Masashi Yamamoto

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Masashi Yamamoto

Directing 70 January 24, 1956

Oita Prefecture, Japan

Born in Ōita Prefecture, Yamamoto attended Meiji University but left early to concentrate on making independent 8mm films. His Carnival in the Night was screened at the 1983 Berli…

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Man, Woman & the Wall

Man, Woman & the Wall

6.3 2006 Movie
The Private Detective Mike

The Private Detective Mike

8.5 2002 TV Show
March Comes In Like a Lion

March Comes In Like a Lion

6.6 1991 Movie
The Whispering of the Gods

The Whispering of the Gods

5.3 2005 Movie
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

5.5 2003 Movie
The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Stairway to the Distant Past

7.2 1995 Movie
Junk Food

Junk Food

4.9 1997 Movie
Robinson's Garden

Robinson's Garden

6.4 1987 Movie
Carnival in the Night

Carnival in the Night

5.5 1981 Movie
A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three

4.9 2010 Movie
What's Up Connection

What's Up Connection

7.0 1990 Movie
Wonderful Paradise

Wonderful Paradise

6.7 2020 Movie

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Born in Ōita Prefecture, Yamamoto attended Meiji University but left early to concentrate on making independent 8mm films. His Carnival in the Night was screened at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival, and Robinson's Garden was given the Zitty Award at the 1987 edition of the Berlinale. The latter film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 1998 he was given a research fellowship from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs to study in New York, during which time he set up screenings of his film Junk Food in America. Often filming those living on the margins of Japanese society, his film Limousine Drive was actually filmed in the United States. He has also acted in some films.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    DUDE

    Movie Director

  2. 2020
    Wonderful Paradise

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 2018
    The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

    Movie

  4. 2014
    The Voice of Water

    Movie Director

  5. 2013
    Sunrise Sunset

    Movie Producer

  6. 2012
    Sawada

    Movie Producer

  7. 2011
    Three☆Points

    Movie Director

  8. 2010
    A Crowd of Three

    Movie

  9. 2008
    Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession

    Movie Director

  10. 2006
    Man, Woman & the Wall

    Movie Director

  11. 2006
    Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 2005
    The Whispering of the Gods

    Movie Brother Akabane

  13. 2005
    Cycle

    Movie Director

  14. 2003
    Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

    Movie Yamamoto

  15. 2002
    The Private Detective Mike

    TV show Yamamoto

  16. 2000
    Limousine Drive

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1997
    Junk Food

    Movie Writer

  2. 1996
    Atlanta Boogie

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 1995
    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    Movie

  4. 1991
    March Comes In Like a Lion

    Movie Ramen Man

  5. 1991
    Kumagusu

    Movie Director

  6. 1990
    What's Up Connection

    Movie Producer

  7. 1987
    Robinson's Garden

    Movie Director

  8. 1984
    Tampon Tango

    Movie Director

  9. 1981
    Carnival in the Night

    Movie Director

  10. 1980
    Saint Terrorism

    Movie Director

  11. 1979
    Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard

    Movie Director