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
(Screenplay)
The Twilight Samurai
(Director)
Kyoto Story
(Story)
Kyoto Story
(Screenplay)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
(Screenplay)
The Hidden Blade
(Director)
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
(Director)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
(Writer)
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
(Director)
Tora-san Loves an Artist
(Writer)
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?
(Director)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(Writer)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
(Director)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
(Writer)
Tora-san's Runaway
(Director)
Tora-san's Runaway
(Writer)
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
(Director)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
(Writer)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
(Director)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
(Director)
Tora-san's Lovesick
(Director)
Tora-san's Lovesick
(Writer)
The Little House
(Director)
My Sons
(Director)
Tora-san's Lullaby
(Director)
Tora-san's Lullaby
(Writer)
Where Spring Comes Late
(Director)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
(Director)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
(Writer)
Hope and Pain
(Director)
The Greatest Challenge of All
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
(Director)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
(Writer)
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
(Director)
A Class to Remember II
(Writer)
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
(Director)
Tora-san, My Uncle
(Writer)
The Rainbow Seeker
(Director)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
(Director)
Stage-Struck Tora-san
(Director)
Stage-Struck Tora-san
(Writer)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
(Director)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
(Writer)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
(Screenplay)
The Little House
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
(Screenplay)
Free and Easy Special
(Writer)
The Million Dollar Pursuit
(Screenplay)
Talk of the Town Tora-san
(Director)
Talk of the Town Tora-san
(Writer)
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)
Foster Daddy, Tora!
(Director)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(Director)
Tora-san's Promise
(Director)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(Director)
Tora-san, the Expert
(Director)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(Director)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(Director)
Tora-san, the Go-Between
(Director)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(Director)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(Director)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(Director)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(Director)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
(Director)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
(Director)
Tora-san's Matchmaker
(Director)
Tora-san's Easy Advice
(Director)
Tora-san to the Rescue
(Director)
The Yellow Handkerchief
(Screenplay)
俺は田舎のプレスリー
(Story)
Ore wa Ueno no puresurī
(Story)
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao
(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 4
(Writer)
Free and Easy 5
(Writer)
Free and Easy 7
(Writer)
Free and Easy 8
(Writer)
Free and Easy 16
(Writer)
Salaryman Senka
(Screenplay)
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
(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 Strangers Upstairs
(Director)
The Sunshine Girl
(Screenplay)
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)
Hope and Pain
(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
(Director)
Gamblers' Luck
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Love Call
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
(Original Story)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
(Screenplay)
A Distant Cry from Spring
(Writer)
It's Tough Being a Man
(Screenplay)
Older Brother, Younger Sister
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
(Director)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
(Writer)
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)
The Greatest Challenge of All
(Director)
The Million Dollar Pursuit
(Director)
The Shy Deceiver
(Director)
Vagabond Schemer
(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
(Screenplay)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Promise
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Promise
(Original Story)
Tora-san, the Expert
(Screenplay)
Tora-san, the Expert
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Love Call
(Original Story)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(Original Story)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(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, the Go-Between
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(Screenplay)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(Original Story)
Tora-san Goes North
(Screenplay)
Tora-san Goes North
(Original Story)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(Screenplay)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(Original Story)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(Screenplay)
What a Wonderful Family!
(Screenplay)
It's a Flickering Life
(Director)
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
(Writer)
Let's Have A Dream
(Writer)
Vagabond Schemer
(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
(Adaptation)
It's Tough Being a Man
(Original Story)