Yoji Yamada
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Story
Born Sep 13, 1931 · Osaka, Japan
Active 1957–present · Awards: Order of Culture, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Person of Cultural Merit, Asahi Prize, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
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.
Filmography
Tokyo Taxi (2025) — Director · ScreenplayHome Sweet Home (2025) — WriterThe Twilight Samurai (2002) — Screenplay · DirectorThe Hidden Blade (2004) — Director · ScreenplayLove and Honor (2006) — Director · ScreenplayThe Yellow Handkerchief (2009) — Original Film WriterTokyo Family (2013) — Director · ScreenplayThe Castle of Sand (1974) — ScreenplayKabei: Our Mother (2008) — Director · ScreenplayWhat a Wonderful Family! (2016) — Director · ScreenplayTora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969) — Director · ScreenplayThe Little House (2014) — Director · ScreenplayA Distant Cry from Spring (1980) — Director · ScreenplayThe Yellow Handkerchief (1977) — Director · ScreenplayI, the Executioner (1968) — WriterWhat a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) — Director · ScreenplayDowntown Heroes (1988) — Director · ScreenplayWhere Spring Comes Late (1970) — Director · Story · ScreenplayTora-san's Pure Love (1976) — Director · WriterTora-san Loves an Artist (1973) — Director · WriterTora-san's Forget Me Not (1973) — Director · Original Story · ScreenplayMy Sons (1991) — Director · ScreenplayWhat a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018) — Director · ScreenplayTora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) — Director · Writer