About
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 fellowship from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs to study in New York, during which time he set up screenings of his film Junk Food in America. Often filming those living on the margins of Japanese society, his film Limousine Drive was actually filmed in the United States. He has also acted in some films.
Filmography
DUDE2026 · Director
Wonderful Paradise2020 · Screenplay, Director
The Voice of Water2014 · Writer, Director
Sunrise Sunset2013 · Producer
Sawada2012 · Producer
Three☆Points2011 · Writer, Director
Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession2008 · Director
Man, Woman & the Wall2006 · Screenplay, Director
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days2006 · Director, Screenplay
Cycle2005 · Screenplay, Director
Limousine Drive2000 · Director, Writer
Junk Food1997 · Writer, Director
Atlanta Boogie1996 · Screenplay, Director
Kumagusu1991 · Director
What's Up Connection1990 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
Robinson's Garden1987 · Director, Screenplay
Tampon Tango1984 · Director
Carnival in the Night1981 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Saint Terrorism1980 · Writer, Director
Prelude to the Murder of a Prison Guard1979 · Writer, Director