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Yoshishige Yoshida

Yoshishige Yoshida

ActorDirectorEditorProducerWriter Feb 16 (died age 89) Fukui, Japan 1960–2022 (62 year career)
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Biography

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 …

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Eros + Massacre
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Eros + Massacre

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Lumière & Company
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Lumière & Company

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Heroic Purgatory
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Heroic Purgatory

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Woman of the Lake
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Woman of the Lake

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Immortal Love
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Immortal Love

Assistant Director
Akitsu Hot Springs
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Akitsu Hot Springs

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The Affair
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The Affair

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Coup d'Etat
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Coup d'Etat

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Filmography