Biography
Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田 喜重 Yoshida Yoshishige), also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi. He was a central member of what came to be called the "Shōchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of the Japanese New Wave. Like many of his New Wave cohorts, he felt restricted under the studio system and left Shōchiku in 1964 to start his own production company where he directed such films as Eros + Massacre. He has directed more than 20 films between 1960 and 2004. He has also written a number of philosophical books about his work and the cinema, including an award-winning study of Yasujirō Ozu.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1995
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1994
Cinématon
Character: N°789
MOVIE • 1978
Beauty of Beauty
Character: Himself/Narrator
TV • 1974
Crew
Crew Credits
Welcome to São Paulo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2004
Women in the Mirror
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2003
Women in the Mirror
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2003
Women in the Mirror
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2003
Women in the Mirror
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2003
知の解放 知の冒険 知の祝祭 東京大学 学問の過去・現在・未来
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1997
Lumière & Company
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1995
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1995
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1995
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1995
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1994
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1994
Wuthering Heights
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1988
Wuthering Heights
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1988
A Human Promise
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1986
A Human Promise
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1986
The Story of Big 1: Sadaharu Oh
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Beauty of Beauty
Role: Director
TV • 1974
Beauty of Beauty
Role: Creator
TV • 1974
Coup d'Etat
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1973