Yoji Yamada — Director (31)
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Mom, Is That You? (2023) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
こんにちは、母さん
director: 山田洋次 actor: 吉永小百合 / 大泉洋 …
other title: 你好，妈妈 / こんにちは、母さん
人力主管的工作让昭夫每日绷紧了神经，雪上加霜的是，他正处于与妻子离婚的边缘，与大学生女儿的关系也并非一帆风顺。有一天，他决定去东京的老城区看望他的母亲福江。然而，事情似乎有点不对劲。他的母亲过去总是穿着围裙工作，但现在她穿上了时髦的衣服，看起来比以往任何时候都活泼，甚至还坠入了爱河！昭夫十分困惑，在自己母亲的家里感到格格不入，但在遇到善良、热情、有些爱管闲事的邻居和他从未见过的母亲的另一面后，昭夫逐渐开始发现一些以往没注意过的东西。本片将是继《母亲》《如果与母亲一起生活》之后，山田洋次“母亲三部曲”最终章，也将是吉永小百合集大 成之作。
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The Little House (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
小さいおうち
director: 山田洋次 actor: 松隆子 / 倍赏千惠子 …
other title: 小小的家 / 小さいおうち …
青年荒井健史（妻夫木聪 饰）此前一直照顾姨婆多喜（倍赏千恵子 饰）的生活起居，多喜年轻时曾在东京帮佣，如今在健史的纠缠下，她提笔写下了陈年的悲喜往事。那要回溯到昭和初期，年轻的多喜（黑木华 饰）离开山形老家，几经辗转进入平井家担任女佣。平井家在东京郊区盖了一栋红色屋顶的小房子，男主人（片冈孝太郎 饰）是玩具公司常务，女主人时子（松隆子 饰）雍容美丽。多喜对时子充满敬仰，她更全心全意为平井家服务。某年春节，玩具公司新来的设计人员板仓正治（吉冈秀隆 饰）走进平井家门。相近的趣味和爱好让他和时子愈加投机。与此同时，战况日渐激烈，有情男女藏着彼此的秘密，随波逐流……
本片根据中岛京子第143回直木赏同名获奖作品改编。
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A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
遙かなる山の呼び声
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Ken Takakura / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Llanto de Primavera / 遙かなる山の呼び声 …
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
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The Twilight Samurai (2002) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
たそがれ清兵衛
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Rie Miyazawa …
other title: Il crepuscolo del samurai / A Sombra do Samurai …
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
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Tokyo Family (2013) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
東京家族
director: 山田洋次 actor: 桥爪功 / 吉行和子 …
other title: 東京家族 / 东京家族 …
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
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What a Wonderful Family! (2016) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
家族はつらいよ
director: 山田洋次 actor: 桥爪功 / 吉行和子 …
other title: 家族之苦 / 家族はつらいよ …
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
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What a Wonderful Family! (2016) [Movie]
家族はつらいよ
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Isao Hashizume / Kazuko Yoshiyuki …
other title: 家族はつらいよ / What a wonderful family! …
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
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What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
家族はつらいよ2
director: 山田洋次 actor: 桥爪功 / 吉行和子 …
other title: 家族はつらいよ2 / What a wonderful family ! 2 …
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
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What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
妻よ薔薇のように 家族はつらいよIII
director: 山田洋次 actor: 桥爪功 / 吉行和子 …
other title: What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life / 妻よ薔薇のように 家族はつらいよIII …
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
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A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb
十五才 学校IV
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Yuta Kanai / Hideakazu Akai …
other title: 十五才 学校IV
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 interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.
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Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Elle court, elle court la rumeur / 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 …
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
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Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Un drôle de père / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌 …
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
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The Hidden Blade (2004) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
隠し剣 鬼の爪
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Takako Matsu …
other title: La Servante et le Samouraï / La espada oculta …
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
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Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Tora san entre en scène / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく …
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: L'indécis / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋 …
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
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My Sons (1991) [Movie] TMDB
息子
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: 息子 / My sons (Mis hijos)
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 his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.
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It's Tough Being a Man (1969) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
男はつらいよ
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: C'est dur d'être un homme / Tora-san. It's Tough Being a Man …
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 and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
男はつらいよ　夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Marions-les / 男はつらいよ　夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.