is a Japanese film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

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Career

Born in Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Yamashita attended Osaka University of Arts

Osaka University of Arts

is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964...

 where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's Kichiku Dai Enkai

Kichiku Dai Enkai

Kichiku Dai Enkai is a 1997 Japanese film. It was written and directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri.-Story:In the year 1972, a small group of left-wing students are living at a dingy Tokyo apartment in the mountain village of Karuizawa in Nagano-ken, Japan. While the group leader, Aizawa waits to be...

. His graduation film Hazy Life, took the Off Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2000 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival

Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival

The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival.-History:...

. He also won the award for Best Director at the 32nd Hochi Film Award

Hochi Film Award

The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best International Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*Best New Artist*Special Award*Best Director- Winner :...

 in 2007 for A Gentle Breeze in the Village

A Gentle Breeze in the Village

A Gentle Breeze in the Village, also known as is a Japanese manga written by Fusako Kuramochi, serialized on a magazine Chorus from 1994 to 2000...

and The Matsugane Potshot Affair. He often works with the screenwriter Kōsuke Mukai.

External links

• Fukugan no eizō - Conversation between Yamashita and Mukai, Directors Guild of Japan
  Directors Guild of Japan
  The is a trade union created to represent the interests of film directors in the film industry in Japan. It was founded in 1936, with Minoru Murata serving as the first president, and has continued to this day apart from a period between 1943 and 1949 when it was disbanded at first on orders from...
  
   website (in Japanese)