Yoji Yamada
Directing
Born September 13, 1931 in Osaka, Japan
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.
Filmography
Tokyo Taxi
Home Sweet Home
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
Mom, Is That You?!
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
It's a Flickering Life
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
Self
Shounen Torajirou
A Distant Cry from Spring
Older Brother, Younger Sister
What a Wonderful Family! 3
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Ken San
What a Wonderful Family!
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
Self
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
The Little House
Tokyo Family
The Yellow Handkerchief
Kyoto Story
About Her Brother
Free and Easy 20: Final
The Yellow Handkerchief
Kabei: Our Mother
Love and Honor
Sea Without Exit
Free and Easy 17
Free and Easy 16
The Hidden Blade
Free and Easy 14
The Twilight Samurai
Free and Easy 13
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Free and Easy 10
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa
The Rainbow Seeker 2
Shin Salaryman Senka
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
The Rainbow Seeker
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
A Class to Remember II
Free and Easy 8
Tora-san to the Rescue
Salaryman Senka
Toki no kagayaki
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Free and Easy 7
Free and Easy Special
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Free and Easy 6
A Class to Remember
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
Self
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Free and Easy 5
Tora-san Confesses
Free and Easy 4
My Sons
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Tora-san, My Uncle
Free and Easy 2
Days with Harasu
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Free and Easy
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Downtown Heroes
Lady Camellia
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Tora-san Goes North
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Tora-san Goes Religious?
I Lived, But...
Self
Itoshi no Lahaina
Tora-san's Song of Love
Tora-san, the Expert
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Tora-san's Promise
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Fuusen no Doratarou
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
A Distant Cry from Spring
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Our Symphony
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Ore wa Ueno no puresurī
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Ore wa inaka no puresurī
Tora-san Plays Cupid
The Yellow Handkerchief
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san's Pure Love
Two Iida
Oretachi no toki
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san, the Intellectual
The Village
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Tora-san's Lullaby
The Castle of Sand
Tora-san's Lovesick
Center of Tokyo
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Home from the Sea
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Tora-san's Love Call
Follow the Girls
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Where Spring Comes Late
Tora-san's Runaway
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Women Can't Be Beaten
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Vagabond Schemer
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
It's Tough Being a Man
The Shy Deceiver
I, the Executioner
The Million Dollar Pursuit
Onna no issho
The Greatest Challenge of All
Song of Love
Let's Have A Dream
The Lovable Tramp
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Ohana han
Warm Current
Gamblers' Luck
A Trap
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
The Irresponsible Fool
The Honest Fool
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
At the Side of the Bridge 4
The Sunshine Girl
At the Side of the Bridge 3
At the Side of the Bridge 2
At the Side of the Bridge
Kyū-chan ondo
Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain
The Strangers Upstairs
Koi no gashū
Zero Focus
One Way Ticket to Love
Yellow Cherries
Akatsuki no chiheisen
The Girl Who Creates Tomorrow
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Hachi no ko