
Birthday
1956/01/24 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Oita Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
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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 sc...Read more

(2010) A Crowd of Three
as ---

(2018) The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
as ---

(2005) The Whispering of the Gods
as Brother Akabane

(1991) March Comes In Like a Lion
as Ramen Man

(2003) A Forest with No Name
as Yamamoto

(1995) The Stairway to the Distant Past
as ---

(2002) The Private Detective Mike
as Yamamoto