FILM DIRECTOR

Yoji Yamada

1931 - Today

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Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, Yamada Yōji, born 13 September 1931) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honor). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoji Yamada has received more than 184,007 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Yoji Yamada is the 609th most popular film director (down from 515th in 2019), the 895th most popular biography from Japan (down from 751st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yoji Yamadas by language

Over the past year Yoji Yamada has had the most page views in the with 340,315 views, followed by English (24,741), and Chinese (16,256). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (166.35%), Polish (51.40%), and Japanese (43.62%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yoji Yamada ranks 609 out of 2,041. Before him are João César Monteiro, Stuart Rosenberg, Werner Schroeter, John Glen, Christian Petzold, and Mamoru Hosoda. After him are Robert Enrico, Brad Bird, Keisuke Kinoshita, Hal Ashby, Jim Sheridan, and Jean Rollin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Yoji Yamada ranks 224. Before him are David Janssen, Joseph Joffo, Bridget Riley, Ladislav Novák, Yulian Semyonov, and Nick Bollettieri. After him are Robert Enrico, David Wilkerson, Jan Johansson, León Febres Cordero, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, and Janosch.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoji Yamada ranks 895 out of 6,245. Before him are Saburō Kurusu (1886), Hiroshi Katayama (1940), Rihei Sano (1912), Sachi Kagawa (null), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), and Takeo Arishima (1878). After him are Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Sadako Ogata (1927), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Keiko Abe (1937), Kusumoto Ine (1827), and Masaki Yokotani (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Yoji Yamada ranks 32. Before him are Seijun Suzuki (1923), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Rintaro (1941), Juzo Itami (1933), and Mamoru Hosoda (1967). After him are Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Sion Sono (1961), and Shinobu Hashimoto (1918).

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Filmography

The Hidden Blade
Director
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.
Oct 30o 20047.4 / 10
Love and Honor
Director
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
Dec 1o 20067.4 / 10
The Twilight Samurai
Director
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?
Nov 2o 20027.7 / 10