Direction: Katsuhisa Yamada

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Katsuhisa Yamada. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Record of Lodoss War

1990 · Movie · 390 min. · Japan

Direction Akinori Nagaoka · Akio Sakai · Katsuhisa Yamada · Kazunori Mizuno

Plot Created from the aftermath of the last great battle of the gods, Lodoss and its kingdoms have been plagued by war for thousands of years. As a quiet peace and...

7.0

602 votes

7.0

602 votes

Mazinger Z (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Tomoharu Katsumata · Bonjin Nagaki · Katsuhisa Yamada · Kouichi Sasaki

Plot Dr. Hell and Dr. Kabuto are two archaeologists who found the remains of an ancient civilization capable of making giant robots. When Dr. Juzo Kabuto found out Dr. Hell's plans...

6.6

16K votes

6.6

16K votes

Genesis Climber Mospeada (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada

Plot Without warning in the year 2050, an alien race known only as the Inbit arrive, invade and successfully conquer the Earth. Years later and despite brutal past failures, the inhabitants...

6.6

22 votes

6.6

22 votes

Urusei Yatsura 6: Always My Darling

1991 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada

6.0

54 votes

6.0

54 votes

Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Hisayuki Toriumi · Masami Anô · Noboru Ishiguro · Fumio Kurokawa

Plot A team of bird-themed superhero ninjas battle the menace of Galactor, a technologically advanced international terrorist organization determined to conquer the world.

5.8

620 votes

5.8

620 votes

Yohko: The Devil Hunter (TV Miniseries)

1991 · Movie · 180 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada

5.7

29 votes

5.7

29 votes

Outlanders

1986 · Movie · 48 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada · Kenji Terada · Sukehiro Tomita · Yusaku Saotome

Plot In the midst of a violent invasion of Earth by unknown alien forces, photojournalist Wakatsuki Tetsuya comes across a scantily-clad alien woman, cutting a swath of death through the Terran...

5.4

30 votes

5.4

30 votes

Junk Boy

1987 · Movie · 44 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada

Plot Ryohei is a sex-crazed teenager that lands a dream job at Poteto Boy, a skin magazine that is extremely popular. His personality and fantasies about women create interesting situations for...

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Kentauros no Densetsu

1987 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Teruo Ishii · Katsuhisa Yamada

Plot The Centaurs are a racing team of 93 bikers from the port city of Yokohama who are named after the legendary Greek horse/men. Arthur and Ken fall out over their...

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Ozzu (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Movie · 70 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada

Plot The story is set in 2021, 31 years after World War III. Filicia Epstein, a bionics genius, came to Sabano and Sergent Mutou was ordered to protect her. Searching for...

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Direction Katsuhisa Yamada · Kazuo Yamazaki · Shinya Sadamitsu

Plot TV Miniserie (1989-1990). 6 episodes. Apulo (a cat-like space alien with the ability to lock a human's emotions) and Latell work for the Division of Space Piracy (or DSP for...

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Dragon Warrior (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Rintaro · Katsuhisa Yamada · Takeyuki Kanda

Plot A young adventurer and his friends set out to resurrect the Dragon of Legend and defeat the evil Baramos.

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Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love, Live, Alive

1985 · Movie · 50 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada

Plot Takes place immediately following the end of the "Genesis Climber Mospeada" anime series... The final concert of Yellow Belmont. Primarily a continuous series of animation clips set to Yellow Belmont...

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Fairy King

1988 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhisa Yamada

Plot Jack has moved to Hokkaidō to get treatment for an illness, but he's lonely and unhappy. One night a man on a horse rides through his window to help him....

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