Hitoshi Yazaki

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-11-20 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Minamikoma, Yamanashi, Japan

Hitoshi Yazaki

Biography

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.

Acting

Production

2010

2006

2020

Sakura

as Writer

2006

Have a Nice Day

as Director

1977

冬の光

as Director

1975

裏窓

as Director

1980

2011

2016

A Cappella

as Director

2018

1980

Afternoon Breezes

as Screenplay

2011

Love and Treachery

as Screenplay

2012

1+1=11

as Screenplay

2015

2012

1+1=11

as Director

2006

2020

Sakura

as Director

1979

Back of Happy Street

as Assistant Director

1977

Yumeko's Death

as Production Design

1977

Yumeko's Death

as Assistant Director

1983

SEARCH

as Producer

2025

As For Me

as Director

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