With his focus on comedy and mass entertainment, Yamada has diverged from the path of the highly acclaimed ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ or Japanese New Wave, which includes directors such as Nagisa Oshima of ‘In the Realm of the Senses’
Yoji Yamada has directed 90 films, including “Tora-san,” which tops the Guinness World Records for the longest-running movie series starring the same actor. In each of the 48 installments, beginning in 1969, the hero peddler with a heart of gold falls in love but doesn’t get the girl. He has just finished directing a Kabuki play, a Japanese musical theater form dating back four centuries, except re-scripted and directed Yamada-style. It's stamped with his characteristic voice of compassion for the underdog that has never wavered throughout his seven-decade career.
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