Yoshishige Yoshida
Directing
Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田 喜重 Yoshida Yoshishige), also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi. He was a central member of what came to be called the "Shōchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of the Japanese New Wave. Like many of his New Wave cohorts, he felt restricted under the studio system and left Shōchiku in 1964 to start his own production company where he directed such films as Eros + Massacre. He has directed more than 20 films between 1960 and 2004. He has also written a number of philosophical books about his work and the cinema, including an award-winning study of Yasujirō Ozu.
Known for
Directing27
movieWelcome to São Paulo
2004
Director
movieWomen in the Mirror
2003
Director
movieLumière & Company
1995
Director
movieWuthering Heights
1988
Director
movieA Human Promise
1986
Director
tvBeauty of Beauty
1974
Director
movieCoup d'Etat
1973
Director
movieHeroic Purgatory
1970
Director
movieEros + Massacre
1969
Director
movieAffair in the Snow
1968
Director
movieImpasse
1967
Director
movieThe Affair
1967
Director
movieWoman of the Lake
1966
Director
movieEscape from Japan
1964
Director
movie18 Roughs
1963
Director
movieAkitsu Hot Springs
1962
Director
movieImmortal Love
1961
Assistant Director
movieBlood Is Dry
1960
Director
movieGood-for-Nothing
1960
Director
Writing19
movieWomen in the Mirror
2003
Screenplay
movieWuthering Heights
1988
Screenplay
movieA Human Promise
1986
Screenplay
movieConfessions Among Actresses
1971
Screenplay
movieEros + Massacre
1969
Writer
movieAffair in the Snow
1968
Screenplay
movieImpasse
1967
Writer
movieThe Affair
1967
Screenplay
movieA Story Written with Water
1965
Screenplay
movieEscape from Japan
1964
Screenplay
movie18 Roughs
1963
Screenplay
movieAkitsu Hot Springs
1962
Screenplay
movieBitter End of a Sweet Night
1961
Screenplay
movieBlood Is Dry
1960
Screenplay
movieGood-for-Nothing
1960
Screenplay
Acting7
movieDreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
1995
Narrator (voice)
movieCinématon
1978
N°789
tvBeauty of Beauty
1974
Himself/Narrator
Production5
movieWomen in the Mirror
2003
Producer
movieCoup d'Etat
1973
Producer
movieHeroic Purgatory
1970
Producer
movieEros + Massacre
1969
Executive Producer
Editing2
Creator1
tvBeauty of Beauty
1974
Creator