Hitoshi Yazaki

Hitoshi Yazaki

Hitoshi Yazaki (born November 11,1956) is a Japanese director and writer. He studied directing at Nihon University. Before he started to direct, he worked with Nagasaki Shunichi and Ishii Sogo. His feature film Kazetachi no gogo/Afternoon Breezes (1980) was screened with great success at the film festivals in Edinburgh and Montreal and at the New York Gay Film Festival. He also had a lot of success with March Comes in Like a Lion.

  • Title: Hitoshi Yazaki
  • Popularity: 1.463
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1956-11-20
  • Place of Birth: Minamikoma, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Also Known As: やざき ひとし
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Hitoshi Yazaki Movies

  • 2017
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    In the Mood for Melville

    In the Mood for Melville

    3 2017 HD

    Various directors and film critics discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s importance and influence in the world of cinema.

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  • 2010
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    Sweet Little Lies

    Sweet Little Lies

    5.5 2010 HD

    A husband and wife, who have not had sex in three years, both fall into extra-marital affairs.

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  • 2006
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    Strawberry Shortcakes

    Strawberry Shortcakes

    5.761 2006 HD

    Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.

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  • 2020
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    Sakura

    Sakura

    8 2020 HD

    Three siblings share a home with their parents living a happy life. The oldest one is good-looking guy, which is something of a contrast from his...

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  • 1991
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    March Comes in Like a Lion

    March Comes in Like a Lion

    6.7 1991 HD

    The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister,...

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  • 2000
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    The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects

    The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects

    1 2000 HD

    Two girls, one from Germany, the other from Japan meet and become friends in London, but soon discover things aren't what they seem.

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  • 2000
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    The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects

    The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects

    1 2000 HD

    Two girls, one from Germany, the other from Japan meet and become friends in London, but soon discover things aren't what they seem.

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  • 2006
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    Have a Nice Day

    Have a Nice Day

    1 2006 HD

    Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"),...

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  • 1977
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    冬の光

    冬の光

    1 1977 HD

    Yazaki's characteristic relentless depiction of this and that, albeit with some technical problems, shows a fervour that tries to fit into a single,...

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  • 1975
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    裏窓

    裏窓

    1 1975 HD

    『裏窓』 is a play on the name of the person who shoots himself with a bistol every morning. The two men take it in turns to face themselves with...

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  • 1980
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    Afternoon Breezes

    Afternoon Breezes

    4.7 1980 HD

    Two young girls, Mitsu and Natsuko, share the same apartment. Natsuko is Lesbian and secretly in love with Mitsu. But Mitsu is heterosexual and has a...

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  • 2011
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    Love and Treachery

    Love and Treachery

    5.333 2011 HD

    Kyosuke, an editor at a publishing company, keeps his concerns about his stagnant relationship with his wife hidden. As he struggles with his...

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  • 2014
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    The Place Where the Sun Sits

    The Place Where the Sun Sits

    7.5 2014 HD

    Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge. Graduates from a high school have held...

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  • 2014
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    The Place Where the Sun Sits

    The Place Where the Sun Sits

    7.5 2014 HD

    Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge. Graduates from a high school have held...

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  • 2016
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    A Cappella

    A Cappella

    5.4 2016 HD

    Set in the year 1969 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Kyoko Noma is a loving female high school student who takes part in campus protests. One...

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  • 2018
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    Still Life of Memories

    Still Life of Memories

    4.25 2018 HD

    Haruma is an up-and-coming photographer who is getting full exposure at a photo exhibition in a Tokyo photo gallery. Rei, a beautiful curator at the...

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  • 1980
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    Afternoon Breezes

    Afternoon Breezes

    4.7 1980 HD

    Two young girls, Mitsu and Natsuko, share the same apartment. Natsuko is Lesbian and secretly in love with Mitsu. But Mitsu is heterosexual and has a...

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  • 1991
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    March Comes in Like a Lion

    March Comes in Like a Lion

    6.7 1991 HD

    The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister,...

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  • 2011
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    Love and Treachery

    Love and Treachery

    5.333 2011 HD

    Kyosuke, an editor at a publishing company, keeps his concerns about his stagnant relationship with his wife hidden. As he struggles with his...

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  • 2012
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    1+1=11

    1+1=11

    1 2012 HD

    An ensemble drama in which the lives of 25 people intersect, inspired by Yamanaka Sadao's classic film {Humanity and Paper Balloons}. Various men and...

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  • 2015
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    XXX Kiss Kiss Kiss

    XXX Kiss Kiss Kiss

    8 2015 HD

    Five stories of romance, farewells, bitter love and stolen kisses...

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  • 2012
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    1+1=11

    1+1=11

    1 2012 HD

    An ensemble drama in which the lives of 25 people intersect, inspired by Yamanaka Sadao's classic film {Humanity and Paper Balloons}. Various men and...

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  • 2006
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    Have a Nice Day

    Have a Nice Day

    1 2006 HD

    Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"),...

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  • 2020
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    Sakura

    Sakura

    8 2020 HD

    Three siblings share a home with their parents living a happy life. The oldest one is good-looking guy, which is something of a contrast from his...

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  • 1979
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    Back of Happy Street

    Back of Happy Street

    1 1979 HD

    A journalist, his pyromaniac girlfriend, and an ex-baseball player team up to rip off a gangster, with violent consequences.

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  • 1977
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    Yumeko's Death

    Yumeko's Death

    1 1977 HD

    The first 16mm film to depict the terrorism and betrayal of a public security spy, set against a backdrop of internal strife. One of the origins of...

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  • 1977
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    Yumeko's Death

    Yumeko's Death

    1 1977 HD

    The first 16mm film to depict the terrorism and betrayal of a public security spy, set against a backdrop of internal strife. One of the origins of...

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  • 1983
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    SEARCH

    SEARCH

    7.188 1983 HD

    A man who has lost his memory returns to his hometown and encounter several people from his past and present.

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