Nobuhiro Yamashita
Nobuhiro Yamashita was born on August 29, 1976 in Aichi, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2006), Hazy Life (1999) and Linda Linda Linda (2005).
Works
Ghost Cat Anzu
Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost cat" and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu's odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.
Release Date:2024-07-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:14
Confession
Two old college pals, Asai and Jiyong, make their annual pilgrimage up a mountain in the middle of winter in honor of their friend Sayuri who disappeared there 16 years earlier. However, Jiyong seriously injures his leg in the middle of a violent blizzard. Overcome by cold and pain, he asks Asai to let him die here and save his own life. First, though, he confesses to a horrible secret that has been eating away at him. He was the one who killed Sayuri that fateful day, out of jealousy. The problem, if there is one, is that Asai finds a cabin nearby that they hadn’t seen because of the blinding storm. Once inside, the murderer's confession takes on a whole new dimension, and let's just say that the elephant in the room is more of a mammoth. To say that it's going to be a long night would be an understatement.
Release Date:2024-05-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Swimming in a Sand Pool
It's summer vacation, but two high schoolers have been instructed to clean the (empty) swimming pool. As they sweep the pool, they initially discuss school life, love and makeup. But it isn't long before their worries begin to overflow and their thoughts intersect.
Release Date:2024-05-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Let's Go Karaoke!
Satomi Oka is worried about his final choir competition but is accosted by a shadowy gangster, Kyouji Narita, who demands karaoke sessions with him.
Release Date:2024-01-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:18
One Second Ahead, One Second Behind
Set in Kyoto, Japan, a love story takes place between Hajime and Reika. Hajime is a handsome young man, who is usually a second quicker than everyone else and straightforward. He works at the post office. Reika is a young woman, who is usually a step slower than everyone else. After Valentine's Day, Hajime wakes up and is unable to remember what happened that day.
Release Date:2023-07-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:7
Modern Love Tokyo
This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons and mothers, and love that transcends borders.
Release Date:2022-10-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:18
Ramblers 2
After Kaji, a mutual friend and actor, passed away, the director Kinoshita (Hiroshi Yamamoto), the scriptwriter Tsuboi (Keishi Nagatsuka), and the actor Funaki (Takeshi Yamamoto) leave Tokyo to visit Kaji’s hometown. After attending the wake, the three go bar-hopping at an izakaya (tavern) and hostess bar in a town they’ve never been to, but they cannot find a way to cope with Kaji’s death. The next day, they go to Kaji’s parents’ house and receive, from his younger sister, Junko, a fan letter addressed to him. The letter is from a young Korean girl, and apparently, Kaji read it many times over before he passed away. The news of the death of Kaji, who was not a famous actor even in Japan, had no way of reaching a fan in Korea. The three are left at a loss as to how to tell her the news.
Release Date:2021-02-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Bujinaru Sanbiki Plus One Corona Shito-hen
Ten years have passed since the disaster. The men are back. The new enemy they face is the new coronavirus. What comes before the four men, who have never met anyone new...
Release Date:2021-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Lucky Owl with Shimako
Four-year-old Shimako gets separated from her parents at Ikebukuro Station. Guided by an owl statue, she skips across Toshima Ward and embarks on a small adventure.
Release Date:2020-12-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and Jiro respectively. Older one (Ichiro) is very serious while the younger one (Jiro) is trying to start rental father/uncle service and they have to deal with issues from their clients.
Release Date:2020-01-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:3
Hard-Core
The life story of a treasure hunter who lives in the countryside of Gunma in Japan. He is pure and kind, but has no communication skills and has a mind of his own. His sole friend is his co-worker. This man has never had sex. The friends find a robot one day. The robot wants to stay with the men. A bond is formed. The men resolve to change their lives.
Release Date:2018-11-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:11
Takayuki Yamada in 3D
Interview with Yamada Takayuki about his life, career and interests.
Release Date:2017-06-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Interviewer
Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival
Takayuki Yamada tried to make a film which will make him proud of himself across his career.
Release Date:2017-01-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Himself
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:1
My Uncle
Yukio Haruyama is an elementary school student. He has an uncle that teaches philosophy part-time at an university. His uncle leeches off his family. The uncle then goes on a blind date and falls in love with beautiful Eri Inaba. She is a fourth generation Japanese living in Hawaii. Sometime later, Eri goes back to Hawaii to take over a coffee farm left behind by her recently deceased grandmother. Yukio and his uncle travel to Hawaii to see Eri.
