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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).
Yôji Yamada. Writer: The Twilight Samurai. Yamada Yoji graduated Tokyo University in 1954, the year he joined Shochiku as an assistant director. In 1969, he launched the popular "Tora-san" series, the world's longest theatrical film series.
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- Yôji Yamada
- Osaka, Japan
A series of Samurai films from director Yoji Yamada. Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次 Yamada Yōji, born September 13, 1931 in Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films. He was born in Osaka.
Yoji Yamada and Tora-san: The resurrection of a Japanese film institution. The last active director who came up in the Japanese film industry's 1950s and 1960s Golden Age, Yoji Yamada...
Jul 7, 2021 · Yoji Yamada's masterpiece The Twilight Samurai is the first film in his unofficial samurai trilogy. it is beloved by many and one of Japan's greatest films. ...more.
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Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director most known for his Tora-san series consisting of 50 films shot over 25 years, making it the longest theatrical film series.
