Yoji Yamada — Playwright (31)
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.
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.
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.
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.
What a Wonderful Family! (2016) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
家族はつらいよ
other title: What a wonderful family! / Maravillosa familia de Tokio
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.
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?
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.
The Little House (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
小さいおうち
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Takako Matsu / Haru Kuroki
other title: The little house / La Maison au toit rouge
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
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。