Release Date:2016-11-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:6
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer, as they find simple yet profound connections with one another based on their shared love of a particular dish.
Release Date:2016-10-21
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:53
Over the Fence
A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.
Release Date:2016-09-17
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:19
La La La at Rock Bottom
Shigeo is released from prison and immediately beaten up by some old associates, which results in him losing his memory. Kasumi, who just by chance happens to be the manager of a band, takes him in and discovers his talent for singing.
Release Date:2015-02-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:8
Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo
Mockumentary drama series is about popular actor Takayuki Yamada, who follows the events from the manga "Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane" while searchig for inspiration. He goes to Akabane, Tokyo, and meets with the real characters from manga living there. Also he meets with manga author Toru Seino and his friends Go Ayano, Kyosuke Yabe, Hitoshi One, musician Kazuya Yoshii..
Release Date:2015-01-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Himself
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:3
Girls in the Psychic Club
Nobuhiro Yamashita shoots the adaption of the City Lights manga by Hiroyuki Ohashi with three members of the Nogizaka46 idol pop band. The story is told on three levels: Documentary-style on-set where we see the film being made and the idols struggling with their roles, the resulting movie which revolves around three girls in a psychic research club discovering a classmate with super powers who turns out to be an alien and a stage adaptation of the film with the same characters.
Release Date:2014-12-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Himself
Vote Count:3
Tamako in Moratorium
Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.
Release Date:2013-11-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:38
Gozen 3-ji no muhou chitai
Release Date:2013-03-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:12
Bungo: Stories of Desire
Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Release Date:2012-09-29
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
The Drudgery Train
In this offbeat coming-of-age tale, a charming, rebellious high school dropout named Kanta befriends the kind, provincial Shoji. The two bring out the best in each other, each gaining confidence from their friendship - especially regarding pursuit of the opposite sex. The working class Kanta becomes a sort of unruly anti-hero, maintaining his pride, defiance, and self-assurance even as his prospects seem increasingly grim.
Release Date:2012-07-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:12
EA's Rock
The super sentai group Kankaku Senshi Gokan Five have protected the earth but with the start of a more peaceful period, the members have drifted apart. Gokan Red and Gokan Blue run a bar with an airsoft shooting range, which takes up most of their time. But Red still feels its their responsibility to be prepared and he tries to find a replacement for Gokan Peach, who died in battle 10 years ago. He has high hopes for Momoka, a 17-year old school girl, who just wanted a part-time job a the bar and isn't yet sure about joining the Gokan Five.
Release Date:2012-04-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:9
My Back Page
In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later, Sawada interviews activist Umeyama with senior reporter Nakahira. Umeyama boasts that his group will steal arms and take action in April. Sawada doubts Umeyama's claims but is attracted to his personality. An incident occurs... Sawada hears news that a man was killed at a army post...
Release Date:2011-05-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
Ultraman Zero, the rookie Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions’ 2009 theatrical movie returns, and getting full-fledged. However, he is confronted with the empowered Kaiser Belial, back from the evil Ultraman Belial whom he and other Ultraman warriors battled so hard on the m-78 Planet. Can Ultraman Zero live to the expectations of his legendary father Ultra Seven? Check it out in the latest Tsuburaya Productions’ action packed movie.
Release Date:2010-12-23
Department:Art
Job:Set Decoration
Vote Count:13
Love Strikes!
Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and he finds himself confused about how to deal with this new experience of having a "moteki" (a period when one is very popular and attractive to others).
Release Date:2010-07-16
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:10
Coming Future
Nakagawa shot “Coming Future” on the nights of December 24 and 25, 2010 in Shibuya, making it his location for an idealized Bohemia in the heart of Tokyo. Interesting interviews/discussions with Kenji Murakami, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kenji Onishi, Tetsuaki Matsue and more... By far the most interesting sequence is with Kenji Onishi (“A Burning Star”). Wielding a super-8 camera, Onishi documents his own interview, taking random shots of street-life and buildings. He leavens his monologue with statements bordering between cliché and outré. “A movie that aims to make a message is boring.”
