (1996)
Tora-san to the Rescue (1995)
Salaryman Senka (1995)
Toki no kagayaki (1995)
Tora-san's Easy Advice (1994)
Free and Easy 7 (1994)
Free and Easy Special (1994)
Free and Easy 6 (1993)
Tora-san's Matchmaker (1993)
A Class to Remember (1993)
Today's Close-Up (1993)
Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)
Free and Easy 5 (1992)
Free and Easy 4 (1991)
Tora-san Confesses (1991)
My Sons (1991)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)
Free and Easy 3 (1990)
Free and Easy 2 (1989)
Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)
Days with Harasu (1989)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
Free and Easy (1988)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)
Hope and Pain (1988)
Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
Tora-san Goes North (1987)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (1986)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)
Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)
I Lived, But... (1983)
Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Itoshi no Lahaina (1983)
Tora-san, the Expert (1982)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)
Tora-san's Promise (1981)
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao (1981)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)
Fuusen no Doratarou (1981)
Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)
A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)
Our Symphony (1979)
Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)
俺は上野のプレスリー (1978)
Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978)
Tora-san Plays Cupid (1977)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)
Tora-san's Pure Love (1976)
Two Iida (1976)
Oretachi no toki (1976)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)
The Village (1976)
Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975)
Tora-san's Lullaby (1974)
The Castle of Sand (1974)
Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)
Tora-san Loves an Artist (1973)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972)
Home from the Sea (1972)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)
Tora-san's Love Call (1971)
Follow the Girls (1971)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (1971)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971)
Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
Tora-san's Runaway (1970)
Tora-san's Grand Scheme (1970)
Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)
It's Tough Being a Man (1969)
Vagabond Schemer (1969)
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition) (1968)
It's Tough Being a Man (1968)
The Shy Deceiver (1968)
I, the Executioner (1968)
The Million Dollar Pursuit (1968)
Greatest Challenge of All (1967)
Song of Love (1967)
Let's Have A Dream (1967)
The Lovable Tramp (1966)
Warm Current (1966)
Gamblers' Luck (1966)
A Trap (1965)
The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964)
The Irresponsible Fool (1964)
The Honest Fool (1964)
Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama (1964)
The Sunshine Girl (1963)
Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu (1962)
Kyū-chan ondo (1962)
Ano hashi no hotori de (1962)
寛美の我こそは一等社員 (1962)
The Strangers Upstairs (1961)
Zero Focus (1961)
One Way Ticket to Love (1960)
俺は田舎のプレスリー
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1931-09-13 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceToyonaka, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsЁдзи Ямада, 山田 洋次, Yōji Yamada
AwardsPerson of Cultural Merit, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Asahi Prize, Order of Culture, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Golden Arrow Award, Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
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