Kajirō Yamamoto
Japanese film director (1902–1974)
2.19body-of-work score · ranked #482 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 15, 1902 · Tokyo
- Died
- September 21, 1974 · Tokyo
- Nationality
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Work
- screenwriter, actor, film director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 11.001 citation
- 20.631 citation
- 3Lessons in Essay綴方教室
1938 · Japan · drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1938 #5 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films
0.562 citations
Complete filmography
All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1920真珠夫人
- 1934あるぷす大将
- 1935Enoken no Kondô Isami
- 1937Enoken’s Kinta the Pickpocket
- 1937Otto no teisō
- 1938Lessons in Essay
- 1940Horse
- 1940Songokū
- 1942Hawai Mare oki kaisen
- 1944Kato hayabusa sento-tai
- 1944Raigekitai Shutsudo
- 1946Those Who Make Tomorrow
- 1947Shin baka jidai: Zenpen
- 1949Flirtation In Spring
- 1950Escape From Prison
- 1956Underworld
- 1958A Holiday in Tokyo
- 1958坊つちやん
- 1959Monkey Sun
- 1964Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan
- 1965狸の大将
- —天才詐欺師物語 狸の花道
- —悲歌 (映画)
- —新馬鹿時代
- —歌うまぼろし御殿
- —狸の休日
- —狸の王様