Masashi Yamamoto (b. 1956)

Alias:
山本政志

Birthplace:
Oita Prefecture, Japan

Born:
January 24, 1956

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.

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Director:
1979  Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
1980  Saint Terrorism
1981  Carnival in the Night
1987  Robinson's Garden
1990  What's Up Connection
1996  Atlanta Boogie
1997  Junk Food
2000  Limousine Drive
2005  Cycle
2006  Man, Woman & the Wall
2006  Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
2008  Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
2011  Three☆Points
2014  The Voice of Water
2016  When You Touch Me
2020  Wonderful Paradise
2022  Strange Acts of Love
2023  Beardiful Tone
2023  Discoteque

Producer:
1979  Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
1980  Saint Terrorism
1981  Carnival in the Night
1987  Robinson's Garden
1990  What's Up Connection
1996  Atlanta Boogie
1997  Junk Food
2000  Limousine Drive
2005  Cycle
2006  Man, Woman & the Wall
2006  Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
2008  Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
2011  Three☆Points
2012  Sawada
2013  Sunrise Sunset
2014  The Voice of Water
2016  When You Touch Me
2020  Wonderful Paradise
2022  Strange Acts of Love
2023  Beardiful Tone
2023  Discoteque

Screenplay:
1979  Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
1980  Saint Terrorism
1981  Carnival in the Night
1987  Robinson's Garden
1990  What's Up Connection
1996  Atlanta Boogie
1997  Junk Food
2000  Limousine Drive
2005  Cycle
2006  Man, Woman & the Wall
2006  Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
2008  Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
2011  Three☆Points
2012  Sawada
2013  Sunrise Sunset
2014  The Voice of Water
2016  When You Touch Me
2020  Wonderful Paradise
2022  Strange Acts of Love
2023  Beardiful Tone
2023  Discoteque

Writer:
1979  Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard
1980  Saint Terrorism
1981  Carnival in the Night
1987  Robinson's Garden
1990  What's Up Connection
1996  Atlanta Boogie
1997  Junk Food
2000  Limousine Drive
2005  Cycle
2006  Man, Woman & the Wall
2006  Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
2008  Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession
2011  Three☆Points
2012  Sawada
2013  Sunrise Sunset
2014  The Voice of Water
2016  When You Touch Me
2020  Wonderful Paradise
2022  Strange Acts of Love
2023  Beardiful Tone
2023  Discoteque

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