9.0
9.0
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
Director
Yoji Yamada
Directing
Born:September 13, 1931(age 94)
Birthplace:Osaka, Japan
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (146 movies)
9.0
9.0
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
Screenplay
9.0
9.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
Director
8.7
8.7
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
Director
8.7
8.7
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Director
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Writer
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
Screenplay
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Director
8.5
8.5
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
Director
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
Director
8.5
8.5
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Director
8.5
8.5
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Director
8.4
8.4
Downtown Heroes
1988
Director
8.1
8.1
It's Tough Being a Man
1969
Director
8.0
8.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Confesses
1991
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Writer
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
Director
8.0
8.0
Free and Easy 2
1989
Writer
8.0
8.0
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Promise
1981
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
Director
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
Writer
8.0
8.0
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
Director
7.8
7.8
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Director
7.8
7.8
The Twilight Samurai
2002
Director
7.7
7.7
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Director
7.7
7.7
My Sons
1991
Screenplay
7.7
7.7
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
Director
7.7
7.7
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
Screenplay
7.6
7.6
Tokyo Taxi
2025
Director
7.6
7.6
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
Screenplay
7.6
7.6
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
Director
7.6
7.6
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
Love and Honor
2006
Director
7.5
7.5
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Director
7.5
7.5
A Class to Remember
1993
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 14
2003
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 13
2002
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 4
1991
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 5
1992
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 6
1993
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy Special
1994
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 7
1994
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 8
1996
Writer
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 16
2005
Writer
7.5
7.5
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
Director
7.5
7.5
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
The Hidden Blade
2004
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
The Castle of Sand
1974
Writer
7.3
7.3
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
Director
7.3
7.3
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
Writer
7.3
7.3
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
Director
7.3
7.3
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
Writer
7.3
7.3
The Yellow Handkerchief
2011
Writer
7.3
7.3
Free and Easy
1988
Writer
7.3
7.3
Tokyo Family
2013
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Kabei: Our Mother
2008
Writer
7.2
7.2
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
Screenplay
7.2
7.2
Home from the Sea
1972
Director
7.2
7.2
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
Director
7.2
7.2
I, the Executioner
1968
Writer
7.1
7.1
A Trap
1965
Director
7.0
7.0
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
Writer
7.0
7.0
Gamblers' Luck
1966
Director
7.0
7.0
The Irresponsible Fool
1964
Director
7.0
7.0
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Older Brother, Younger Sister
2018
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
The Shy Deceiver
1968
Writer
7.0
7.0
The Lovable Tramp
1966
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
The Little House
2014
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998
Writer
6.7
6.7
Free and Easy 10
1998
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
The Village
1976
Writer
6.6
6.6
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Kyoto Story
2010
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
Director
6.5
6.5
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
About Her Brother
2010
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
Zero Focus
1961
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
Writer
6.2
6.2
It's a Flickering Life
2021
Director
6.1
6.1
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Director
6.0
6.0
A Class to Remember II
1996
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
A Distant Cry from Spring
2018
Writer
6.0
6.0
Home Sweet Home
2025
Writer
6.0
6.0
Song of Love
1967
Director
6.0
6.0
The Strangers Upstairs
1961
Director
6.0
6.0
Vagabond Schemer
1969
Director
5.9
5.9
Mom, Is That You?!
2023
Director
5.9
5.9
Sea Without Exit
2006
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
Free and Easy 17
2006
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
The Sunshine Girl
1963
Screenplay
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019
as Self
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015
as Self
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015
as Self
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
2024
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
2022
Screenplay
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
Screenplay
Koi no gashū
1961
Screenplay
Yellow Cherries
1960
Screenplay
The Girl Who Creates Tomorrow
1958
Screenplay
Ohana han
1966
Screenplay
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Screenplay
Tokyo do mannaka
1974
Screenplay
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Screenplay
Toki no kagayaki
1995
Screenplay
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Screenplay
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Writer
Salaryman Senka
1995
Screenplay
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1996
Screenplay
Shin Salaryman Senka
1997
Screenplay
Follow the Girls
1971
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963
Screenplay
Onna no issho
1967
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
Screenplay
The Honest Fool
1964
Screenplay
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
Screenplay
Days with Harasu
1989
Writer
Let's Have A Dream
1967
Writer
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge
1962
Screenplay
Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain
1962
Screenplay
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Screenplay
Warm Current
1966
Writer
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Director
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