Directing
Masashi Yamamoto
Born January 24, 1956 · Oita Prefecture, Japan (age 70)
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 fell…
Known For
Man, Woman & the Wall · 2006Man, Woman & the Wall
★ 6.32006
MovieDramaRomance
When Ryo, a young magazine reporter, moves into a new apartment he is greeted by the passionate sounds of his astonishingly beautiful neighbor Satsuki. Realizing the wall dividing their apartments is paper thin, the captivated journalist begins to eavesdrop on every detail of the girl next door's life: her conversations, her bubble baths... her breathless cries.
The Stairway to the Distant Past · 1995The Stairway to the Distant Past
★ 7.21995
MovieDramaCrime
Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
The Whispering of the Gods · 2005The Whispering of the Gods
★ 5.32005
MovieDrama
Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods through his germanium radio, Rou defies God in every which way and puts religion to the test.
March Comes In Like a Lion · 1991March Comes In Like a Lion
★ 6.61991
MovieDrama
Set in Tokyo, Ice brings her amnesiac older brother Haruo home from the hospital to care for him. He is reluctant to go, until Ice tells him that she is his lover. Since he has no memory of his sister Ice, he obliges her. How long until his memory returns?
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers · 2018The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
★ 2.02018
MovieComedyScience Fiction
A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres such as road movies, westerns, and meta fiction.
A Crowd of Three · 2010A Crowd of Three
★ 4.92010
MovieDrama
A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.
Robinson's Garden · 1987Robinson's Garden
★ 6.41987
MovieDrama
Kumi lives a hippie-like life in Tokyo's outskirts. One night while drunk she stumbles into an abandoned industrial site, except in addition to deserted factories, it is full of forests and greenery. She decides to move there, even further away from the civilization she had already left.
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name · 2003Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
★ 5.52003
MovieMysteryDrama
A private detective takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the forest.















