---
name: "Takeshi Yamamoto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takeshi-yamamoto"
fi1m_id: "takeshi-yamamoto"
imdb_id: "nm0945499"
tmdb_id: 1115028
wikidata_id: "Q11469165"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 February 1908"
died: "28 October 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 92
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:22:59.197816+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Takeshi Yamamoto

## Identity

Takeshi Yamamoto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takeshi-yamamoto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takeshi-yamamoto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0945499
- **TMDB ID:** 1115028
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11469165
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11469165, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1115028

Producer. Born 11 February 1908 in Yamaguchi, Japan. Died 28 October 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 February 1908, Yamaguchi, Japan
- **Died:** 28 October 1972
- **Active:** 1949–1953
- **Frequently works with:** [Chishū Ryū](https://film.one/person/chishu-ryu.md), [Haruko Sugimura](https://film.one/person/haruko-sugimura.md), [Kōgo Noda](https://film.one/person/kogo-noda.md), [Setsuko Hara](https://film.one/person/setsuko-hara.md), [Yasujirō Ozu](https://film.one/person/yasujiro-ozu.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 92, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 92 (1), 1950s 92 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11469165, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1115028

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Tokyo Story*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md) (92), [*Late Spring*](https://film.one/film/late-spring.md) (92)

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## Biography

Takeshi Yamamoto (1908–1972) was a Japanese film producer. He is best known for his work with director Yasujirō Ozu, producing *Late Spring* (1949), *Early Summer* (1951), *The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice* (1952) and *Tokyo Story* (1953).

Yamamoto also produced other films including *A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era* (1957) and *The Warped Ones* (1960). His credits span several decades, primarily with Shochiku.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, azmovies.net.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Tokyo Story* (1953), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md)
- *Late Spring* (1949), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/late-spring.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The War in Space* (1977), Special Effects
- *Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer* (1973), as Captain
- *The Warped Ones* (1960), Producer
- *Zoku fûfu hyakkei* (1958), Producer
- *The Husband Wore the Apron* (1958), Producer
- *A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era* (1957), Producer
- *Phoenix* (1956), Producer
- *Confession* (1956), Executive Producer
- *The Balloon* (1956), Producer
- *The Motherless* (1955), Executive Producer
- *Till We Meet Again* (1955), Producer
- *Ghost Story of Youth* (1955), Producer
- *Burden of Love* (1955), Producer
- *Dancing Girls of Izu* (1954), Producer
- *The Garden of Women* (1954), Producer
- *Tokyo Story* (1953), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md)
- *The Pigeon* (1952), Producer
- *The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice* (1952), Producer
- *Youth of the Son* (1952), Producer
- *Doctor's Day Off* (1952), Producer
- *Early Summer* (1951), Producer
- *Freedom School* (1951), Producer
- *Late Spring* (1949), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/late-spring.md)

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