Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 24, 1956
Place of Birth
Oita Prefecture, Japan
Credits
27 titles
Masashi Yamamoto
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
DUDE
Director
Wonderful Paradise
Screenplay
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
The Voice of Water
Director
Sunrise Sunset
Producer
Sawada
Producer
Three☆Points
Director
A Crowd of Three
Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
Director
Man, Woman & the Wall
Director
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
Director
The Whispering of the Gods
Brother Akabane
Cycle
Director
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
Yamamoto
The Private Detective Mike
Yamamoto
Limousine Drive
Director
Junk Food
Writer
Atlanta Boogie
Screenplay
The Stairway to the Distant Past
March Comes In Like a Lion
Ramen Man
Kumagusu
Director
What's Up Connection
Screenplay
Robinson's Garden
Director
Tampon Tango
Director
Carnival in the Night
Director
Saint Terrorism
Director
Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
Director