- Films
- 23
- Avg rating
- 7.35
- Peak run
- 1980’08
- 7+ run
- 8 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Yoji by the numbers
Average
7.35
11 rated films
Vote weighted
7.36
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.32
rating spread
Career
57y
1969 to 2025
Total votes
1.09K
across every film
Best
7.8
The Twilight Samurai
Worst
6.8
The Little House
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Tokyo Taxi | · | 20 |
| 2023 | Mom, Is That You?! | · | 13 |
| 2021 | It's a Flickering Life | · | 10 |
| 2019 | Tora-san, Wish You Were Here | · | 3 |
| 2018 | What a Wonderful Family! 3 | · | 14 |
| 2017 | What a Wonderful Family! 2 | 7.0 | 29 |
| 2016 |  What a Wonderful Family! | 7.3 | 39 |
| 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | · | 17 |
| 2014 |  The Little House | 6.8 | 46 |
| 2013 |  Tokyo Family | 7.3 | 74 |
| 2010 | About Her Brother | · | 17 |
| 2008 |  Kabei: Our Mother | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2006 |  Love and Honor | 7.4 | 99 |
| 2004 |  The Hidden Blade | 7.4 | 131 |
| 2002 |  The Twilight Samurai | 7.8 | 378 |
| 1993 | A Class to Remember | · | 7 |
| 1991 | My Sons | · | 12 |
| 1980 |  A Distant Cry from Spring | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1977 |  The Yellow Handkerchief | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1972 | Home from the Sea | · | 9 |
Better together?
Yoji Yamada's regulars
- Chieko BaishoDirector and actor · 11 films · 7.33 avg●−0.02
- Masashi ChikamoriCinematographer · 11 films · 7.10 avg
- Emiko HiramatsuWriter · 9 films · 7.23 avg▼−0.06
- Tetsuo TakahaCinematographer · 8 films · 7.40 avg
- Isao TomitaComposer · 6 films · 7.55 avg
- Yoshitaka AsamaWriter · 6 films · 7.40 avg●+0.03
- Mutsuo NaganumaCinematographer · 5 films · 7.55 avg
- Isao HashizumeDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.20 avg●−0.03
- Joe HisaishiComposer · 5 films · 7.10 avg
- Yuzo AsaharaWriter · 4 films
- Sayuri YoshinagaDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.15
- Kiyoshi AtsumiDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.06
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Yoji Yamada and Chieko Baisho movies · Yoji Yamada and Masashi Chikamori movies · Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu movies · Yoji Yamada and Tetsuo Takaha movies
Takes