Release Date:2010-01-01
Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
The series features Ueno taking on five roles in five episodes. As the title suggests, each episode involves a bag of some kind, such as a guitar case or a mysterious delivery package.
Release Date:2009-09-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Mechakowa 3 Reinōryoku o Motsu Otoko" Kyōgaku no Dokyumento
This is the third installment of the psychic documentary series in which Nobuhiro Yamashita and his assistant Yoshimi Nozaki travel to haunted places in Japan in search of spiritual encounters.
Release Date:2009-07-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:
Mechakowa 2 Shiryō to no Sōgū 'Kyōfu! Shinrei Supotto Jūrenpatsu' Kyōgaku no Dokyumento
This is the second installment of the psychic documentary series in which Nobuhiro Yamashita and his assistant Yoshimi Nozaki travel to haunted places in Japan in search of spiritual encounters.
Release Date:2009-06-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:
Mechakowa 'Norowareta Shinrei Firumu' Kyōgaku no Dokyumento
The first attempt in the history of J-horror! A new combination of horror and documentary, here is an unprecedented approach to "horror" that goes beyond "The Blair Witch Project"!
Release Date:2009-05-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:
Fish Story
A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.
Release Date:2009-03-20
Character:Master of Club
Vote Count:65
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
The series consists of four 3-episode chapters, each handled by a different director. The directors were given freedom in their stories, but they all share a common theme: lies. --Tokyograph
Release Date:2008-01-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:1
A Gentle Breeze in the Village
When eighth-grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.
Release Date:2007-08-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:48
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Release Date:2007-02-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:9
Ten Nights of Dreams
Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.
Release Date:2007-01-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:14
Scarier Stories Than Ghosts Vol.4
Anthology film with 3 stories. 207-Goshitsu no Kyaku (Guest in Room 207), Yochi Yume (Prophetic Dream), and Isho (Suicide Letter).
Release Date:2005-11-03
Linda Linda Linda
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".
Release Date:2005-07-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:113
Cream Lemon
Based on the classic adult manga of the same title, this film depicts the love between a stepbrother and sister discovered one weekend when their parents go away. The relationship must come to an end, but not before it changes their lives forever.
Release Date:2004-09-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:8
Ramblers
Two young men arrive at a deserted countryside train station. They are Tsuboi and Kinoshita, amateur filmmakers on their way to a meeting with a genuine film star who might be interested in appearing in their next production.
Release Date:2003-09-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:9
Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
Third installment of the Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 11 films made under the conditions: "the main character must be a detective" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes" "at least five gags must be included"
Release Date:2003-05-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
No One's Ark
Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island hometown.
Release Date:2003-04-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:9
The Most Dangerous Man Alive!
Ozaki is a police detective and part-time adult video 'juice actor', whose only job is ejaculation. One day, adult video director Yamashita is told about Ozaki. Yamashita also learns Aiko, a newcomer adult video actress, has special taste for detectives. Stupidly, Yamashita thinks he can make a good adult video by pairing them...
Release Date:2003-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
105 Yen Hamburger Is Not Cheap
The manager of McDonald's, who has been missing for three weeks, suddenly arrives at the apartment of a young couple.
Release Date:2000-10-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Hazy Life
Tsutomu meets Kee outside a Pachinko hall. The two strike up an unlikely friendship.
Release Date:1999-10-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
Hiroshi and Rolan
Hiroshi brings a foreign woman to his small apartment after a student party. The woman soon falls asleep from drunkenness and the sexual fantasies of the man left alone begin.
Release Date:1999-01-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Seasons Seeds
A conversation between two disgruntled young men in a small apartment. They seem to be on good terms with each other, even if they are in a whispering mood. They finally fart and play with each other. One of the young men is played by Nobuhiro Yamashita himself.
Release Date:1998-05-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Rotting Woman
After she was attacked by zombies, a woman escapes and shuts herself up in a bathroom.
Release Date:1997-10-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Night imitate Summer
A young salesman dives in and makes a sales pitch. He is led into a small company in an apartment building, but he can't see the face of the woman who is guiding him, or the man from the company who is dealing with the salesman. Besides, someone or something is sitting backwards in the back of the room.
Release Date:1996-08-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project
The fourth instalment of LDH Pictures, Cinema Fighters project. This time with all the main characters of the six short stories being portrayed by the members of Generations from Exile Tribe.
Department:Directing
Job:Director