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Yoji Yamada Biography

Profession Writer, Director, Assistant director

Awards

  • 1970Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1971Kinema Junpo Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1971Kinema Junpo Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1971Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1971Mainichi Film Concours-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1971Mainichi Film Concours-Best Film: winner
  • 1972Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1974Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1974Mainichi Film Concours-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1975Kinema Junpo Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1975Mainichi Film Concours-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1977Hochi Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1978Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1978Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: winner
  • 1978Blue Ribbon Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1978Blue Ribbon Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1978Readers' Choice Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1978Kinema Junpo Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1978Kinema Junpo Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1978Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1978Mainichi Film Concours-Best Film: winner
  • 1978Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1978Mainichi Film Concours-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1980Special Prize of the Jury-: winner
  • 1981Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1981Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1986Golden Lion-: nominated
  • 1987Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1987Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1989Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1989Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1989Golden Berlin Bear-Best Film: nominated
  • 1991Hochi Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1991Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1992Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1992Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1992Kinema Junpo Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1992Readers' Choice Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1992Mainichi Film Concours-Best Film: winner
  • 1992Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1994Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1994Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: winner
  • 1994Readers' Choice Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1999Golden Goblet-Best Director: winner
  • 1999Golden Goblet-Best Film: nominated
  • 2002Hochi Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2002Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2003Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2003Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: winner
  • 2003Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
  • 2003Blue Ribbon Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2003Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2003Golden Maile Award-Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2003Kinema Junpo Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2003Readers' Choice Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2003Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2003Kinema Junpo Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2003Mainichi Film Concours-Best Film: winner
  • 2004Audience Award-: winner
  • 2005Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2005Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 2005Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
  • 2005Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2005Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 2007NETPAC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2007NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2007Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2007Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 2007Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
  • 2007Ishihara Yujiro Award-: winner
  • 2007Golden Goblet-Best Film: nominated
  • 2007Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 2008Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
  • 2009NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2009Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Golden Spike-Best Film: winner
  • 2014Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
  • 2014CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2014Netpac Award-: winner
  • 2015Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2016Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2016Nippon Cinema Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2016Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 2017Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2021Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2022Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2023Golden Goblet-Best Film: nominated
  • 2024Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated