
Directing
Yoko Yamanaka
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Yoko Yamanaka is a Japanese filmmaker, she was born in Nagano, Japan in 1997. Amiko is her first feature film.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.221st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
21st Century Girl
2019
7.1A young, temperamental Tokyo beautician struggles to navigate her relationships with lovers, friends, and family.
Desert of Namibia
2024
7.1A young, temperamental Tokyo beautician struggles to navigate her relationships with lovers, friends, and family.
Desert of Namibia
2024
7.0Consensual polyamorous relations between Hiroki, Natsuki, and Kanako are injected with palpable tension following their cohabitation, resulting in an unexpected turn of events.
See You on the Other Side
2020
7.0Consensual polyamorous relations between Hiroki, Natsuki, and Kanako are injected with palpable tension following their cohabitation, resulting in an unexpected turn of events.
See You on the Other Side
2020
7.010-year-old children Midori and Futa live separate lives. Both feel alone and isolated from their parents. They struggle to be kids under the stress and weight of their fractured family lives.
Born Pisces
2020
7.010-year-old children Midori and Futa live separate lives. Both feel alone and isolated from their parents. They struggle to be kids under the stress and weight of their fractured family lives.
Born Pisces
2020
4.6Amiko, a high school girl, adores Aomi to the point of nearly worshipping him. But one day, he runs away from home. Amiko's sometimes cynical, sometimes self-deprecating inner monologue goes off like vibrant stand-up comedy.
Amiko
2017
4.6Amiko, a high school girl, adores Aomi to the point of nearly worshipping him. But one day, he runs away from home. Amiko's sometimes cynical, sometimes self-deprecating inner monologue goes off like vibrant stand-up comedy.
Amiko
2017
NROne day, 26-year-old Toko Tanabe(Seina Nakata) begins to be attracted to Satoshi Matsuyama (Daichi Kaneko), who is the same age as her and whom she meets.They have lively conversations over meals, he is kind, and they share the same hobbies and wavelengths... One day on a date, Toko drinks until the last train, and Matsuyama ends up staying at her house, where she spends the night with him. [Episode 5 of the miniseries "The Borderline Between Friends with Benefits and Lovers"]
If Only We Are Lovers
2025

