Yōji Yamada
b. 1931 (age 95)
Osaka, Japan
Director
Writer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yoji Yamada (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 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. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan, and is currently a guest professor of Ritsumeikan University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoji Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.3
Tokyo Taxi
2025 Director
Writer
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Wagaya wa tanoshi
2025 Writer
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The Mysteries of Ozu: A Master Filmmaker's Enduring Legacy
2024 Self
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★ 6.7
Mom, Is That You?!
2023 Director
Writer
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Torasan fankurabu toradoshi supesharu!: Anata no torasan watashi no torasan
2022 Self
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★ 6.6
It's a Flickering Life
2021 Director
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★ 6.7
Tora-san, Welcome Back!
2019 Director
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★ 7.0
Boy Torajiro
2019 Writer
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Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019 Self
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★ 6.8
What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life
2018 Director
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★ 6.8
A Distant Cry from Spring
2018 Writer
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Ani imôto
2018 Writer
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★ 7.0
What a Wonderful Family
2017 Director
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★ 4.4
What a Wonderful Family!
2017 Writer
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★ 6.8
What a Wonderful Family!
2016 Director
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★ 6.4
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015 Director
Writer
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The Two Directors: A Flame in Silence
2015 Self
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★ 7.3
The Little House
2014 Director
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The 37th Annual Japan Academy Awards
2014 Self
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★ 7.5
Tokyo Family
2013 Director
Writer
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★ 5.7
The 63rd Annual NHK kôhaku uta gassen
2012 Self
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81 sai Yamada Yôji kantoku eiga wo tsukuru
2012 Self
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Gareki ni tatsu kiiroi hankachi - Yamada Yôji shinsai to mukiau
2012 Actor
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★ 6.0
The Yellow Handkerchief
2011 Writer
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★ 6.3
JAPANESE CINEMA: New Territories
2011 Self
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★ 7.0
About Her Brother
2010 Director
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★ 6.5
Kyoto Story
2010 Director
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★ 6.3
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009 Writer
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★ 7.6
Kabei: Our Mother
2008 Director
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★ 8.0
Shinema kabuki: Renjishi
2008 Director
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★ 8.4
Shinema kabuki: Rakuda
2008 Director
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★ 6.9
Free and Easy 18
2007 Writer
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100 Nen Interview
2007 Self
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★ 7.7
Love and Honor
2006 Director
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★ 6.2
Sea Without Exit
2006 Writer
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★ 6.7
Free and Easy 17
2006 Writer
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Atsumi Kiyoshi no shôzô: Shirarezaru yakusha jinsei
2006 Self
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★ 6.8
Free and Easy 16: Hamasaki Was No Good Today
2005 Writer
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Sokoku
2005 Writer
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★ 7.6
The Hidden Blade
2004 Director
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★ 6.2
Free and Easy 15: No Tomorrow for Hama-chan?!
2004 Writer
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★ 6.9
Free and Easy 14: Pilgrimage Panic!
2003 Writer
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★ 8.0
The Twilight Samurai
2002 Director
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★ 6.1
Free and Easy 13: Hama-chan in Crisis!
2002 Writer
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★ 5.6
Free and Easy 12: Biggest Paid Vacation in History
2001 Writer
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★ 6.8
A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
2000 Director
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★ 5.9
Free and Easy 11
2000 Writer
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★ 6.6
A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage
1998 Director
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★ 7.0
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998 Writer
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★ 5.7
Free and Easy 10
1998 Writer
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★ 6.3
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen
1997 Director
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★ 5.7
Niji o tsukamu otoko: Nangoku funto-hen
1997 Director
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★ 6.4
Free and Easy 9
1997 Writer
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Shin sarariiman senka
1997 Writer
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★ 6.7
A Class to Remember 2
1996 Director
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★ 6.6
Niji o tsukamu otoko
1996 Director
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★ 6.2
Free and Easy 8
1996 Writer
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★ 7.1
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995 Director
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Toki no kagayaki
1995 Writer
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★ 6.3
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994 Director
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★ 7.1
Free and Easy: Special
1994 Writer
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★ 5.6
Tsuribaka nisshi 7
1994 Writer
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★ 7.0
A Class to Remember
1993 Director
Writer
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★ 6.6
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan
1993 Director
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★ 5.4
Free and Easy 6
1993 Writer
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Today's Close Up
1993 Self
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★ 6.5
Tora-San Makes Excuses
1992 Director
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★ 7.0
Free and Easy 5
1992 Writer
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★ 7.5
My Sons
1991 Director
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★ 6.4
Tora-san Confesses
1991 Director
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★ 6.7
Free and Easy 4
1991 Writer
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★ 6.8
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 Director
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★ 6.6
Free and Easy 3
1990 Writer
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★ 6.3
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji
1989 Director
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★ 6.9
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan
1989 Director
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★ 6.6
Free and Easy 2
1989 Writer
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Harasu no ita hibi
1989 Writer
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★ 6.5
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 Director
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★ 7.1
Free and Easy
1988 Writer
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★ 6.6
Hope and Pain
1988 Director
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★ 7.1
Lady Camellia
1988 Writer
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★ 7.0
Tora-san Goes North
1987 Director
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★ 6.7
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 Director
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★ 7.0
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 Director
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★ 6.0
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori
1986 Director
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★ 6.4
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 Director
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★ 6.4
Tora-san, the Go-between
1985 Director
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★ 6.4
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 Director
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★ 6.2
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 Director
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★ 7.0
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 Director
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★ 6.4
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 Director
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Matsumoto Seichô no Zero no shôten
1983 Writer
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★ 6.6
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 Director
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★ 6.7
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 Director
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★ 6.8
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 Director
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★ 6.5
Tora-san's Promise
1981 Director
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★ 7.4
Shunmao monogatari Taotao
1981 Director
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★ 7.6
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980 Director
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★ 7.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 Director
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★ 6.6
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta
1980 Director
Writer