Masashi Yamamoto
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 24, 1956
- Birthplace
- Oita Prefecture, Japan
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.
Filmography
DUDE 2026
Director
Wonderful Paradise 2020
Screenplay, Director
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers 2018
Actor
The Voice of Water 2014
Director, Writer
- Sunrise Sunset
Sunrise Sunset 2013
Producer
Sawada 2012
Producer
Three☆Points 2011
Director, Writer
A Crowd of Three 2010
Actor
Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession 2008
Director
Man, Woman & the Wall 2006
Director, Screenplay
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days 2006
Screenplay, Director
The Whispering of the Gods 2005
as Brother Akabane
Cycle 2005
Director, Screenplay
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name 2003
as Yamamoto
Limousine Drive 2000
Director, Writer
Junk Food 1997
Writer, Director
- Atlanta Boogie
Atlanta Boogie 1996
Screenplay, Director
The Stairway to the Distant Past 1995
Actor
March Comes In Like a Lion 1991
as Ramen Man
Kumagusu 1991
Director
What's Up Connection 1990
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Robinson's Garden 1987
Director, Screenplay
- Tampon Tango
Tampon Tango 1984
Director
Carnival in the Night 1981
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Saint Terrorism 1980
Director, Writer
Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard 1979
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.