Taichi Yamada

Taichi Yamada

1934-06-06 Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan 20 Credits

Biography

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.

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The Last Town We Saw

The Last Town We Saw

2024

Novel, Original Story

5.7
Writing

The narrative centers on Taichi Tamiya, a television scriptwriter living in modern-day Tokyo with his family. Their ordinary lives are disrupted when ...

All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers

2023

Novel

7.4

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhyt...

For the coming day

2005

Writer

Writing

Miyo Hanayama works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to death. Shigeaki Noguchi complains that his wife has s...

Fan of Hong Kong star

Fan of Hong Kong star

2002

Writer

Writing

The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a famous French shoe brand. The protagonist is obsess...

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

1992

Original Film Writer

3.4
Writing

After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides give Yokoda's body to Dr. Tani for use in a secret scientific exper...

Winter Ever Since

Winter Ever Since

1991

Writer

Writing

Original drama special written by Taichi Yamada about the sadness and resilience of human beings through a man and his wife's best friend who become a...

A Paucity of Flying Dreams

A Paucity of Flying Dreams

1990

Novel

2.0

A man in hospital has a weird and sexy conversation with a woman in the next bed, whom he cannot see. He later discovers she is in her sixties. They m...

Takeshi: Childhood Days

Takeshi: Childhood Days

1990

Writer

7.5
Writing

A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay wi...

Until Spring Comes

Until Spring Comes

1989

Writer

Writing

Living with her son and aging father-in-law, the beautiful widow is bewildered by the passionate love of a middle-aged man who forcefully enters her h...

The Discarnates

The Discarnates

1988

Novel

6.3

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, ...

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

Writer

6.1
Writing

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. Afte...

When Winter Comes

When Winter Comes

1985

Writer

Writing

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his death...

Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki

1983

Writer

6.2
Writing

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.

When We are Old

When We are Old

1982

Writer

Writing

An old man has to move to his son's new house. His wife is hospitalized and cannot move together. A few days after moving, he decides to go back to se...

Summer Days Across the River

Summer Days Across the River

1973

Writer

Writing

Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant.

Deeper Than Blue

Deeper Than Blue

1973

Original Story

Writing

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her ...

Love and Death

Love and Death

1971

Screenplay

Writing

Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the circumsta...

Once a Rainy Day

1966

Screenplay

Writing

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

Sing, Young People

Sing, Young People

1963

Writer

5.8
Writing

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

Seikurabe

Seikurabe

1962

Screenplay

Writing

Japanese drama film.