FILM DIRECTOR

Yoji Yamada

1931 - Today

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Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, Yamada Yōji; born 13 September 1931) is a Japanese film director, best known for his film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo and the Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honor). Yamada has directed 91 films and is well regarded by critics throughout the world. His Tora-san series holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running film series starring the same actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoji Yamada is the 716th most popular film director (down from 611th in 2024), the 1,038th most popular biography from Japan (down from 895th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yoji Yamada ranks 716 out of 2,041. Before him are Benoît Jacquot, Andrew Niccol, Brad Bird, Karel Lamač, Nana Jorjadze, and Alberto Cavalcanti. After him are Terence Fisher, Barry Sonnenfeld, David O. Russell, Rajko Grlić, Ivan Pyryev, and Pasquale Festa Campanile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Yoji Yamada ranks 265. Before him are Bob Anderson, Duško Gojković, Nílton de Sordi, Vance D. Brand, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, and Tab Hunter. After him are William Goldman, Rogelio Domínguez, Georgy Grechko, Ram Dass, Ibrahim Biogradlić, and Mustafa Dağıstanlı.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoji Yamada ranks 1,038 out of 6,245. Before him are Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Takeo Arishima (1878), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Masayuki Uemura (1943), Takeshi Obata (1969), and Tetsuya Nishiwaki (1977). After him are Masae Suzuki (1957), Kuroda Seiki (1866), Kijirō Nambu (1869), Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Kuroki Tamemoto (1844), and Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Yoji Yamada ranks 31. Before him are Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Seijun Suzuki (1923), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), and Keisuke Kinoshita (1912). After him are Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Rintaro (1941), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), and Shinobu Hashimoto (1918).

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