Director
Masashi Yamamoto
January 24, 1956 · Oita Prefecture, Japan
Born in Ōita Prefecture, Yamamoto attended Meiji University but left early to concentrate on making independent 8mm films. His Carnival in the Night was screened at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival, and Robinson's Garden was given the Zitty Award at the 1987 edition of the Berlinale. The latter film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 1998 he was given a research fellowship from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs to study in New York, during which time he set up screenings of his film Junk Food in America. Often filming those living on the margins of Japanese society, his film Limousine Drive was actually filmed in the United States. He has also acted in some films.
Often works with
Masatoshi Nagase
4 titles together
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name, The Stairway to the Distant Past, The Private Detective Mike
Kanji Tsuda
4 titles together
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name, Junk Food, Atlanta Boogie
Jun Murakami
4 titles together
The Private Detective Mike, The Voice of Water, Wonderful Paradise
Sora Aoi
2 titles together
Man, Woman & the Wall, Three☆Points
Hirofumi Arai
2 titles together
The Whispering of the Gods, A Crowd of Three
Akaji Maro
2 titles together
The Whispering of the Gods, The Stairway to the Distant Past
Full filmography · 24
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Director
2026
Wonderful Paradise
Director
2020
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
cast
2018
The Voice of Water
Writer and Director
2014
Three☆Points
Writer and Director
2011
A Crowd of Three
cast
2010
Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
Director
2008
Man, Woman & the Wall
Director
20066.3
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
Director
2006
The Whispering of the Gods
as Brother Akabane
2005
Cycle
Director
2005
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
as Yamamoto
2003