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 157
Movies 153
Director 92
Writer 27
Screenplay 20
self 6
TV Shows 4
Creator 1

TOKYO Taxi (2025)

Mom, Is That You?! (2023)

It's a Flickering Life (2021)

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)

Shounen Torajirou (2019)

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)

What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)

What a Wonderful Family! (2016)

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)

The Little House (2014)

Tokyo Family (2013)

Kyoto Story (2010)

About Her Brother (2010)

Free and Easy 20: Final (2009)

The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)

Kabei: Our Mother (2008)

Love and Honor (2006)

Sea Without Exit (2006)

The Hidden Blade (2004)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)

Free and Easy 10 (1998)

The Rainbow Seeker 2 (1997)

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)

Shin Salaryman Senka (1997)

The Rainbow Seeker (1996)

A Class to Remember II (1996)

Salaryman Senka (1995)

Toki no kagayaki (1995)

A Class to Remember (1993)

Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)

Tora-san Confesses (1991)

My Sons (1991)

Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)

Downtown Heroes (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)

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)

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)

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)

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 (1968)

It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition) (1968)

The Shy Deceiver (1968)

The Million Dollar Pursuit (1968)

The 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 Honest Fool (1964)

At the Side of the Bridge 4 (1963)

The Sunshine Girl (1963)

At the Side of the Bridge 3 (1963)

At the Side of the Bridge 2 (1962)

Kyū-chan ondo (1962)

At the Side of the Bridge (1962)

寛美の我こそは一等社員 (1962)

Zero Focus (1961)

One Way Ticket to Love (1960)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1931-09-13 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceToyonaka, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As山田 洋次, یوجی یامادا
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Golden Arrow Award, Person of Cultural Merit, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Asahi Prize, Order of Culture, Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
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