Akio Yoshida
Akio Yoshida (born October 6, 1951) is a Japanese television and film director. A graduate of Gakushuin University’s Faculty of Law, he has directed numerous television dramas, including Papa wa News Caster (1987), Mama wa Idol! (1987), Double Kitchen (1993), and High School Chorus (2015).
His film directing credits include Intern! (2016) and The Grapes of Joy (2021). In 1994, he shared the Television Drama Academy Award for Best Director for Ningen Shikkaku.
Movies (24)
The Grapes of Joy
2021 · Director
Intern
2016 · Director
Rooftop Apartment
2011 · Director
Girls College Terror
2010 · Director
Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
2007 · Director
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2
2007 · Director
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya
2006 · Director
Tales of Terror: Final Night 2
2006 · Director
Tales of Terror: Final Night 1
2006 · Director
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
2005 · Director
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: San Nin Kuru zo-hen
2005 · Director
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
2005 · Director
Bewitched in Tokyo SP
2004 · Director
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
2004 · Director
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2
2004 · Director
Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us
2003 · Director
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya
2003 · Director
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1
2003 · Director
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002 · Director
Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella
1999 · Director
Rampo - Bewitching Women
1994 · Director
Defeat the Devil!
1990 · Director, Producer
Oshare dorobō
1989 · Director
Manatsu Girl
1987 · Director
TV shows (22)
Grade A Reversal
2017 · Director
Resident: Story of 5 Interns
2012 · Director
Being Born.
2011 · Director
Bad Boy and Good Girl
2010 · Director
Wives Make the World Go Round
2007 · Director
Bewitched In Tokyo
2004 · Director
Always Smiling
2003 · Director
Pretty Girls
2002 · Director
世界で一番熱い夏
2001 · Director
Oyaji
2000 · Director
Living Alone
1999 · Director
Who Do You Think You Are?
1998 · Director
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997 · Director
Dear Woman
1996 · Director
Kimi to Deatte kara
1996 · Director
The Loss of Humanity
1994 · Director
Mamatte Kirei!?
1991 · Director
Prep School Boogie
1990 · Director
Graduation
1990 · Director
Mama Is an Idol
1987 · Director
Daddy, the Newscaster
1987 · Director
Ao ga Chiru
1983 · Director