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Yoshimitsu Morita (?? ??, Morita Yoshimitsu, 25 January 1950 – 20 December 2011) was a Japanese film director who was born in Tokyo.Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with No Y?na Mono (Something Like It, 1981).In 1983 he won acclaim for his movie Kazoku G?mu (The Family Game), which was voted the best film of the year by Japanese critics in the Kinema Junpo magazine poll. This black comedy dealt with then-recent changes in the structure of Japanese home life. It also earned Morita the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.The director has been nominated for eight Japanese Academy Awards, winning the 2004 Best Director award for Ashura no Gotoku (Like Asura, 2003). He also won the award for best director at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for 39 keih? dai sanj?ky? j? (Keiho, 2003) and the award for best screenplay at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru (1996). Sanjuro (2007) is a remake of the Kurosawa filmYoshimitsu Morita died from acute liver failure in Tokyo in December 2011. His last film Bokukyû: A ressha de iko (Take the "A" Train, 2011), a romantic comedy about two male train enthusiasts, was released in Japan in March 2012.
Date Of Birth | January 25, 1950 |
Died | 2011-12-20 |
Place Of Birth | Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
Profession | Writer, Director, Producer |
Spouse | Misao Morita |
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1 | Japanese director of comedies who began with short features shot on 8mm film in the 1970's. |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Train Brain Express | 2011 | screenplay | |
It's on Me | 2009 | screenplay | |
South Bound | 2007 | adaptation | |
The Mamiya Brothers | 2006 | screenplay | |
Copycat Killer | 2002 | | |
Colourful | 2000 | | |
Kiriko no fûkei | 1998 | writer | |
Haru | 1996 | | |
Non no kekkon | 1995 | TV Series | |
Menkyo ga nai! | 1994 | | |
Future Memories: Last Christmas | 1992 | | |
Happy Wedding | 1991 | | |
Bakayarô! 3: Henna yatsura | 1990 | | |
Kitchen | 1989 | screenplay | |
24 Hour Playboy | 1989 | writer | |
Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai | 1989 | writer | |
Getting Blue in Color | 1988 | screenplay | |
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad | 1988 | writer | |
Uhohho tankentai | 1986 | | |
For Business | 1986 | | |
Main Theme | 1984 | | |
Deaths in Tokimeki | 1984 | | |
Sannen-me no Uwaki | 1983 | | |
The Family Game | 1983 | screenplay | |
Love Hard, Love Deep | 1983 | writer | |
Top Stripper | 1982 | | |
Shibugakitai: Boys and Girls | 1982 | | |
Something Like It | 1981 | | |
Gekiteki Document Report '78-'79 | 1979 | Documentary written by | |
Drive in Chigasaki | 1978 | screenplay | |
No yôna mono no yôna mono | 2015 | based on the film by post-production | |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Train Brain Express | 2011 | | |
Abacus and Sword | 2010 | | |
It's on Me | 2009 | | |
Tsubaki Sanjûrô | 2007 | | |
South Bound | 2007 | | |
The Mamiya Brothers | 2006 | | |
Sea Cat | 2004 | | |
Like Asura | 2003 | | |
Copycat Killer | 2002 | | |
The Black House | 1999 | | |
Keiho | 1999 | | |
Lost Paradise | 1997 | | |
Haru | 1996 | | |
Future Memories: Last Christmas | 1992 | | |
Happy Wedding | 1991 | | |
Kitchen | 1989 | | |
24 Hour Playboy | 1989 | | |
Getting Blue in Color | 1988 | | |
For Business | 1986 | | |
And Then | 1985 | | |
Main Theme | 1984 | | |
Deaths in Tokimeki | 1984 | | |
The Family Game | 1983 | | |
Love Hard, Love Deep | 1983 | | |
Top Stripper | 1982 | | |
Shibugakitai: Boys and Girls | 1982 | | |
Something Like It | 1981 | | |
Gekiteki Document Report '78-'79 | 1979 | Documentary | |
Drive in Chigasaki | 1978 | | |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Bakayarô! 3: Henna yatsura | 1990 | executive producer | |
Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai | 1989 | executive producer | |
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad | 1988 | executive producer | |
Something Like It | 1981 | planner | |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Daremo mamorenai | 2009 | TV Movie | |
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | 2004 | | Movie Director |
Fuyajo | 1998 | | |
Tokyo biyori | 1997 | | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Soul Red: Yusaku Matsuda | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
Challenging Kurosawa: Yoshimitsu Morita Remakes 'Sanjuro' | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Waratte iitomo! | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
The 9th Annual Japan Academy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself |
Quiz Derby | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2004 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Director | Ashura no gotoku (2003) |
2004 | Blue Ribbon Award | Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Ashura no gotoku (2003) |
2003 | Readers' Choice Award | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Film | Mohou-han (2002) |
2000 | Mainichi Film Concours | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Director | 39 keihô dai sanjûkyû jô (1999) |
2000 | Festival Prize | Yokohama Film Festival | Best Director | 39 keihô dai sanjûkyû jô (1999) |
1997 | Blue Ribbon Award | Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Director | (Haru) (1996) |
1997 | Festival Prize | Yokohama Film Festival | Best Screenplay | (Haru) (1996) |
1987 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Screenplay | Uhohho tankentai (1986) |
1987 | Festival Prize | Yokohama Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Uhohho tankentai (1986) |
1986 | Blue Ribbon Award | Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Sorekara (1985) |
1986 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Film | Sorekara (1985) |
1986 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Director | Sorekara (1985) |
1986 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | Montréal World Film Festival | | Sorekara (1985) |
1985 | Hochi Film Award | Hochi Film Awards | Best Film | Sorekara (1985) |
1984 | Blue Ribbon Award | Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1984 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Film | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1984 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Director | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1984 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Screenplay | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1984 | Festival Prize | Yokohama Film Festival | Best Director | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1984 | Festival Prize | Yokohama Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1983 | Hochi Film Award | Hochi Film Awards | Best Film | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1982 | Festival Prize | Yokohama Film Festival | Best New Director | No yohna mono (1981) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2003 | Grand Prix des Amériques | Montréal World Film Festival | | Ashura no gotoku (2003) |
1999 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | | 39 keihô dai sanjûkyû jô (1999) |
1998 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Director | Shitsurakuen (1997) |
1997 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Screenplay | (Haru) (1996) |
1997 | Grand Prix des Amériques | Montréal World Film Festival | | Shitsurakuen (1997) |
1989 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Screenplay | Bakayarô!: Watashi okkote masu (1988) |
1987 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Screenplay | Uhohho tankentai (1986) |
1986 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Director | Sorekara (1985) |
1984 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Director | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |
1984 | Award of the Japanese Academy | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Screenplay | Kazoku gêmu (1983) |