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 204,265 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.

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  • 200k

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  • 59.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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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