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Yōji Yamada

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13 settembre 1931 · Osaka, Japan

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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.

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Locandina di Il crepuscolo del samurai
Il crepuscolo del samurai
Film · 2002 · ★ 7,8
Locandina di The Yellow Handkerchief
The Yellow Handkerchief
Film · 2009 · ★ 6,3
Locandina di The Hidden Blade
The Hidden Blade
Film · 2004 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Love and Honor
Love and Honor
Film · 2006 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Tokyo Family
Tokyo Family
Film · 2013 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di 砂の器
砂の器
Film · 1974 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di The little house
The little house
Film · 2014 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di Kabei: Our Mother
Kabei: Our Mother
Film · 2008 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di The Yellow Handkerchief
The Yellow Handkerchief
Film · 1977 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di What a Wonderful Family!
What a Wonderful Family!
Film · 2016 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di A Distant Cry from Spring
A Distant Cry from Spring
Film · 1980 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di What a Wonderful Family! 2
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Film · 2017 · ★ 7,0

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