As Director, As Writer
Yamabuki
2022
5.2
Juichiro Yamasaki
Directing
Birth date
January 1, 1978
Birth place
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Yamasaki Juichiro (1978, Osaka, Japan) organised a student film festival during his studies at university, made a couple of short films and worked as an assistant director. After living in the city for years, he moved to the small mountain village in Okayama where his father was born. There he went to work as a tomato farmer. The Sound of Light (2011), about life as a farmer in current times, was his feature debut. Yamabuki (2022) is selected for the IFFR Tiger Competition.
