Acting credits
1
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Hitoshi Yazaki
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 15Series: 0Crew credits: 14
TMDB ID: 589921
IMDb ID: nm0946937
Known for: Directing
Born: November 20, 1956
Age: 69
Place of birth: Minamikoma, Yamanashi, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2025
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.05
Wikidata: Q11584087
Also known as
やざき ひとし
Other jobs
Director (11)Writer (2)Screenplay (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Hitoshi Yazaki.
Director
As for Me
2025 • Movie
Writer
Sakura
2020 • Movie
Director
Still Life of Memories
2018 • Movie
as Self
In the Mood for Melville
2017 • Movie
Director
A Cappella
2016 • Movie
Director
XXX Kiss Kiss Kiss
2015 • Movie
Director
The Place Where the Sun Sits
2014 • Movie
Screenplay
1+1=11
2012 • Movie
Director
Love and Treachery
2011 • Movie
Director
Sweet Little Lies
2010 • Movie
Director
Have a Nice Day
2006 • Movie
Director
Strawberry Shortcakes
2006 • Movie
Writer
The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects
2000 • Movie
Director
March Comes In Like a Lion
1991 • Movie
Director
Afternoon Breezes
1980 • Movie