Yoji Yamada Movies

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his...

Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people.

Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after...

A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in Tokushima, whose owner lives to bring entertaining films...

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring...

Moriyama Kosaku is released from a Hokkaido prison on parole. After he salutes the prison officers, he approaches a car that is stopped nearby. A...

After meeting as college students in the cinema town of Seijo, husband and wife Nobuhiko and Kyoko Obayashi have gone on to direct and produce...

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.

Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.

The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t know to have inherited a large sum of...

A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

Based on the long running manga by Sadao Shouji.

Yuka came to work as an intern nurse at a hospital and she met Shunichi again. They were school friends, and she liked him. But, she found out that...

The film depicts a couple who go on a trip to Hawaii to relieve their daily frustration and get caught up in various commotions. Written by Masakuni...

After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.