Yoshimitsu Morita

Directing

Born: 1950-01-25
Died: 2011-12-20
From: Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.5

Also Known As

Morita Yoshimitsu

Biography

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).

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Awards & Nominations5 won · 12 nominated

🏆 Won

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Like Asura

2004
🏆 Won

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director

Like Asura

2004
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

Like Asura

2004
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Like Asura

2004
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Lost Paradise

1998
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Haru

1997
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1989
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Sorobanzuku

1987
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

House of Wedlock

1987
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Sorekara

1986
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

Sorekara

1986
🏆 Won

Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

The Family Game

1984
🏆 Won

Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award

1984
🏆 Won

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director

The Family Game

1984
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

The Family Game

1984
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

The Family Game

1984
Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

The Family Game

1984

Acting4 titles

Directing31 titles

Writing29 titles

Production2 titles

Camera1 title

Editing1 title