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) Director
- Tokyo Taxi (2025) Director
- Fuusen no Doratarou (1981) Original Story
- The Castle of Sand (1974) Screenplay
- It's Tough Being a Man (1968) Original Story
- Love and Honor (2006) Director
- Kabei: Our Mother (2008) Director
- 戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～ (2020) Director
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) Director
- Free and Easy (1988) Writer
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) Director
- Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983) Writer
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Director
- Mom, Is That You?! (2023) Director
- Tokyo Family (2013) Screenplay
- A Class to Remember (1993) Director
- The Little House (2014) Director
- My Sons (1991) Director
- Free and Easy 8 (1996) Writer
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981) Director
- Zero Focus (1961) Screenplay
- I, the Executioner (1968) Writer
- Free and Easy 16 (2005) Writer
- A Distant Cry from Spring (2018) Writer
- Free and Easy 7 (1994) Writer
- Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) Director
- Tora-san, My Uncle (1989) Writer
- Shounen Torajirou (2019) Original Story
- Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979) Director
- A Trap (1965) Director
- Free and Easy 4 (1991) Writer
- What a Wonderful Family! (2016) Director
- Free and Easy 6 (1993) Writer
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019) Director
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971) Director
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) Director
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969) Director
- Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Director
- Tora-san, the Expert (1982) Director
- Center of Tokyo (1974) Screenplay
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Most-watched Yoji Yamada films currently: The Twilight Samurai (2002), Tokyo Taxi (2025), The Castle of Sand (1974), Love and Honor (2006), Kabei: Our Mother (2008).
What TV shows has Yoji Yamada appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Fuusen no Doratarou (1981), It's Tough Being a Man (1968), Shounen Torajirou (2019).
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