Yamada Yoji
- Name: Yamada Yoji
- Native name: 山田洋次
- Also Known as: やまだ ようじ, Yamada Youji
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: September 13, 1931
- Age: 92
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 Yamagata 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. His movies have won the Best Picture award at the Japanese Academy Awards four times: in 1977 for The Yellow Handkerchief, in 1991 for My Sons, in 1993 for A Class to Remember, and in 2002 for The Twilight Samurai, which was nominated for the 76th Academy Awards' Best Foreign Language Film. He has won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year three times. His 1984 film Tora-san's Forbidden Love was nominated for the Golden Prize at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2004 film, The Hidden Blade, was nominated for sixteen awards and won three.
In 2010 Yoji Yamada was honored at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival with a screening of his latest film Ototo during the awards ceremony, as well as receiving a Berlinale Camera award for his numerous contributions to the festival's program.
He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan and is currently a guest professor at Ritsumeikan University. Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Zoku Harukanaru Yama no Yobigoe | 0.0 |
Gansaku Otoko wa Tsurai yo | 6.0 |
Harukanaru Yama no Yobigoe | 7.6 |
Brother & Sister | 7.4 |
Shiawase no Kiiroi Hankachi | 6.8 |
Free and Easy 20: Final | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 19 | 0.0 |
Free and Easy 18 | 0.0 |
Free and Easy 17 | 0.0 |
Free and Easy 16 | 0.0 |
Sokoku | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 15: No Tomorrow For Hama-Chan | 0.0 |
Free and Easy 14 | 0.0 |
Free and Easy 13: Hama-chan in a Big Trouble | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 12: Big Holidays Bonus Project | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 11 | 6.0 |
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition | 4.5 |
Free and Easy 10 | 8.0 |
Shin Sarariiman Senka | 2.0 |
Free and Easy 9 | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 8 | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 7 | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 6 | 6.0 |
Free and Easy 5 | 8.0 |
Free and Easy 4 | 8.0 |
Free and Easy 3 | 8.0 |
Free and Easy 2 | 4.5 |
Lady Camellia | 5.0 |
Kumori Nochi Harley | 0.0 |
Atsumi Kiyoshi no Naite Tamaru Ka | 8.0 |
Matsumoto Seicho no Zero no Shoten | 0.0 |
Taiyo to Mogura Series 1 | 0.0 |
24-sai Series 1 | 0.0 |
Warm Current | 4.0 |
Kataomoi | 0.0 |
Zero Focus | 7.4 |
Yellow Cherries | 0.0 |
Director
Screenwriter & Director
Original Creator
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Shonen Torajiro Special | 8.0 |
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
The Good for Nothings
Japanese Movie, 2017,
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
Ken San
Japanese Movie, 2016,
[Himself]
(Guest Role)
|
1.0
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese TV Show, 1951, 73 eps
[Judge] (Ep. 56)
(Guest)
|
7.6
|
Trending Articles
K-drama actor Uhm Ki Joon announces marriage
News - May 13, 2024
K-drama actor Uhm Ki Joon is confirmed to get married this year.
5 Unknown Facts About "Queen of Tears"
News - May 8, 2024
Read on to get a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes process of the K-drama
"Lovely Runner" Byeon Woo Seok involved in dating rumors
News - May 10, 2024
Actor Byeon Woo Seok's agency has given their response to the circulating dating reports.
Jo Bo Ah to reportedly become Kim Soo Hyun's first love in a new K-drama
News - May 16, 2024
Jo Bo Ah will reportedly join the upcoming Disney+ K-drama Knock Off which Kim Soo Hyun is also in talks.
Yoo Ah In Suffers from Depression, Had Suicidal Thoughts
News - May 14, 2024
Actor Yoo Ah In's doctor speaks
Lee Sun Kyun and Jo Jung Suk's "The Land of Happiness" Confirms Release
News - May 10, 2024
Catch a glimpse of the late Lee Sun Kyun and Jo Jung Suk together in one frame