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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- The Twilight Samurai (2002) Screenplay
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) Director
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) Director
- Tokyo Taxi (2025) Director
- Free and Easy 2 (1989) Writer
- The Castle of Sand (1974) Screenplay
- What a Wonderful Family! (2016) Director
- Free and Easy 17 (2006) Screenplay
- Tokyo Family (2013) Director
- It's Tough Being a Man (1968) Original Story
- About Her Brother (2010) Director
- Love and Honor (2006) Director
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Director
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2009) Original Film Writer
- What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018) Director
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971) Director
- Tora-san's Matchmaker (1993) Director
- Fuusen no Doratarou (1981) Original Story
- Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015) Director
- The Little House (2014) Director
- Mom, Is That You?! (2023) Director
- Two Iida (1976) Co-Writer
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969) Director
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) Director
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984) Director
- It's a Flickering Life (2021) Screenplay
- Follow the Girls (1971) Screenplay
- Women Can't Be Beaten (1969) Original Story
- Sea Without Exit (2006) Screenplay
- A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998) Director
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019) Director
- My Sons (1991) Director
- Kabei: Our Mother (2008) Director
- A Class to Remember II (1996) Director
- Tora-san's Promise (1981) Director
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) Director
- Older Brother, Younger Sister (2018) Screenplay
- I, the Executioner (1968) Writer
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969) Director
- Vagabond Schemer (1969) Director
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Most-watched Yoji Yamada films currently: The Twilight Samurai (2002), What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017), The Yellow Handkerchief (1977), Tokyo Taxi (2025), Free and Easy 2 (1989).
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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