Best movies of Yôji Yamada

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Ren Ôsugi, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A 19th-century samurai tries to protect a battered wife.

Actors : Hidetaka Yoshioka, Takako Matsu, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan ...

Actors : Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô, Takashi Sasano,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

Actors : Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yui Natsukawa, Masahiko Nishimura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Tadanobu Asano, Mayumi Tanaka, Denden,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.

Actors : Isao Hashizume, Haru Kuroki, Takako Matsu, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.

Actors : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuriko Ishida, Ryo Kase, Yû Aoi,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Ginko seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighborhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Koharu is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's ...

Actors : Isao Hashizume, Yui Natsukawa, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A husband (Isao Hashizume) and wife (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that ...

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Kaori Momoi, Tetsuya Takeda, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.

Actors : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tadanobu Asano, Haru Kuroki, Kazunari Ninomiya,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Set in post-World War II Japan, midwife Nobuko is resolved to move on as she stands at the grave of her son Koji who died, alongside thousands of others, when the Americans dropped an ...

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Sachiko Mitsumoto, Chishû Ryû, Kiyoshi Atsumi,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Tora-San, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting.

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Orie Satô, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chôchô Miyako,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Hisashi Igawa, Chishû Ryû, Gin Maeda,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece of land ...

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tetsuya Takeda, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. At dawn, he helps to deliver a ...

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a ...

Actors : Mieko Harada, Emi Wakui, Rentarô Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college- educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and ...

Actors : Nae, Keiko Takeshita, Toshiyuki Nishida, Eiko Shinya,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

At a night school a diverse group of students ranging from teenagers to the elderly, smart to the under-developed and of different races have been assembled to study and finally hopefully ...

Actors : Yûta Kanai, Hidekazu Akai, Rei Asami, Nenji Kobayashi,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of ...

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Michiyo Aratama, Yûsuke Kawazu, Osamu Takizawa,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Kiriko attempts to hire a well-known lawyer to defend her brother's murder case. The lawyer turns Kiriko down as she cannot afford him. Some time later, Kiriko encounters the lawyer again, but this time it is he who needs her help.

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Gin Maeda, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Aiko Nagayama,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Tora-San, an eccentric and resourceful tramp, is always cheerful. Although he is an orphan, he decides to go back home after a long absence. He thus sees again his sister Sakura Suwa, who ...