is a Japanese
film director.
Career
Born in
Aichi Prefecture, Yamashita attended
Osaka University of Arts
is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966.
Notab ...
where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's ''
Kichiku Dai Enkai
is a 1997 Japanese film. It was written and directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri.
Story
In the year 1972 a small group of left-wing students are living at a dingy Tokyo apartment in the mountain village of Karuizawa in Nagano-ken, Japan. While the gr ...
''.
His graduation film ''Hazy Life'', took the Off Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2000
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Fil ...
. He also won the award for Best Director at the 32nd
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun
, previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day.
It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''.
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in 2007 for ''
A Gentle Breeze in the Village
''A Gentle Breeze in the Village'', also known as , is a Japanese slice of life manga series written and illustrated by Fusako Kuramochi. It was serialized in the magazine ''Chorus'' from 1994 to 2000.
The manga won the 20th Kodansha Manga ...
'' and ''
The Matsugane Potshot Affair''. He often works with the screenwriter Kōsuke Mukai.
Filmography
Film
* (1999)
* (2003)
* (2003)
* (2004)
* ''
Linda Linda Linda'' (2005)
* (2006) ominbus
* ''
The Matsugane Potshot Affair'' (2006)
* ''
A Gentle Breeze in the Village
''A Gentle Breeze in the Village'', also known as , is a Japanese slice of life manga series written and illustrated by Fusako Kuramochi. It was serialized in the magazine ''Chorus'' from 1994 to 2000.
The manga won the 20th Kodansha Manga ...
'' (2007)
* ''
My Back Page'' (2011)
* ''
The Drudgery Train'' (2012)
* ''
Tamako in Moratorium'' (2013)
* ''
La La La at Rock Bottom
is a 2015 Japanese music youth drama film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. It was released on February 14, 2015.
Cast
*Subaru Shibutani
* Fumi Nikaidō
Reception
The film has grossed at the Japanese box office.
Awards
*Fantasia International F ...
'' (2015)
*
''Over the Fence'' (2016)
* (2016)
* (2018)
* ''
Let's Go Karaoke!'' (2023)
* ''My Missing Valentine'' (2023)
TV
*''
Midnight Diner
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'' (2009–2006)
* ''Modern Love Tokyo'' (2022, episode 3)
References
External links
*
*
Fukugan no eizō- Conversation between Yamashita and Mukai,
Directors Guild of Japan website (in Japanese)
1976 births
Living people
Japanese film directors
People from Aichi Prefecture
Osaka University of Arts alumni
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