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Hitoshi Yazaki

Hitoshi Yazaki

Director · Born November 20, 1956 · Minamikoma, Yamanashi, Japan

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Biography

Hitoshi Yazaki (born November 11, 1956) is a Japanese director and writer. He studied directing at Nihon University. Before he started to direct, he worked with Nagasaki Shunichi and Ishii Sogo. His feature film Kazetachi no gogo/Afternoon Breezes (1980) was screened with great success at the film festivals in Edinburgh and Montreal and at the New York Gay Film Festival. He also had a lot of success with March Comes in Like a Lion.

Directed 15

2020s

  1. 2026

    Kill Okiharu's Tears

    Director

  2. 2025
  3. 2020

    Sakura

    Director

2010s

  1. 2018

    Still Life of Memories

    Director

  2. 2016
  3. 2015

    XXX Kiss Kiss Kiss

    Director

  4. 2014
  5. 2012

    1+1=11

    Director

  6. 2011
  7. 2010

    Sweet Little Lies

    Director

2000s

  1. 2006

    Have a Nice Day

    Director

  2. 2000

    The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects

    Director

1990s

  1. 1991

    March Comes In Like a Lion

    Director

Wrote 8

2020s

  1. 2020

    Sakura

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2006

    Have a Nice Day

    Writer

  2. 2000

    The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1991

    March Comes In Like a Lion

    Writer

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2017

    In the Mood for Melville

    Self