Yōichi Higashi

Yōichi Higashi

출생 : 1934-11-14, Nokami, Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

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Yōichi Higashi (東陽一 Higashi Yōichi) is a Japanese film director. He began his career working on documentaries at Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Yasashii Nipponjin in 1971, and then the award for Best Director at the 17th Hochi Film Awards for The River with No Bridge. In 1996, he won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival for the film Village of Dreams.

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Yōichi Higashi
Yōichi Higashi

참여 작품

섬바디스 실로폰
Screenplay
A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.
섬바디스 실로폰
Director
A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.
Mad Sultry Sisters
Writer
One day, Yoko visits her long-distance lover on a whim, but finds her older sister Mikiko sleeping in his bed. Brokenhearted, Yoko begins a relationship with a man she meets by chance…
Mad Sultry Sisters
Director
One day, Yoko visits her long-distance lover on a whim, but finds her older sister Mikiko sleeping in his bed. Brokenhearted, Yoko begins a relationship with a man she meets by chance…
술이 깨면 집에 가자
Screenplay
다음 주에는 술에 취하지 않은 모습으로 가족을 만나리라. 꼭.... 이라고 백만 번 결심하지만 만취한 채 길바닥에 쓰러져 있기 일쑤인 사고뭉치 아빠 츠카하라(아사노 타다노부). 술 때문에 아내 유키(나가사쿠 히로미)에게도 버림받은 그는 이제 알코올 의존증 생활을 청산하고 가족이 있는 집으로 돌아가고 싶은 귀소본능에 몸부림치며 자진해서 알코올 병동에 입원한다! 소란스럽고 정신 없는 병동 사람들과의 생활에도 점차 익숙해지고 하나 둘씩 친구도 생기면서 하루하루 상태가 호전되어 집으로 돌아갈 날이 코앞에 다가온 어느 날, 그에게 예기치 못한 사건이 벌어지는데… 과연, 츠카하라는 지긋지긋한 알코올 의존증에서 벗어나 사랑하는 가족의 품으로 돌아갈 수 있을까!? 7월, 한잔에 훅~ 가는 코믹 가족드라마가 온다!
술이 깨면 집에 가자
Director
다음 주에는 술에 취하지 않은 모습으로 가족을 만나리라. 꼭.... 이라고 백만 번 결심하지만 만취한 채 길바닥에 쓰러져 있기 일쑤인 사고뭉치 아빠 츠카하라(아사노 타다노부). 술 때문에 아내 유키(나가사쿠 히로미)에게도 버림받은 그는 이제 알코올 의존증 생활을 청산하고 가족이 있는 집으로 돌아가고 싶은 귀소본능에 몸부림치며 자진해서 알코올 병동에 입원한다! 소란스럽고 정신 없는 병동 사람들과의 생활에도 점차 익숙해지고 하나 둘씩 친구도 생기면서 하루하루 상태가 호전되어 집으로 돌아갈 날이 코앞에 다가온 어느 날, 그에게 예기치 못한 사건이 벌어지는데… 과연, 츠카하라는 지긋지긋한 알코올 의존증에서 벗어나 사랑하는 가족의 품으로 돌아갈 수 있을까!? 7월, 한잔에 훅~ 가는 코믹 가족드라마가 온다!
Nurse Natsuko's Hot Summer
Writer
Nurse Natsuko's Hot Summer
Director
The Crying Wind
Director
Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."
나의 할아버지
Screenplay
Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son, whose marriage is on the rocks. His 14-year-old granddaughter Tamako is ostracized when she discovers that her grandfather is a murderer. Kenzo soon helps defend Tamako from bullies at school. When Tamako stands up for herself, she comes to believe that she has inherited some of her grandfather’s great strength. Eventually, an associate of the man Kenzo killed comes looking for revenge, along with the dead man’s son.
나의 할아버지
Director
Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son, whose marriage is on the rocks. His 14-year-old granddaughter Tamako is ostracized when she discovers that her grandfather is a murderer. Kenzo soon helps defend Tamako from bullies at school. When Tamako stands up for herself, she comes to believe that she has inherited some of her grandfather’s great strength. Eventually, an associate of the man Kenzo killed comes looking for revenge, along with the dead man’s son.
The Crossing
Screenplay
14-year-old Takuya lives in a rural town near mountains and rivers. His 29-year-old uncle Koji works as a graphic designer in urban Tokyo. Koji's father dies and Takuya is arrested for attempted robbery-the two young men must now face a crucial crossing in their lives. The concluding chapter to director Higashi Yoichi's "boy and river" trilogy, the film highlights contemporary themes like family, adolescence, and the healing properties of nature. The wild but beautiful Kuma River stars as a threatening symbol for the boy's rite of passage. Supernatural beings reign in the mountains above the village.
