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. 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.
Love and Honor
(Director)
The Yellow Handkerchief
(Director)
Kabei: Our Mother
(Director)
Kabei: Our Mother
(Writer)
The Twilight Samurai
(Director)
The Twilight Samurai
(Screenplay)
Kyoto Story
(Screenplay)
Kyoto Story
(Story)
The Hidden Blade
(Director)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
(Screenplay)
The Hidden Blade
(Screenplay)
The Yellow Handkerchief
(Writer)
The Village
(Director)
About Her Brother
(Director)
Sea Without Exit
(Screenplay)
Free and Easy 13
(Writer)
Free and Easy 14
(Writer)
I, the Executioner
(Writer)
It's Tough Being a Man
(Director)
Free and Easy 20: Final
(Screenplay)
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
(Writer)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
(Writer)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
(Director)
Free and Easy
(Writer)
A Class to Remember
(Director)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
(Director)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
(Writer)
Home from the Sea
(Director)
Kyoto Story
(Director)
Tora-san Loves an Artist
(Writer)
Tora-san Loves an Artist
(Director)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
(Director)
Tokyo Family
(Director)
Tokyo Family
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
(Director)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
(Director)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(Writer)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(Director)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
(Writer)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
(Director)
Tora-san's Runaway
(Writer)
Tora-san's Runaway
(Director)
Tora-san's Love Call
(Director)
A Trap
(Director)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
(Director)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
(Director)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
(Writer)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
(Director)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
(Director)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
(Director)
Tora-san's Lovesick
(Writer)
Tora-san's Lovesick
(Director)
The Little House
(Director)
My Sons
(Director)
Tora-san's Lullaby
(Writer)
Tora-san's Lullaby
(Director)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
(Writer)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
(Director)
Where Spring Comes Late
(Director)
Downtown Heroes
(Director)
The Greatest Challenge of All
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
(Writer)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
(Director)
Home from the Sea
(Screenplay)
Ano hashi no hotori de
(Screenplay)
Kyū-chan ondo
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Pure Love
(Director)
A Distant Cry from Spring
(Director)
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
(Director)
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
(Writer)
A Class to Remember II
(Writer)
A Class to Remember II
(Director)
Tora-san Plays Cupid
(Director)
Tora-san Plays Cupid
(Writer)
Days with Harasu
(Writer)
It's a Flickering Life
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Pure Love
(Writer)
Tora-san, My Uncle
(Writer)
Tora-san, My Uncle
(Director)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
(Director)
The Rainbow Seeker
(Director)
Stage-Struck Tora-san
(Writer)
Stage-Struck Tora-san
(Director)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
(Writer)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
(Director)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
(Screenplay)
The Little House
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
(Original Story)
Free and Easy Special
(Writer)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
(Screenplay)
The Million Dollar Pursuit
(Screenplay)
Talk of the Town Tora-san
(Writer)
Talk of the Town Tora-san
(Director)
Our Symphony
(Original Story)
The Castle of Sand
(Writer)
Two Iida
(Co-Writer)
One Way Ticket to Love
(Assistant Director)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
(Director)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
(Writer)
The Lovable Tramp
(Director)
Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu
(Screenplay)
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
(Original Story)
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
(Adaptation)
Free and Easy 2
(Writer)
Tora-san Confesses
(Director)
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
(Director)
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
(Director)
What a Wonderful Family!
(Director)
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
(Screenplay)
Itoshi no Lahaina
(Original Story)
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
(Screenplay)
Tora-san Goes North
(Director)
Tora-san, the Go-Between
(Director)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(Director)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(Director)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
(Director)
Foster Daddy, Tora!
(Director)
Tora-san, the Expert
(Director)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(Director)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(Director)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(Director)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(Director)
Tora-san's Matchmaker
(Director)
Tora-san's Promise
(Director)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(Director)
Tora-san's Easy Advice
(Director)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
(Director)
Tora-san to the Rescue
(Director)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(Director)
The Yellow Handkerchief
(Screenplay)
俺は田舎のプレスリー
(Story)
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao
(Story)
Ore wa Ueno no puresurī
(Story)
Free and Easy 6
(Writer)
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa
(Creator)
What a Wonderful Family! 2
(Director)
What a Wonderful Family! 2
(Writer)
寛美の我こそは一等社員
(Screenplay)
The Village
(Writer)
Mom, Is That You?!
(Director)
A Distant Cry from Spring
(Screenplay)
Toki no kagayaki
(Screenplay)
Free and Easy 10
(Screenplay)
Oretachi no toki
(Original Story)
Free and Easy 7
(Writer)
Free and Easy 5
(Writer)
Free and Easy 8
(Writer)
Free and Easy 4
(Writer)
Free and Easy 16
(Writer)
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
(Screenplay)
Salaryman Senka
(Screenplay)
Shin Salaryman Senka
(Screenplay)
The Sunshine Girl
(Director)
The Rainbow Seeker
(Writer)
The Rainbow Seeker 2
(Director)
The Rainbow Seeker 2
(Writer)
What a Wonderful Family! 3
(Director)
What a Wonderful Family! 3
(Screenplay)
The Sunshine Girl
(Screenplay)
The Strangers Upstairs
(Director)
The Lovable Tramp
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
(Screenplay)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
(Writer)
Downtown Heroes
(Screenplay)
Love and Honor
(Writer)
Follow the Girls
(Screenplay)
The Irresponsible Fool
(Director)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
(Screenplay)
Mom, Is That You?!
(Writer)
Where Spring Comes Late
(Story)
Where Spring Comes Late
(Screenplay)
The Yellow Handkerchief
(Original Film Writer)
A Class to Remember
(Screenplay)
Song of Love
(Screenplay)
Zero Focus
(Screenplay)
Gamblers' Luck
(Screenplay)
Gamblers' Luck
(Director)
Tora-san's Love Call
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
(Original Story)
A Distant Cry from Spring
(Writer)
It's Tough Being a Man
(Screenplay)
Older Brother, Younger Sister
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
(Writer)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
(Director)
The Honest Fool
(Director)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
(Director)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
(Writer)
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
(Director)
Vagabond Schemer
(Director)
The Million Dollar Pursuit
(Director)
The Greatest Challenge of All
(Director)
The Shy Deceiver
(Director)
Let's Have A Dream
(Director)
Song of Love
(Director)
About Her Brother
(Screenplay)
The Honest Fool
(Screenplay)
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
(Original Story)
Foster Daddy, Tora!
(Screenplay)
Foster Daddy, Tora!
(Original Story)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(Original Story)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Promise
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Promise
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Expert
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(Original Story)
Tora-san, the Expert
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Love Call
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
(Original Story)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
(Original Story)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(Screenplay)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
(Original Story)
Tora-san, the Go-Between
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(Original Story)
Tora-san Goes North
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Go-Between
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(Original Story)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(Screenplay)
Tora-san Goes North
(Original Story)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(Original Story)
What a Wonderful Family!
(Screenplay)
It's a Flickering Life
(Director)
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
(Writer)
Vagabond Schemer
(Writer)
Let's Have A Dream
(Writer)
The Shy Deceiver
(Writer)
Warm Current
(Writer)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
(Screenplay)
My Sons
(Screenplay)
Fuusen no Doratarou
(Original Story)
Shounen Torajirou
(Original Story)
It's Tough Being a Man
(Original Story)
It's Tough Being a Man
(Adaptation)