Yoji Yamada
Directing
Biography
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Known For
Acting History
2025
2023
Mom, Is That You?!
Director
Mom, Is That You?!
Screenplay
2022
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
Screenplay
2021
It's a Flickering Life
Screenplay
It's a Flickering Life
Director
2019
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Director
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Screenplay
Shounen Torajirou
TVOriginal Story
2018
Older Brother, Younger Sister
Screenplay
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Director
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Screenplay
2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Director
2016
2014
The Little House
Director
The Little House
Screenplay
2013
Tokyo Family
Director
Tokyo Family
Screenplay
2011
The Yellow Handkerchief
Writer
2010
Kyoto Story
Screenplay
Kyoto Story
Story
Kyoto Story
Director
About Her Brother
Director
About Her Brother
Screenplay
2009
The Yellow Handkerchief
Original Film Writer
Free and Easy 20: Final
Screenplay
2008
Kabei: Our Mother
Director
Kabei: Our Mother
Writer
2006
2005
Free and Easy 16
Writer
2004
The Hidden Blade
Director
The Hidden Blade
Screenplay
2003
Free and Easy 14
Writer
2002
2000
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Director
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Screenplay
1997
1996
The Rainbow Seeker
Director
The Rainbow Seeker
Writer
A Class to Remember II
Director
A Class to Remember II
Screenplay
Free and Easy 8
Writer
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
Screenplay
1995
Toki no kagayaki
Screenplay
Tora-san to the Rescue
Director
Tora-san to the Rescue
Writer
Salaryman Senka
Screenplay
1994
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Director
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Writer
Free and Easy 7
Writer
Free and Easy Special
Writer
1993
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Director
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Writer
Free and Easy 6
Writer
A Class to Remember
Director
A Class to Remember
Screenplay
1992
1991
Free and Easy 4
Writer
My Sons
Director
My Sons
Screenplay
Tora-san Confesses
Director
Tora-san Confesses
Screenplay
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Director
1989
Days with Harasu
Writer
Tora-san, My Uncle
Writer
Tora-san, My Uncle
Director
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Director
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Writer
Free and Easy 2
Writer
1988
Lady Camellia
Script
Downtown Heroes
Director
Downtown Heroes
Screenplay
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Director
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Screenplay
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Original Story
Free and Easy
Writer
1987
Tora-san Goes North
Director
Tora-san Goes North
Screenplay
Tora-san Goes North
Original Story
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Director
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Screenplay
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Original Story
1986
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Director
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Screenplay
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Original Story
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Director
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Director
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Screenplay
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Original Story
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Screenplay
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Original Story
1984
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Director
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Original Story
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Director
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Screenplay
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Original Story
1983
I Lived, But...
as Self
Itoshi no Lahaina
Original Story
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Director
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Writer
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Original Story
Tora-san's Song of Love
Director
Tora-san's Song of Love
Screenplay
Tora-san's Song of Love
Original Story
1982
Tora-san, the Expert
Director
Tora-san, the Expert
Screenplay
Tora-san, the Expert
Original Story
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Director
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Screenplay
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Original Story
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Director
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Original Story
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Screenplay
Tora-san's Promise
Director
Tora-san's Promise
Original Story
Tora-san's Promise
Screenplay
Fuusen no Doratarou
TVOriginal Story
1980
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Director
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Screenplay
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Original Story
A Distant Cry from Spring
Director
A Distant Cry from Spring
Screenplay
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Director
1979
Our Symphony
Original Story
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Director
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Director
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Writer
1978
1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
Director
The Yellow Handkerchief
Screenplay
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Director
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Director
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Writer
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Director
Tora-san's Pure Love
Director
Tora-san's Pure Love
Writer
Two Iida
Co-Writer
Oretachi no toki
Original Story
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Original Story
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Screenplay
The Village
Director
The Village
Writer
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Director
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
Director
Tora-san's Lovesick
Writer
Tora-san's Lullaby
Director
Tora-san's Lullaby
Writer
Center of Tokyo
Screenplay
The Castle of Sand
Screenplay
1973
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Writer
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Director
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Director
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Original Story
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Screenplay
1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Director
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Original Story
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Screenplay
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Director
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Original Story
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Screenplay
Home from the Sea
Director
Home from the Sea
Screenplay
1971
Follow the Girls
Screenplay
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Director
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Screenplay
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Original Story
Tora-san's Love Call
Director
Tora-san's Love Call
Screenplay
Tora-san's Love Call
Original Story
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Director
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Screenplay
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Original Story
1970
Where Spring Comes Late
Director
Where Spring Comes Late
Screenplay
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Original Story
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Screenplay
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Original Story
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Screenplay
Tora-san's Runaway
Director
Tora-san's Runaway
Screenplay
1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
Original Story
Vagabond Schemer
Director
Vagabond Schemer
Writer
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Director
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Screenplay
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Director
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Screenplay
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Original Story
1968
I, the Executioner
Writer
The Shy Deceiver
Director
The Shy Deceiver
Writer
The Million Dollar Pursuit
Screenplay
The Million Dollar Pursuit
Director
It's Tough Being a Man
TVOriginal Story
It's Tough Being a Man
TVAdaptation
1967
Song of Love
Screenplay
Song of Love
Director
Let's Have A Dream
Director
Let's Have A Dream
Writer
The Greatest Challenge of All
Screenplay
The Greatest Challenge of All
Director
Onna no issho
Screenplay
1966
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Screenplay
The Lovable Tramp
Director
The Lovable Tramp
Screenplay
Warm Current
Writer
Gamblers' Luck
Director
Gamblers' Luck
Screenplay
Ohana han
Screenplay
1965
A Trap
Director
1964
The Honest Fool
Director
The Honest Fool
Screenplay
The Irresponsible Fool
Director
The Irresponsible Fool
Screenplay
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Director
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Screenplay
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Screenplay
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 4
Screenplay
The Sunshine Girl
Director
The Sunshine Girl
Screenplay
1962
At the Side of the Bridge
Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 2
Screenplay
Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain
Screenplay
Kyū-chan ondo
Screenplay
1961
1960
Yellow Cherries
Screenplay
One Way Ticket to Love
Assistant Director
1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen
Screenplay
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Screenplay
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Screenplay
The Girl Who Creates Tomorrow
Screenplay