The Crossing
Director
14-year-old Takuya lives in a rural town near mountains and rivers. His 29-year-old uncle Koji works as a graphic designer in urban Tokyo. Koji's father dies and Takuya is arrested for attempted robbery-the two young men must now face a crucial crossing in their lives. The concluding chapter to director Higashi Yoichi's "boy and river" trilogy, the film highlights contemporary themes like family, adolescence, and the healing properties of nature. The wild but beautiful Kuma River stars as a threatening symbol for the boy's rite of passage. Supernatural beings reign in the mountains above the village.
Village of Dreams
Writer
Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.
Village of Dreams
Director
Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.
The River with No Bridge
Director
A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside. The two boys are continuously harassed by their teachers and classmates through their childhood as a result of their Buraku heritage. In the midst of the 1918 Great Rice Riots in Osaka, Seitaro meets with Asako, the daughter of a rice shop owner, and falls in love with her. She too is of Buraku descent. At the same period, Hideaki, an old friend of the brothers returns to Komori, and he along with Koji and the townspeople create "Zenkoku Suiheisha", the National Levelers Association, an organization pledged to build a bridge over the river of discrimination, making all people equal in every way.
즐겁고도 부끄러운 이야기
Director
Yusuke Mikuni, a department manager at his company, buys a one-room apartment to have some space to himself. He signs an agreement with a young woman named Chako and has an affair with her once a week at the apartment.
화신
Director
A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.
The Wangan Highway
Screenplay
Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.
The Wangan Highway
Director
Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.
세컨드 러브
Screenplay
Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult. Kazumi's younger and more inexperienced husband Hideo is continually suspicious of her fidelity.
세컨드 러브
Director
Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult. Kazumi's younger and more inexperienced husband Hideo is continually suspicious of her fidelity.
질투의 게임
Director
홋카이도의 황야를 배경으로 30대 부부와 20대 부부의 이야기가 그려지며, 결혼 교환을 주제로 강렬한 에로스와 섬세한 이미지로 두 남녀의 미묘한 감정이 그려진다.
The Rape
Writer
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.
The Rape
Director
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.
Manon
Screenplay
A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at the mercy of her.
Manon
Director
A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at the mercy of her.
마지막 연가
Director
‘여자의 몸은 머리부터 발끝까지 성의 도구가 된다.' 여대생 토시는 시인인 오다 선생을 만나, 누가 먼저랄 것도 없이 서로에 대한 연정을 키워간다. 많은 나이 차에도 두 사람의 사랑은 깊어만 가지만, 토시는 유부남인 오다의 애정에 갈증을 느낀다. 한동안 연락이 없는 오다의 빈자리에 토시는 점점 지쳐 가는데…
Four Seasons: Natsuko
Director
A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.
모 호즈에 와 츠카나이
Screenplay
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
모 호즈에 와 츠카나이
Director
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
Third Base
Director
Third and Shinbunbu embark on a plan to make money by Third becoming a pimp and Shinbunbu a prostitute.
A Japanese Demon
Editor
A Japanese Demon
Screenplay
A Japanese Demon
Director
The Gentle Japanese
Editor
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
The Gentle Japanese
Screenplay
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
The Gentle Japanese
Director
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Okinawa Islands
Editor
A film documenting life in Okinawa under the domination of American military bases
Okinawa Islands
Director
A film documenting life in Okinawa under the domination of American military bases