Yoji Yamada

Yoji Yamada

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Directing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1931-09-13 (93 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Osaka, Japan

Biography

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. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the age of 2 he was brought up in Manchuria. Following the end of World War II, he came back to Japan and subsequently he lived in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Known For

Crew