Director
Yoji Yamada
1931Osaka, Japan91 Films
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.
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7.7
Tokyo Taxi
2025
6.1
Mom, Is That You?!
2023
6.4
It's a Flickering Life
2021
8.0
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
7.6
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
7.0
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
7.3
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
6.8
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
6.8
The Little House
2014
7.3
Tokyo Family
2013
6.6
Kyoto Story
2010
6.4
About Her Brother
2010
7.4
Kabei: Our Mother
2008
7.5
Love and Honor
2006
7.4
The Hidden Blade
2004
7.8
The Twilight Samurai
2002
8.0
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000
6.2
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
8.5
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
6.0
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
6.0
A Class to Remember II
1996
7.3
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
8.0
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
8.5
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
7.5
A Class to Remember
1993
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
8.0
Tora-san Confesses
1991
7.8
My Sons
1991
8.0
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
8.7
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
8.0
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
8.5
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
8.4
Downtown Heroes
1988
9.0
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
8.7
Tora-san Goes North
1987
7.5
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
6.1
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
8.0
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
6.5
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
8.0
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
8.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
8.0
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
8.0
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
8.5
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
8.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
8.0
Tora-san's Promise
1981
8.5
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
7.5
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
8.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
7.3
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
8.0
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
8.5
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
9.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
8.0
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
7.7
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
6.9
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
8.5
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
8.5
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
9.0
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
7.7
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
7.0
The Village
1975
8.0
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
7.5
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
7.3
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
8.0
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
8.0
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
7.6
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
7.2
Home from the Sea
1972
7.5
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
8.0
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
7.8
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
7.2
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
7.6
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
7.8
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
6.3
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
7.8
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
6.0
Vagabond Schemer
1969
7.0
The Shy Deceiver
1968
6.5
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968
7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
6.5
Song of Love
1967
Let's Have A Dream
1967
7.0
The Lovable Tramp
1966
7.0
Gamblers' Luck
1966
7.1
A Trap
1965
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
7.0
The Irresponsible Fool
1964
The Honest Fool
1964
5.7
The Sunshine Girl
1963
6.0