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Yoshishige Yoshida

Japanese film director, novelist (1933-2022)

2.13body-of-work score · ranked #492 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
February 16, 1933 · Fukui
Died
December 8, 2022 · Shibuya
Nationality
Japan, Empire of Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter, film critic
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Yoshishige Yoshida
キネマ旬報社 · Public domain

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
    Eros Plus Massacreエロス+虐殺

    1969 · Japan · biography, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1970 #4

    0.431 citation
  2. 2
    A Promise人間の約束

    1986 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1986 #4

    0.431 citation
  3. 3
    Women in the Mirror鏡の女たち

    2002 · Japan / France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2003 #6

    0.361 citation
  4. 4
    Coup d'Etat戒厳令

    1973 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1973 #7

    0.331 citation
  5. 5
    Akitsu Springs秋津温泉

    1962 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1962 #10

    0.291 citation
  6. 6
    A Story Written with Water水で書かれた物語

    1965 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1965 #10

    0.291 citation

Complete filmography

All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.