Yoji Yamada at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
Born
(1931-09-13) 13 September 1931 (age 92)
Toyonaka, Japan
Occupation(s)
Film director, screenwriter
Years active
1961–present
Japanese name
Hiragana
やまだ ようじ
Katakana
ヤマダ ヨウジ
Transcriptions
Romanization
Yamada Yōji
Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, Yamada Yōji, born 13 September 1931) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honor).
YojiYamada (山田 洋次, YamadaYōji, born 13 September 1931) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai...
"Hidden Blade: Oni's Claw") is a 2004 film set in 1860s Japan, directed by YojiYamada. The plot revolves around several samurai during a time of change in...
is a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by YojiYamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. Set in mid-19th century...
v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year YojiYamada (1978) Yoshitarō Nomura (1979) Shohei Imamura (1980) Seijun Suzuki (1981) Kōhei Oguri...
illustrator and translator Yamada Waka (山田 わか, 1879–1957), Japanese feminist Wataru Yamada (山田 渉, born 1966), Japanese boxer YojiYamada (山田 洋次, born 1931),...
Hepburn: Harukanaru yama no Yobigoe) is a 1980 Japanese film directed by YojiYamada. Ken Takakura as Kōsaku Tajima Chieko Baisho as Tamiko Kazami Hidetaka...
1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films directed by YōjiYamada since the 1960s. She won the award for Best Actress at the 5th Hochi...
v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year YojiYamada (1978) Yoshitarō Nomura (1979) Shohei Imamura (1980) Seijun Suzuki (1981) Kōhei Oguri...
v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year YojiYamada (1978) Yoshitarō Nomura (1979) Shohei Imamura (1980) Seijun Suzuki (1981) Kōhei Oguri...
Family (東京家族, Tōkyō Kazoku) is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by YōjiYamada. It is a remake of the Japanese film Tokyo Story. The film is set in...
include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and YōjiYamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner"...
My Sons (息子, Musuko) is a 1991 Japanese film directed by YōjiYamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. The children of...
such as Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Michael Douglas, John Woo, and YojiYamada. Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading...
in Kon Ichikawa's Ohan and The Makioka Sisters. She also starred in YojiYamada's Kabei: Our Mother and About Her Brother. In 2012, she starred in Junji...
3 (Azuma Morisaki) and 4 (Shun'ichi Kobayashi [jp]) were directed by YōjiYamada, who also wrote (or co-wrote) all the screenplays. Each film featured...
v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year YojiYamada (1978) Yoshitarō Nomura (1979) Shohei Imamura (1980) Seijun Suzuki (1981) Kōhei Oguri...
Global Information