Yoshishige Yoshida
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 16, 1933
- Died
- December 8, 2022
- Birthplace
- Fukui, Japan
Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田 喜重 Yoshida Yoshishige; 16 February 1933 - 8 December 2022), also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi. He was a central member of what came to be called the "Shōchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of the Japanese New Wave. Like many of his New Wave cohorts, he felt restricted under the studio system and left Shōchiku in 1964 to start his own production company where he directed such films as Eros + Massacre. He has directed more than 20 films between 1960 and 2004. He has also written a number of philosophical books about his work and the cinema, including an award-winning study of Yasujirō Ozu.
Filmography
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance 2022
as Self
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker? 2008
as Self
Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story 2008
as Self
Welcome to São Paulo 2004
Director
Women in the Mirror 2003
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
知の解放 知の冒険 知の祝祭 東京大学 学問の過去・現在・未来 1997
Director
Lumière & Company 1995
Director
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema 1995
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Editor
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida 1994
as Self, Director, Writer
Wuthering Heights 1988
Director, Screenplay
A Human Promise 1986
Director, Screenplay
Cinématon 1978
as N°789
The Story of Big 1: Sadaharu Oh 1977
Director
Coup d'Etat 1973
Director, Producer
Confessions Among Actresses 1971
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Heroic Purgatory 1970
Director, Producer
Eros + Massacre 1969
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Farewell to the Summer Light 1968
Director, Writer
Affair in the Snow 1968
Director, Screenplay
Impasse 1967
Director, Writer
The Affair 1967
Director, Screenplay
Woman of the Lake 1966
Director, Writer
A Story Written with Water 1965
Director, Screenplay
Escape from Japan 1964
Director, Screenplay
18 Roughs 1963
Director, Screenplay
Akitsu Hot Springs 1962
Director, Screenplay
Immortal Love 1961
Assistant Director
Bitter End of a Sweet Night 1961
Screenplay, Director
Blood Is Dry 1960
Director, Screenplay
Good-for-Nothing 1960
Director, Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.