Yoshimitsu Morita
Directing · Director of Photography · Editor · Director
Born Jan 25, 1950 · Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Active 1971–2011 · Awards: Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
Yoshimitsu Morita was a Japanese film director. Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with No Yōna Mono (Something Like It, 1981).
Filmography
Something Like, Something Like It (2016) — Original Film WriterAbacus and Sword (2010) — DirectorTsubaki Sanjuro (2007) — DirectorCrying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) — Movie DirectorLike Asura (2003) — DirectorCopycat Killer (2002) — Director · ScreenplayKeiho (1999) — DirectorThe Black House (1999) — DirectorSleepless Town (1998) — GamblerLost Paradise (1997) — DirectorTokyo Fair Weather (1997)Haru (1996) — Director · ScreenplayFuture Memories: Last Christmas (1992) — Director · ScreenplayBakayarō! 4 You! (1991) — ScreenplayA Desirable Marriage (1991) — Screenplay · DirectorBakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy (1989) — Writer24 Hour Playboy (1989) — Screenplay · DirectorBakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988) — Writer · Executive ProducerFor Business (1986) — Director · WriterThe House of Wedlock (1986) — ScreenplayAnd Then (1985) — DirectorMain Theme (1984) — Director · ScreenplayDeaths in Tokimeki (1984) — Director · ScreenplayThe Family Game (1983) — Director · Screenplay