Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Directed 93
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2010
Shinema Kabuki: Renjishi
Director
2000s
- 2008
- 2006
- 2004
- 2002
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Director
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1961
- 1960
One-Way Ticket to Love
Assistant Director
Wrote 155
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
Screenplay
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Shounen Torajirou
Original Story
- 2018
A Distant Cry from Spring
Writer
Older Brother, Younger Sister
Screenplay
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2011
The Yellow Handkerchief
Writer
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2006
Sea Without Exit
Screenplay
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Screenplay, Story
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
Toki no kagayaki
Screenplay
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
Itoshi no Lahaina
Original Story
- 1982
- 1981
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao
Story
Fuusen no Doratarou
Original Story
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Ore wa Ueno no puresurī
Story
Ore wa inaka no puresurī
Story
- 1977
- 1976
Two Iida
Co-Writer
Oretachi no toki
Original Story
- 1975
- 1974
Center of Tokyo
Screenplay
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
Follow the Girls
Screenplay
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
Original Story
- 1968
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Original Story, Adaptation
It's Tough Being a Man
Original Story, Adaptation
I, the Executioner
Writer
- 1967
Onna no issho
Screenplay
- 1966
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Screenplay
Ohana han
Screenplay
Warm Current
Writer
- 1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Screenplay
- 1963
At the Side of the Bridge 4
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Screenplay
- 1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge
Screenplay
Kyū-chan ondo
Screenplay
Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain
Screenplay
- 1961
Koi no gashū
Screenplay
- 1960
Yellow Cherries
Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen
Screenplay
- 1958
The Girl Who Creates Tomorrow
Screenplay
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Screenplay
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Screenplay
- 1957
Hachi no ko
Screenplay
Acted in 2
2020s
- 2024
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
Movie
2010s
- 2016
Other crew 2
1980s
- 1988
Lady Camellia
Script
Appearances6
2020s
- 2026
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -
Self
2010s
- 2019
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
Self
- 2015
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
Self
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
1990s
- 1993
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
Self
1980s
- 1983
I Lived, But...
Self