
Directing
Joel Yamaji
Place of birth
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Known for
Directing
Credits
21 titles
Joel Yamaji is a film director, producer and professor.
Known for
1.0Remembrance of things past.
Impressions for Clara
1998
No synopsis available yet.
Cafundó
1986
Two sisters living their lifes.
A Ira
2002
NRAn existential profile of primitivist painter Ana Moisés in her atelier in Embu, on the outskirts of São Paulo.
Ana
1982
6.5A dialogue between the auteur's memories and the images he shot and kept during his long film career - sketches of live that were never shown, never seen, never edited.
Seen, Not Seen
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alma Errante – Hibakusha
2025
Film credits
Behind the camera
1.0Remembrance of things past.
Impressions for Clara
1998
No synopsis available yet.
Cafundó
1986
Two sisters living their lifes.
A Ira
2002
NRAn existential profile of primitivist painter Ana Moisés in her atelier in Embu, on the outskirts of São Paulo.
Ana
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alma Errante – Hibakusha
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alma Errante – Hibakusha
2025
No synopsis available yet.
Roma Amor
1981
NRLyrical evocation of passages from the diary of Ashbel Green Simonton who, in 1859, arrived in Brazil with the purpose of dividing his faith amidst anguish, doubt and nostalgia for the lost unity, laying the foundations of Presbyterianism in the country.
The Diary of Simonton
2012
NRLyrical evocation of passages from the diary of Ashbel Green Simonton who, in 1859, arrived in Brazil with the purpose of dividing his faith amidst anguish, doubt and nostalgia for the lost unity, laying the foundations of Presbyterianism in the country.
The Diary of Simonton
2012
NRAn ode of love and hatred to the city of São Paulo. Composed of fragments of films, it follows characters in their natural habitat: the streets.
São Paulo: Symphony and Cacophony
1994
NRThe story of two women who don't realize they're dead. One struggles through the uncertainties of youth; the other lives with the confidence that comes from understanding and mastering time.
Flowers for the Dead
1999
No synopsis available yet.
Sexo e Caratê
1989
NRDocumentary made in 2014.
Letters from Ourinhos
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8.0Documentary about Waldemar Iglésias, a man living in Sorocaba, Brazil, who has been to the movies on a daily basis for 58 years. He talks about his childhood, his dreams, his favorite actors and actresses and the classic movies and cartoons.
O Espectador que o Cinema Esqueceu
1991
8.0Documentary about Waldemar Iglésias, a man living in Sorocaba, Brazil, who has been to the movies on a daily basis for 58 years. He talks about his childhood, his dreams, his favorite actors and actresses and the classic movies and cartoons.
O Espectador que o Cinema Esqueceu
1991
In the city of São Paulo, two women visit the places where the pernambucano writer Osman Lins lived. Current residents do not allow them to enter these places. Excerpts from two of the author's main novels written in São Paulo - Avalovara e A rainha dos cárceres da Grécia - are mixed with the images of the city that transpire as one of the characters in the film.
Um Grão De Claridade: No Percurso de Osman Lins
2010
In the city of São Paulo, two women visit the places where the pernambucano writer Osman Lins lived. Current residents do not allow them to enter these places. Excerpts from two of the author's main novels written in São Paulo - Avalovara e A rainha dos cárceres da Grécia - are mixed with the images of the city that transpire as one of the characters in the film.
Um Grão De Claridade: No Percurso de Osman Lins
2010
In the city of São Paulo, two women visit the places where the pernambucano writer Osman Lins lived. Current residents do not allow them to enter these places. Excerpts from two of the author's main novels written in São Paulo - Avalovara e A rainha dos cárceres da Grécia - are mixed with the images of the city that transpire as one of the characters in the film.
Um Grão De Claridade: No Percurso de Osman Lins
2010
No synopsis available yet.
A Rainha dos Cárceres da Grécia
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No synopsis available yet.
A Rainha dos Cárceres da Grécia
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