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Akio Yoshida

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Akio Yoshida

Born
(age 75)
Credits
46 titles

Biography

Akio Yoshida (born October 6, 1951) is a Japanese television and film director. A graduate of Gakushuin University’s Faculty of Law, he has directed numerous television dramas, including Papa wa News Caster (1987), Mama wa Idol! (1987), Double Kitchen (1993), and High School Chorus (2015).

His film directing credits include Intern! (2016) and The Grapes of Joy (2021). In 1994, he shared the Television Drama Academy Award for Best Director for Ningen Shikkaku.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 46

YearTitleJob
2021 The Grapes of Joy Film Director
2017 Grade A Reversal TV Director (10 ep)
2016 Intern Film Director
2012 Resident: Story of 5 Interns TV Director (10 ep)
2011 Being Born. TV Director (10 ep)
2011 Rooftop Apartment Film Director
2010 Girls College Terror Film Director
2010 Bad Boy and Good Girl TV Director (10 ep)
2007 Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari Film Director
2007 Wives Make the World Go Round TV Director (10 ep)
2007 Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2 Film Director
2006 Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya Film Director
2006 Tales of Terror: Final Night 2 Film Director
2006 Tales of Terror: Final Night 1 Film Director
2005 Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment Film Director
2005 Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: San Nin Kuru zo-hen Film Director
2005 Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya Film Director
2004 Bewitched in Tokyo SP Film Director
2004 Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie Film Director
2004 Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2 Film Director
2004 Bewitched In Tokyo TV Director (11 ep)
2003 Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us Film Director
2003 Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya Film Director
2003 Always Smiling TV Director (3 ep)
2003 Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1 Film Director
2002 Kamaitachi no Yoru Film Director
2002 Pretty Girls TV Director (3 ep)
2001 世界で一番熱い夏 TV Director (2 ep)
2000 Oyaji TV Director (11 ep)
1999 Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella Film Director
1999 Living Alone TV Director (12 ep)
1998 Who Do You Think You Are? TV Director (7 ep)
1997 Middle-aged Bachelors TV Director (1 ep)
1996 Dear Woman TV Director (9 ep)
1996 Kimi to Deatte kara TV Director (13 ep)
1994 The Loss of Humanity TV Director (12 ep)
1994 Rampo - Bewitching Women Film Director
1991 Mamatte Kirei!? TV Director (6 ep)
1990 Prep School Boogie TV Director (12 ep)
1990 Graduation TV Director (12 ep)
1990 Defeat the Devil! Film Director, Producer
1989 Oshare dorobō Film Director
1987 Manatsu Girl Film Director
1987 Mama Is an Idol TV Director (4 ep)
1987 Daddy, the Newscaster TV Director (4 ep)
1983 Ao ga Chiru TV Director (13 ep)
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