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 Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honor). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoji Yamada is the 713th most popular film director (down from 609th in 2019), 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 713 out of 2,041Before 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 265Before 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 6,245Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Yoji Yamada ranks 31Before 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).