FILM DIRECTOR

Naoko Yamada

1984 - Today

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Naoko Yamada () (山田 尚子, Yamada Naoko) is a Japanese animator and director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naoko Yamada has received more than 611,577 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Naoko Yamada is the 1,825th most popular film director (down from 1,603rd in 2019), the 2,133rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,814th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Naoko Yamada ranks 1,825 out of 2,041. Before her are Neil LaBute, Andrei Kravchuk, Ben Wheatley, Kelly Asbury, Jan Hřebejk, and Oren Peli. After her are Mai Masri, Shakti Samanta, Gavin O'Connor, Kimberly Peirce, Marina de Van, and Chris Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Naoko Yamada ranks 374. Before her are Christian Lell, Shreya Ghoshal, Osama Hawsawi, Nery Castillo, Cristian Săpunaru, and Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren. After her are Emma Green, Julia Mancuso, Petr Pavlensky, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Kevin Owens, and Christof Innerhofer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoko Yamada ranks 2,133 out of 6,245. Before her are Takayuki Yoshida (1977), Toshihiro Yamaguchi (1971), Shoko Nakagawa (1985), Shinobu Terajima (1972), Aino Kishi (1988), and Shoya Nakajima (1994). After her are Hitoshi Sogahata (1979), Shinya Aoki (1983), Megumi Torigoe (1950), Nobuhisa Yamada (1975), Yu Kobayashi (1987), and Hideto Suzuki (1974).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Naoko Yamada ranks 62. Before her are Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Noriyuki Abe (1961), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Byron Howard (1968), Mari Okada (1976), and Tatsuya Ishihara (1966).

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Filmography

A Silent Voice: The Movie
Director
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
Sep 17o 20168.4 / 10
小林さんちのメイドラゴン
Director
Kobayashi lives alone in an apartment, until one day, Tohru appeared and they ended up living together. Tooru looks down on humans as inferior and foolish, but having been saved by Kobayashi-san, she does everything she can to repay the debt and help her with various things, although not everything goes according to plan. A mythical everyday life comedy about a hard working office lady living with a dragon girl.
8.365 / 10
CLANNAD
Director
Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.
8.3 / 10