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 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.
Fotos
Filmes (166)
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -
2026 · Self
Tokyo Taxi
2025 · Director, Screenplay
Home Sweet Home
2025 · Writer
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
2024
Mom, Is That You?!
2023 · Director, Screenplay
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
2022 · Screenplay
It's a Flickering Life
2021 · Screenplay, Director
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020 · Director
Tora-san, Gostaria Que Você Estivesse Aqui
2019 · Director, Screenplay
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019 · Self
A Distant Cry from Spring
2018 · Writer
Older Brother, Younger Sister
2018 · Screenplay
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018 · Director, Screenplay
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017 · Director, Screenplay
Ken San
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
2016 · Director, Screenplay
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015 · Director, Screenplay
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015 · Self
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015 · Self
The Little House
2014 · Director, Screenplay
Uma Família em Tóquio
2013 · Director, Screenplay
The Yellow Handkerchief
2011 · Writer
Kyoto Story
2010 · Screenplay, Story, Director
About Her Brother
2010 · Director, Screenplay
Shinema Kabuki: Renjishi
2010 · Director
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009 · Screenplay
O Lenço Amarelo
2009 · Original Film Writer
Kaabe - Nossa Mãe
2008 · Director, Screenplay
Honra de Samurai
2006 · Director, Screenplay
Sea Without Exit
2006 · Screenplay
Free and Easy 17
2006 · Screenplay
Free and Easy 16
2005 · Writer
A Espada Oculta
2004 · Director, Screenplay
Free and Easy 14
2003 · Writer
O Samurai do Entardecer
2002 · Director, Screenplay
Free and Easy 13
2002 · Writer
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001 · Writer
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000 · Director, Screenplay
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998 · Writer
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Free and Easy 10
1998 · Screenplay
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa
1998 · Creator
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997 · Director, Writer
Shin Salaryman Senka
1997 · Screenplay
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997 · Director, Writer
The Rainbow Seeker
1996 · Director, Writer
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1996 · Screenplay
A Class to Remember II
1996 · Director, Screenplay
Free and Easy 8
1996 · Writer
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995 · Director, Writer
Salaryman Senka
1995 · Screenplay
Toki no kagayaki
1995 · Screenplay
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 7
1994 · Writer
Free and Easy Special
1994 · Writer
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Free and Easy 6
1993 · Writer
A Class to Remember
1993 · Director, Screenplay
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
1993 · Self
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992 · Director, Screenplay
Free and Easy 5
1992 · Writer
Tora-san Confesses
1991 · Director, Screenplay
Free and Easy 4
1991 · Writer
My Sons
1991 · Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989 · Writer, Director
Free and Easy 2
1989 · Writer
Days with Harasu
1989 · Writer
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy
1988 · Writer
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Downtown Heroes
1988 · Director, Screenplay
Lady Camellia
1988 · Script
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san Goes North
1987 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 · Writer, Director, Original Story
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 · Writer, Director, Original Story
I Lived, But...
1983 · Self
Itoshi no Lahaina
1983 · Original Story
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Tora-san's Promise
1981 · Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao
1981 · Story
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 · Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 · Writer, Director
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980 · Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 · Writer, Director
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 · Director, Writer
Our Symphony
1979 · Original Story
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 · Writer, Director
Ore wa Ueno no puresurī
1978 · Story
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978 · Writer, Director
Ore wa inaka no puresurī
1978 · Story
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977 · Director, Writer
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977 · Director, Screenplay
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · Director, Writer
Two Iida
1976 · Co-Writer
Oretachi no toki
1976 · Original Story
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975 · Writer, Director
The Village
1975 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975 · Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974 · Writer, Director
The Castle of Sand
1974 · Screenplay
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 · Writer, Director
Center of Tokyo
1974 · Screenplay
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973 · Writer, Director
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 · Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 · Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Home from the Sea
1972 · Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 · Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Tora-san's Love Call
1971 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Follow the Girls
1971 · Screenplay
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Tora-san's Runaway
1970 · Director, Screenplay
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 · Original Story, Screenplay
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 · Screenplay, Original Story
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969 · Original Story
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 · Director, Screenplay
Vagabond Schemer
1969 · Director, Writer
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968 · Original Story, Adaptation
The Shy Deceiver
1968 · Director, Writer
I, the Executioner
1968 · Writer
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968 · Screenplay, Director
Onna no issho
1967 · Screenplay
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967 · Screenplay, Director
Song of Love
1967 · Screenplay, Director
Let's Have A Dream
1967 · Director, Writer
The Lovable Tramp
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966 · Screenplay
Ohana han
1966 · Screenplay
Warm Current
1966 · Writer
Gamblers' Luck
1966 · Screenplay, Director
A Trap
1965 · Director
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964 · Director, Screenplay
The Irresponsible Fool
1964 · Director, Screenplay
The Honest Fool
1964 · Director, Screenplay
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963 · Screenplay
The Sunshine Girl
1963 · Director, Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963 · Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962 · Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge
1962 · Screenplay
Kyū-chan ondo
1962 · Screenplay
Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain
1962 · Screenplay
The Strangers Upstairs
1961 · Director, Writer
Koi no gashū
1961 · Screenplay
Zero Focus
1961 · Screenplay
One-Way Ticket to Love
1960 · Assistant Director
Yellow Cherries
1960 · Screenplay
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959 · Screenplay
The Girl Who Creates Tomorrow
1958 · Screenplay
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958 · Screenplay
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958 · Screenplay
Hachi no ko
1957 · Screenplay
