Yoshimitsu Morita
Directing
- Born
- January 25, 1950 · Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
- Died
- December 20, 2011 (age 61)
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 for best screenplay at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru (1996).
Known for
Haru
March 9, 1996
The Family Game
May 4, 1983
Lost Paradise
May 10, 1997
And Then
November 9, 1985
Main Theme
July 14, 1984
Like Asura
November 8, 2003
The Black House
November 13, 1999
Keiho
February 17, 1999
Top Stripper
September 15, 1982
Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep
January 21, 1983
Abacus and Sword
December 4, 2010
The Mamiya Brothers
May 13, 2006
Behind the camera41
- 2016Something Like, Something Like It Original Film Writer
- 2012Train Brain Express Director, Screenplay
- 2010Abacus and Sword Director
- 2009It's On Me Writer, Director
- 2007Tsubaki Sanjuro Director
- 2007South Bound Director, Adaptation, Writer
- 2006The Mamiya Brothers Director, Screenplay
- 2004Umineko - Inseparable Director
- 2003Like Asura Director
- 2002Copycat Killer