Creator
Youji Yamada
山田洋次
Director · Scriptwriter · Producer
He was born in Toyonaka, but due to his father's job as an engineer for the Manchurian Railway, he went to Manchuria at the age of two and spent his childhood there. Following the end of World War II, he returned to Japan and subsequently lived in Yamagata Prefecture. After receiving his degree from Tokyo University's Faculty of Law in 1954, he joined Shochiku as a substitute and worked as a scriptwriter and assistant director for Yoshitarou Nomura before making his directori…
