A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Yuuzou Asahara
Yûzô Asahara
Yūzō Asahara
朝原 雄三
Birthplace:
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Born:
August 7, 1964
Assistant Director:
2002 The Twilight Samurai
2019 Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Director:
1995 Salaryman Senka
1995 Toki no kagayaki
1996 Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1997 Shin Salaryman Senka
2002 The Twilight Samurai
2003 Free and Easy 14
2004 Free and Easy 15
2005 Free and Easy 16
2006 Free and Easy 17
2007 Free and Easy 18
2008 Free and Easy 19
2009 Free and Easy 20: Final
2013 A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2015 The Pearls of the Stone Man
2016 My Korean Teacher
2018 A Distant Cry from Spring
2019 Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
Production Director:
1995 Salaryman Senka
1995 Toki no kagayaki
1996 Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1997 Shin Salaryman Senka
2002 The Twilight Samurai
2003 Free and Easy 14
2004 Free and Easy 15
2005 Free and Easy 16
2006 Free and Easy 17
2007 Free and Easy 18
2008 Free and Easy 19
2009 Free and Easy 20: Final
2013 A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2015 The Pearls of the Stone Man
2016 My Korean Teacher
2018 A Distant Cry from Spring
2019 Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
Screenplay:
1995 Salaryman Senka
1995 Toki no kagayaki
1996 Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1997 Shin Salaryman Senka
2002 The Twilight Samurai
2003 Free and Easy 14
2004 Free and Easy 15
2005 Free and Easy 16
2006 Free and Easy 17
2007 Free and Easy 18
2008 Free and Easy 19
2009 Free and Easy 20: Final
2013 A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2015 The Pearls of the Stone Man
2016 My Korean Teacher
2018 A Distant Cry from Spring
2019 Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
2021 It's a Flickering Life
2023 Mom, Is That You?!
2025 TOKYO Taxi
Writer:
1995 Salaryman Senka
1995 Toki no kagayaki
1996 Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1997 Shin Salaryman Senka
2002 The Twilight Samurai
2003 Free and Easy 14
2004 Free and Easy 15
2005 Free and Easy 16
2006 Free and Easy 17
2007 Free and Easy 18
2008 Free and Easy 19
2009 Free and Easy 20: Final
2013 A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2015 The Pearls of the Stone Man
2016 My Korean Teacher
2018 A Distant Cry from Spring
2019 Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
2021 It's a Flickering Life
2023 Mom, Is That You?!
2025 TOKYO Taxi
Director:
2015 Free and Easy: The Rookie Densuke Hamasaki
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