- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 24, 1956
- Place of Birth
- Oita Prefecture, Japan
Masashi Yamamoto
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.
Filmography
DUDE
movieDUDE
2026 · Director
movieWonderful Paradise
2020 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
movieThe Voice of Water
2014 · Director, Writer
Sunrise Sunset
movieSunrise Sunset
2013 · Producer
movieSawada
2012 · Producer
movieThree☆Points
2011 · Director, Writer
movieA Crowd of Three
2010
movieScary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
2008 · Director
movieMan, Woman & the Wall
2006 · Director, Screenplay
movieTokyo of the Dead - 3 days
2006 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Whispering of the Gods
2005 · Brother Akabane
movieCycle
2005 · Director, Screenplay
movieMike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
2003 · Yamamoto
tvThe Private Detective Mike
2002 · Yamamoto
movieLimousine Drive
2000 · Director, Writer
movieJunk Food
1997 · Writer, Director
Atlanta Boogie
movieAtlanta Boogie
1996 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
movieMarch Comes In Like a Lion
1991 · Ramen Man
movieKumagusu
1991 · Director
movieWhat's Up Connection
1990 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieRobinson's Garden
1987 · Director, Screenplay
Tampon Tango
movieTampon Tango
1984 · Director
movieCarnival in the Night
1981 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieSaint Terrorism
1980 · Director, Writer
moviePrelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
1979 · Director, Writer