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 · ScreenplayWhat a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018) - Director · ScreenplayWhat a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) - Director · ScreenplayWhat a Wonderful Family! (2016) - Director · ScreenplayThe Little House (2014) - Director · ScreenplayTokyo Family (2013) - Screenplay · DirectorThe Yellow Handkerchief (2009) - Original Film WriterKabei: Our Mother (2008) - Director · ScreenplayLove and Honor (2006) - Director · ScreenplayThe Hidden Blade (2004) - Director · ScreenplayThe Twilight Samurai (2002) - Director · ScreenplayMy Sons (1991) - Director · ScreenplayDowntown Heroes (1988) - Director · ScreenplayA Distant Cry from Spring (1980) - Director · ScreenplayThe Yellow Handkerchief (1977) - Director · ScreenplayTora-san's Pure Love (1976) - Director · WriterTora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) - Director · WriterThe Castle of Sand (1974) - ScreenplayTora-san Loves an Artist (1973) - Writer · DirectorTora-san's Forget Me Not (1973) - Director · Original Story · ScreenplayTora-san's Love Call (1971) - Director · Screenplay · Original StoryWhere Spring Comes Late (1970) - Director · Screenplay · StoryTora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969) - Director · ScreenplayI, the Executioner (1968) - Writer