Yoshimitsu Morita
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-01-25 (61 years old)
Deathday
2011-12-20
Place of Birth
Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Also known As
Ёсимицу Морита
Morita Yoshimitsu
Yoshimitsu Morita
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 Directors Award. He also won the award for best director at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō ("Keiho", 2003) and the award...
Acting
1998
as Gambler
2004
as Movie Director
Production
1976
as Editor
1976
as Director of Photography
1997
as Director
1999
as Director
2007
as Adaptation
2007
as Writer
2007
as Director
2010
as Director
2003
as Director
1971
as Director
1972
as Director
1981
as Writer
1981
as Director
2002
as Writer
2002
as Director
1985
as Director
1983
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Screenplay
1988
as Writer
1988
as Executive Producer
1986
as Director
1986
as Writer
1983
as Director
1996
as Director
1996
as Writer
2007
as Director
2012
as Director
1982
as Director
1999
as Director
1984
as Director
1998
as Screenplay
2000
as Screenplay
1978
as Director
2009
as Director
2009
as Writer
1983
as Screenplay
1989
as Screenplay
1989
as Director
1989
as Writer
1989
as Director
1984
as Screenplay
1988
as Screenplay
1988
as Director
1982
as Screenplay
1982
as Director
1991
as Screenplay
1984
as Director
1992
as Director
1989
as Writer
1992
as Screenplay
2004
as Director
1983
as Screenplay
1983
as Screenplay
1982
as Screenplay
1984
as Screenplay
1991
as Director
2012
as Screenplay
1986
as Screenplay
1976
as Director
1994
as Writer
1991
as Screenplay
2016
as Original Film Writer
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