Biography
Born in Ōita Prefecture, Yamamoto attended Meiji University but left early to concentrate on making independent 8mm films. His Carnival in the Night was screened at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival, and Robinson's Garden was given the Zitty Award at the 1987 edition of the Berlinale. The latter film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 1998 he was given a research fellowship from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs to study in New York, during which time he set up screenings of his film Junk Food in America. Often filming those living on the margins of Japanese society, his film Limousine Drive was actually filmed in the United States. He has also acted in some films.
Directed 16
2020s
- 2026
DUDE
Director
- 2020
2010s
- 2014
- 2011
2000s
- 2008
Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
Director
- 2006
Man, Woman & the Wall
Director
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
Director
- 2005
Cycle
Director
- 2000
Limousine Drive
Director
1990s
- 1997
- 1991
Kumagusu
Director
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
- 1981
- 1980
Saint Terrorism
Director
1970s
- 1979
Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
Director
Wrote 13
2020s
- 2020
2010s
- 2014
- 2011
2000s
- 2006
Man, Woman & the Wall
Screenplay
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
Screenplay
- 2005
Cycle
Screenplay
- 2000
Limousine Drive
Writer
1990s
- 1997
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
- 1981
- 1980
Saint Terrorism
Writer
1970s
- 1979
Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
Writer
Acted in 7
2010s
- 2018
- 2010
A Crowd of Three
Movie
2000s
- 2005
The Whispering of the Gods
Brother Akabane
- 2003
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
Yamamoto
- 2002
1990s
- 1995
- 1991
March Comes In Like a Lion
Ramen Man
