Yoji Yamada

Japan · The New School

Contemporary Asian Cinema

Yoji Yamada (born 1931) is a Japanese director who made the long Tora-san series, and later samurai films including Twilight Samurai (2002), which was nominated for the Oscar.

Filmography

• The Yellow Handkerchief (1978)
• My Sons (1992)
• A Class to Remember (1994)
• Twilight Samurai (2002)
• The Little House (2014)