Taichi Yamada

Writer

June 6, 1934 — November 29, 2023 (89 years)
Taichi Yamada is one of the most famous and highly respected writers in Japan. Winner of many awards for literary excellence from private organizations and from the Japanese government, he is best known for his scripts for TV dramas, but has also written many novels and plays.

Known For

  • All of Us Strangers
    All of Us Strangers2023
  • The Discarnates
    The Discarnates1988
  • Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
    Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986
  • Children of Nagasaki
    Children of Nagasaki1983
  • Sing, Young People!
    Sing, Young People!1963
  • Ordinary Miracles
    Ordinary Miracles1 season
  • Hoshi hitotsu no yoru
    Hoshi hitotsu no yoru2007
  • The Last Town We Saw
    The Last Town We Saw2024
  • The Album on the Shore
    The Album on the Shore1 season
  • Once a Rainy Day
    Once a Rainy Day1966
  • The Lion Era
    The Lion Era1 season

Filmography

2024
2023
2014
Oyaji no Senaka · as Screenplay
2011
2009
2007
1992
8 Man · as Original Film Writer
1990
Childhood Days · as Screenplay
1988
The Discarnates · as Novel
1986
1985
1983
1982
1981
1980
The Age of Lions · as Screenplay
1979
1977
1966
Akogare · as Screenplay
1963

2007
Bokura no jidai · as Self
1993
1976
Tetsuko's Room · as Self

1992
Kanashikute Yarikirenai · as Written By
1987
Kesa no aki · as Written By