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.
KNOWN FOR
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Man, Woman & the Wall
2006
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
2003
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
A Crowd of Three
2010
What's Up Connection
1990
March Comes In Like a Lion
1991
Robinson's Garden
1987
The Whispering of the Gods
2005
Kumagusu
1991
Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
2006
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
7
Directing
18
Writing
14
Producing
4