2006Nominee
Best Director
Man, Woman & the Wall
Masashi Yamamoto
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Oita Prefecture, Japan
January 24, 1956
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1991Nominee
Best Director
Kumagusu
1991Nominee
Best Performance
March Comes In Like a Lion
Career Highlights
2003Highlight
Best Performance
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
1981Highlight
Best Director
Carnival in the Night
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Man, Woman & the Wall
The Whispering of the Gods
The Stairway to the Distant Past