Nobuhiro Yamashita

I have a soft spot for directors like Nobuhiro Yamashita, the kind who'd rather catch a small awkward silence between two people than chase some big dramatic payoff. He came up through the slacker-comedy indie scene with films like Linda Linda Linda and Tamako in Moratorium, and what I love is how he trusts the everyday to be funny and a little sad all on its own, no shouting required. There's a deadpan patience to his stuff, an Aichi kid who went to Osaka to learn film and then just quietly kept making humane, low-key movies for decades. He's a craftsman, not a showman, and honestly that's the kind of filmmaker I end up rooting for hardest. Give me his unhurried, lived-in worlds any day.

Nobuhiro Yamashita is a Japanese film director and screenwriter born on August 29, 1976, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He studied at Osaka University of the Arts, where he developed his filmmaking craft. Known for his understated style, he writes his own scripts and works across directing and screenwriting. He maintains a low public profile, with most personal details kept private.

Name (English)

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Name (Japanese)

山下敦弘

Reading

やました のぶひろ

Born

August 29, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Film Director / Screenwriter

University

Osaka University of the Arts

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E6%95%A6%E5%BC%98
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908962

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Film Director
• Screenwriter
• Director

Last updated

2026-06-02

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