As Writer
Free and Easy 10
1998
6.7
Yoji Yamada
Directing
Born
September 13, 1931
Place of Birth
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 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.
The Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
8.0
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A Class to Remember II
1996
5.5
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Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
7.0
As Writer
Free and Easy 7
1994
7.5
As Director
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
8.0
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Free and Easy Special
1994
7.5
As Director
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
8.5
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A Class to Remember
1993
7.5
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Free and Easy 4
1991
7.5
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Tora-san Confesses
1991
8.0
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My Sons
1991
7.7
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Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
8.0
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Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
8.7
As Director
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
8.0
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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
8.5
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Downtown Heroes
1988
8.4
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Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
9.0
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Tora-san Goes North
1987
8.7
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Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
7.5