Yoshimitsu Morita

Yoshimitsu Morita

WriterDirectorActorProducerCinematographer Jan 25 (died age 61) Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1971–2016 (45 year career)

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Biography

Yoshimitsu Morita was a Japanese film director. Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with No Yōna Mono (Something Like It, 1981). In 1983 he won acclaim for his movie Kazoku Gēmu ("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 …

Known For

Haru

Haru

Director

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Movie Director

And Then

And Then

Director

The Family Game

The Family Game

Director

Sleepless Town

Sleepless Town

Gambler

Lost Paradise

Lost Paradise

Director

Main Theme

Main Theme

Director

Like Asura

Like Asura

Director

Filmography

Acting (4)

Movies (4)

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

as Movie Director

Sleepless Town

Sleepless Town

as Gambler

Tokyo Fair Weather

Tokyo Fair Weather

Crew (54)

Movies (54)

Something Like, Something Like It

Something Like, Something Like It

Original Film Writer

Train Brain Express

Train Brain Express

Director

Train Brain Express

Train Brain Express

Screenplay

Abacus and Sword

Abacus and Sword

Director

It's On Me

It's On Me

Writer

Tsubaki Sanjuro

Tsubaki Sanjuro

Director

South Bound

South Bound

Adaptation

South Bound

South Bound

Director

South Bound

South Bound

Writer

The Mamiya Brothers

The Mamiya Brothers

Director

Umineko - Inseparable

Umineko - Inseparable

Director

Like Asura

Like Asura

Director

Copycat Killer

Copycat Killer

Director

Colorful

Colorful

Screenplay

Keiho

Keiho

Director

The Black House

The Black House

Director

You Alone Can't See

You Alone Can't See

Screenplay

Lost Paradise

Lost Paradise

Director

Haru

Haru

Director

Haru

Haru

Writer

Haru

Haru

Director

I Don't Have a License!

I Don't Have a License!

Writer

Future Memories: Last Christmas

Future Memories: Last Christmas

Director

Future Memories: Last Christmas

Future Memories: Last Christmas

Screenplay

Bakayarō! 4 You!

Bakayarō! 4 You!

Screenplay

A Desirable Marriage

A Desirable Marriage

Screenplay

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

Executive Producer

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

Writer

24 Hour Playboy

24 Hour Playboy

Director

24 Hour Playboy

24 Hour Playboy

Screenplay

Kitchen

Kitchen

Director

Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy

Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy

Writer

Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka

Screenplay

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Executive Producer

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Writer

For Business

For Business

Director

The House of Wedlock

The House of Wedlock

Screenplay

And Then

And Then

Director

Deaths in Tokimeki

Deaths in Tokimeki

Director

Main Theme

Main Theme

Director

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

Director

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

Screenplay

The Family Game

The Family Game

Director

The Family Game

The Family Game

Screenplay

Sannen-me no Uwaki

Sannen-me no Uwaki

Screenplay

Top Stripper

Top Stripper

Director

Top Stripper

Top Stripper

Screenplay

Come On Girls!

Come On Girls!

Director

Come On Girls!

Come On Girls!

Screenplay

Something Like It

Something Like It

Writer

Live in Chigasaki

Live in Chigasaki

Director

The Steam Express

The Steam Express

Director of Photography

Industrial Area

Industrial Area

Director

The Weather Report

The Weather Report

Director