Where to watch Yoji Yamada in the UK
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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…
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- Tokyo Taxi (2025) Director
- The Twilight Samurai (2002) Screenplay
- The Castle of Sand (1974) Screenplay
- It's Tough Being a Man (1968) Original Story
- Fuusen no Doratarou (1981) Original Story
- It's a Flickering Life (2021) Screenplay
- Love and Honor (2006) Director
- Ken San (2016) Cast
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2009) Original Film Writer
- Kabei: Our Mother (2008) Director
- The Little House (2014) Director
- A Trap (1965) Director
- Tokyo Family (2013) Director
- Mom, Is That You?! (2023) Director
- Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979) Director
- The Greatest Challenge of All (1967) Screenplay
- Free and Easy 20: Final (2009) Screenplay
- Free and Easy 6 (1993) Writer
- Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) Director
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) Director
- What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018) Director
- About Her Brother (2010) Director
- Center of Tokyo (1974) Screenplay
- Tora-san Goes North (1987) Director
- I, the Executioner (1968) Writer
- Free and Easy (1988) Writer
- The Rainbow Seeker (1996) Director
- Tora-san, the Expert (1982) Director
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019) Director
- Free and Easy 16 (2005) Writer
- Free and Easy 7 (1994) Writer
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) Director
- Free and Easy 4 (1991) Writer
- Free and Easy 8 (1996) Writer
- The Hidden Blade (2004) Director
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981) Director
- Tora-san's Lovesick (1974) Director
- Tora-san's Love Call (1971) Director
- Free and Easy 2 (1989) Writer
- Zero Focus (1961) Screenplay
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) Director
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969) Director
- The Sunshine Girl (1963) Director
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Director
- Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015) Director
- Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (1971) Director
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958) Screenplay
- Free and Easy 17 (2006) Screenplay
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) Director
- What a Wonderful Family! (2016) Director
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984) Director
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- Song of Love (1967) Screenplay
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975) Director
- Free and Easy Special (1994) Writer
- Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979) Director
- Lady Camellia (1988) Script
- Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983) Director
- Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987) Director
- Tora-san's Lullaby (1974) Director
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969) Director
- A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998) Director
- Tora-san's Pure Love (1976) Director
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2011) Writer
- A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000) Director
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997) Director
- A Class to Remember (1993) Director
- Tora-san, My Uncle (1989) Director
- The Shy Deceiver (1968) Director
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980) Director
- Free and Easy 10 (1998) Screenplay
- At the Side of the Bridge 4 (1963) Screenplay
- Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Director
- Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985) Director
- Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980) Director
- At the Side of the Bridge 2 (1962) Screenplay
- My Sons (1991) Director
- Free and Easy 14 (2003) Writer
- Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989) Director
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972) Director
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Most-watched Yoji Yamada films currently: Tokyo Taxi (2025), The Twilight Samurai (2002), The Castle of Sand (1974), It's a Flickering Life (2021), Love and Honor (2006).
What TV shows has Yoji Yamada appeared in?
Selected TV credits: It's Tough Being a Man (1968), Fuusen no Doratarou (1981), Shounen Torajirou (2019).
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