Yoji Yamada
Directing
Born: 1931-09-13 · Osaka, Japan
Biography
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. 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 Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. After receiving his degree from Tokyo University
🎬 Movies (30)
Tokyo Taxi
2025
Director
Home Sweet Home
2025
Writer
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
2024
Mom, Is That You?!
2023
Director
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
2022
Screenplay
It's a Flickering Life
2021
Director
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
Director
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019
Self
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
Director
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
Director
A Distant Cry from Spring
2018
Writer
Older Brother, Younger Sister
2018
Screenplay
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
Director
Ken San
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
Director
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015
Self
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015
Self
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Director
The Little House
2014
Director
Tokyo Family
2013
Director
The Yellow Handkerchief
2011
Writer
Kyoto Story
2010
Director
About Her Brother
2010
Director
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
Screenplay
The Yellow Handkerchief
2009
Original Film Writer
Kabei: Our Mother
2008
Director
Love and Honor
2006
Director
Sea Without Exit
2006
Screenplay
Free and Easy 17
2006
Screenplay
Free and Easy 16
2005
Writer
