Yōji Yamada

Yōji Yamada was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and university teacher (born 1931). He was born at Toyonaka.

Also recorded as Yamada Yōji; Yamada Yoji; Yoji Yamada; Youji Yamada.

Overview

Born at Toyonaka in 1931.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 5: Otoko wa Tsurai yo, The Yellow Handkerchief, A Distant Cry from Spring, Tsuribaka Nisshi and The Twilight Samurai.

Recognition and collections

Yōji Yamada received Order of Culture, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Person of Cultural Merit, Asahi Prize and Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay.

Catalogued works

18 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1908 to 1977. The first 12 are listed here.

寅さんの人間論. 息子・家族. Nihonjin to ningen kankei. 満鉄とは何だったのか. Ritsumeikan Daigaku, Yamadajuku no kiseki, eiga o tsukuru. Migeru Ritin Kantoku to kangen-reika Chiri sennyūki. Tora-san no kyōikuron. Haha to kuraseba. Kazoku wa tsurai yo 2. Otoko wa tsurai yo. Eiga o tsukuru. Koya ga hanete.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Japón: Yamada Yōji, Estudios de Asia y África, 1982. It’s tough being a humanist: Yōji Yamada, the cynical company man, Asian Cinema, 2019. Yamada Yōji, and the kinder, gentler samurai: <i>The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade</i>, and <i>Love and Honor</i>, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, 2009.

In detail

Yōji Yamada studied at University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics. the recorded working language is Japanese.

Employment is recorded with Kansai University and Ritsumeikan University.

Works named in the authority record are Otoko wa Tsurai yo, The Yellow Handkerchief, A Distant Cry from Spring, Tsuribaka Nisshi and The Twilight Samurai.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Culture, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon and Person of Cultural Merit.

Chronology

  1. 1931Yōji Yamada born at Toyonaka.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Yoji Yamada”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1261335: Yōji Yamada

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