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Yoshimitsu Morita

Japanese film director (1950–2011)

3.48body-of-work score · ranked #321 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 25, 1950 · Chigasaki
Died
December 20, 2011 · Tokyo
Nationality
Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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.

  1. 1
    The Family Game家族ゲーム

    1983 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1983 #1 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.172 citations
  2. 2
    Sorekaraそれから

    1985 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1985 #1

    1.001 citation
  3. 3
    Keiho39 刑法第三十九条

    1999 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1999 #3

    0.501 citation
  4. 4
    Haru(ハル)

    1996 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1996 #4

    0.431 citation
  5. 5
    Like Asura阿修羅のごとく

    2003 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2003 #5

    0.391 citation

Complete filmography

All 21 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1981Something Like It
  • 1982Come On Girls!
  • 1983The Family Game
  • 1984Main Theme
  • 1985Sorekara
  • 1986Sorobanzuku
  • 198924 Hour Playboy
  • 1989キッチン
  • 1991Happy Wedding
  • 1992Future Memories: Last Christmas
  • 1996Haru
  • 1997Lost Paradise
  • 1999Keiho
  • 1999The Black House
  • 2002Mobōhan
  • 2003Like Asura
  • 2006Mamiya kyodai
  • 2007Southbound
  • 2007Tsubaki Sanjuro
  • 2009It's On Me
  • 2011Train Brain Express