Yōji Yamada
Yoji Yamada is a Japanese filmmaker best known for his film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo and the Samurai Trilogy. He has directed 91 films, and is well regarded by critics around the world. His Tora-san series holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running film series starring the same actor.
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🎬 Movies
Tokyo Taxi
director
2025
Tokyo Taxi
writer
2025
Mom, Is That You?!
director
2023
Mom, Is That You?!
writer
2023
It's a Flickering Life
director
2021
It's a Flickering Life
writer
2021
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
writer
2019
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
director
2019
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
actor
2019
Older Brother, Younger Sister
writer
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3
director
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3
writer
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 2
writer
2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2
director
2017
Ken San
actor
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
director
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
writer
2016
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
writer
2015
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
director
2015
The Little House
writer
2014
The Little House
director
2014
Tokyo Family
director
2013
Tokyo Family
writer
2013
The Yellow Handkerchief
writer
2011
Kyoto Story
director
2010
Kyoto Story
writer
2010
About Her Brother
director
2010
About Her Brother
writer
2010
Free and Easy 20: Final
writer
2009
The Yellow Handkerchief
writer
2009
Kabei: Our Mother
director
2008
Kabei: Our Mother
writer
2008
Love and Honor
director
2006
Love and Honor
writer
2006
Sea Without Exit
writer
2006
Free and Easy 17
writer
2006
Free and Easy 16
writer
2005
The Hidden Blade
director
2004
The Hidden Blade
writer
2004
Free and Easy 14
writer
2003
The Twilight Samurai
writer
2002
The Twilight Samurai
director
2002
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
writer
2000
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
director
2000
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
writer
1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
writer
1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
director
1998
Free and Easy 10
writer
1998
The Rainbow Seeker 2
director
1997
The Rainbow Seeker 2
writer
1997
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
director
1997
Shin Salaryman Senka
writer
1997
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
writer
1997
The Rainbow Seeker
writer
1996
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
writer
1996
The Rainbow Seeker
director
1996
A Class to Remember II
director
1996
A Class to Remember II
writer
1996
Free and Easy 8
writer
1996
Salaryman Senka
writer
1995
Tora-san to the Rescue
writer
1995
Tora-san to the Rescue
director
1995
Toki no kagayaki
writer
1995
Tora-san's Easy Advice
director
1994
Free and Easy 7
writer
1994
Tora-san's Easy Advice
writer
1994
Free and Easy Special
writer
1994
Free and Easy 6
writer
1993
Tora-san's Matchmaker
director
1993
Tora-san's Matchmaker
writer
1993
A Class to Remember
director
1993
A Class to Remember
writer
1993
Tora-san Makes Excuses
director
1992
Tora-san Makes Excuses
writer
1992
Tora-san Confesses
writer
1991
Tora-san Confesses
director
1991
Free and Easy 4
writer
1991
My Sons
writer
1991
My Sons
director
1991
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
director
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
writer
1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
director
1989
Tora-san, My Uncle
writer
1989
Free and Easy 2
writer
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
director
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
writer
1989
Free and Easy
writer
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
writer
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
director
1988
Downtown Heroes
writer
1988
Downtown Heroes
director
1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
director
1987
Tora-san Plays Daddy
writer
1987
Tora-san Goes North
director
1987
Tora-san Goes North
writer
1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
writer
1986
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
director
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
director
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
writer
1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
writer
1985
Tora-san's Island Encounter
director
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
writer
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
director
1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
director
1984
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
writer
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
director
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
writer
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
writer
1983
Tora-san Goes Religious?
director
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
writer
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
director
1983
Tora-san, the Expert
director
1982
Tora-san, the Expert
writer
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
writer
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
director
1982
Tora-san's Promise
writer
1981
Tora-san's Promise
director
1981
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao
writer
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
director
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
writer
1981
Foster Daddy, Tora!
director
1980
Foster Daddy, Tora!
writer
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
director
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
writer
1980
A Distant Cry from Spring
writer
1980
A Distant Cry from Spring
director
1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
writer
1979
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
director
1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
director
1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
writer
1979
Our Symphony
writer
1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san
writer
1978
Talk of the Town Tora-san
director
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
director
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
writer
1978
Tora-san Plays Cupid
writer
1977
Tora-san Plays Cupid
director
1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
director
1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
writer
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
director
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
writer
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
writer
1976
Tora-san's Pure Love
director
1976
Oretachi no toki
writer
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
writer
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
director
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
writer
1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual
director
1975
The Village
writer
1975
The Village
director
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
writer
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
director
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
writer
1974
Tora-san's Lullaby
director
1974
The Castle of Sand
writer
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
writer
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
director
1974
Center of Tokyo
writer
1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
director
1973
Tora-san Loves an Artist
writer
1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
writer
1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
director
1973
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
writer
1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
director
1972
Home from the Sea
director
1972
Home from the Sea
writer
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
writer
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
director
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
writer
1971
Tora-san's Love Call
director
1971
Follow the Girls
writer
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
director
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
writer
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
writer
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
director
1971
Where Spring Comes Late
writer
1970
Where Spring Comes Late
director
1970
Tora-san's Runaway
writer
1970
Tora-san's Runaway
director
1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
writer
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
writer
1970
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
writer
1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
director
1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
director
1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
writer
1969
Vagabond Schemer
writer
1969
Vagabond Schemer
director
1969
The Shy Deceiver
writer
1968
The Shy Deceiver
director
1968
I, the Executioner
writer
1968
The Million Dollar Pursuit
director
1968
The Million Dollar Pursuit
writer
1968
The Greatest Challenge of All
director
1967
The Greatest Challenge of All
writer
1967
Song of Love
writer
1967
Song of Love
director
1967
Let's Have A Dream
director
1967
Let's Have A Dream
writer
1967
The Lovable Tramp
writer
1966
The Lovable Tramp
director
1966
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
writer
1966
Warm Current
writer
1966
Gamblers' Luck
director
1966
Gamblers' Luck
writer
1966
A Trap
director
1965
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
director
1964
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
writer
1964
The Irresponsible Fool
director
1964
The Irresponsible Fool
writer
1964
The Honest Fool
director
1964
The Honest Fool
writer
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
writer
1964
At the Side of the Bridge 4
writer
1963
The Sunshine Girl
writer
1963
The Sunshine Girl
director
1963
At the Side of the Bridge
writer
1962
The Strangers Upstairs
director
1961
The Strangers Upstairs
writer
1961
Zero Focus
writer
1961
Hachi no ko
writer
1957