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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.
As director
The Grapes of Joy
Intern
Rooftop Apartment
Girls College Terror
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2
Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya
Tales of Terror: Final Night 1
Tales of Terror: Final Night 2
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: San Nin Kuru zo-hen
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1
Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella
Rampo - Bewitching Women
Defeat the Devil!
Oshare dorobō
Manatsu Girl