Yoshimitsu Morita
Directing
Yoshimitsu Morita was a Japanese film director. Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with No Yōna Mono (Something Like It, 1981). In 1983 he won acclaim for his movie Kazoku Gēmu ("The Family Game"), which was voted the best film of the year by Japanese critics in the Kinema Junpo magazine poll. This black comedy dealt with then-recent changes in the structure of Japanese home life. It also earned Morita the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. He also won the award for best director at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō ("Keiho", 2003) and the award for best screenplay at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru (1996).
Known for
Directing31
movieTrain Brain Express
2012
Director
movieAbacus and Sword
2010
Director
movieIt's On Me
2009
Director
movieTsubaki Sanjuro
2007
Director
movieSouth Bound
2007
Director
movieThe Mamiya Brothers
2006
Director
movieUmineko - Inseparable
2004
Director
movieLike Asura
2003
Director
movieCopycat Killer
2002
Director
movieThe Black House
1999
Director
movieKeiho
1999
Director
movieLost Paradise
1997
Director
movieHaru
1996
Director
movieA Desirable Marriage
1991
Director
movieKitchen
1989
Director
movie24 Hour Playboy
1989
Director
movieFor Business
1986
Director
movieAnd Then
1985
Director
movieMain Theme
1984
Director
movieDeaths in Tokimeki
1984
Director
movieThe Family Game
1983
Director
movieTop Stripper
1982
Director
movieCome On Girls!
1982
Director
movieSomething Like It
1981
Director
movieLive in Chigasaki
1978
Director
movieThe Steam Express
1976
Director
movieIndustrial Area
1972
Director
movieThe Weather Report
1971
Director
Writing29
movieSomething Like, Something Like It
2016
Original Film Writer
movieTrain Brain Express
2012
Screenplay
movieIt's On Me
2009
Writer
movieSouth Bound
2007
Adaptation, Writer
movieThe Mamiya Brothers
2006
Screenplay
movieCopycat Killer
2002
Screenplay
movieColorful
2000
Screenplay
movieYou Alone Can't See
1998
Screenplay
movieHaru
1996
Screenplay
movieFuture Memories: Last Christmas
1992
Screenplay
movieBakayarō! 4 You!
1991
Screenplay
movieA Desirable Marriage
1991
Screenplay
movieKitchen
1989
Writer
movie24 Hour Playboy
1989
Screenplay
movieLove and Action in Osaka
1988
Screenplay
movieThe House of Wedlock
1986
Screenplay
movieFor Business
1986
Writer
movieMain Theme
1984
Screenplay
movieDeaths in Tokimeki
1984
Screenplay
movieSannen-me no Uwaki
1983
Screenplay
movieThe Family Game
1983
Screenplay
movieTop Stripper
1982
Screenplay
movieCome On Girls!
1982
Screenplay
Acting4
Production2
movieBakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
1990
Executive Producer
movieBakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988
Executive Producer
Camera1
movieThe Steam Express
1976
Director of Photography