Yoji Yamada

1931 (95) • Directing

Born: 9/13/1931 (95) in Osaka, Japan

Known for: Directing

Yoji Yamada

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.

Known For

The Twilight Samurai

78%

Director

2002

The Yellow Handkerchief

63%

Original Film Writer

2009

The Hidden Blade

74%

Director

2004

Love and Honor

74%

Director

2006

Tokyo Family

73%

Director

2013

The Castle of Sand

74%

Screenplay

1974

The Little House

68%

Director

2014

Kabei: Our Mother

74%

Director

2008

Tokyo Taxi

73%

Director

2025

Tokyo Taxi

73%

Screenplay

2025

Home Sweet Home

60%

Writer

2025

55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns

2024

Mom, Is That You?!

61%

Director

2023

Mom, Is That You?!

61%

Screenplay

2023

The Call of a Faraway Mountain

Screenplay

2022

It's a Flickering Life

64%

Screenplay

2021

It's a Flickering Life

64%

Director

2021

戦争童画集～75年目のショートストーリー～

Director

2020

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

80%

Director

2019

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

80%

Screenplay

2019

Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

Self

2019

Shounen Torajirou

Original Story

2019

A Distant Cry from Spring

60%

Writer

2018

Older Brother, Younger Sister

70%

Screenplay

2018

What a Wonderful Family! 3

76%

Director

2018

What a Wonderful Family! 3

76%

Screenplay

2018

What a Wonderful Family! 2

70%

Director

2017

What a Wonderful Family! 2

70%

Screenplay

2017

Ken San

67%

2016

What a Wonderful Family!

73%

Director

2016

What a Wonderful Family!

73%

Screenplay

2016

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

69%

Director

2015

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

69%

Screenplay

2015

700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto

Self

2015

Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki

Self

2015

The Little House

68%

Director

2014