Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Directing

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Born 1978-08-14 · Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Yamamoto Kiyoshi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After growing up in Malaysia, Yamamoto attended the Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku High School and then graduated from Meiji Gakuin University's Department of Psychology. After his directorial debut in 2003, he has been involved in the production of entertainment content like live-action films as well as games.

Acting credits

High and Low poster
8.4

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

High and Low

1963

Kwaidan poster
7.7

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

Kwaidan

1965

Abduction poster
8.5

The director of a large Tokyo trading company is kidnapped and held for ransom. A young but experienced detective is put on the case while being at the centre of a nationwide television sensation.

Abduction

1997

Blood Type: Blue poster
6.1

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.

Blood Type: Blue

1978

Carry On Yakuza poster
9.0

Charlie Chan is a boxer who goes to Japan to take on a local hotshot in the ring. A gang of yakuzas pressure him to take a dive, but Charlie beats his opponent senseless instead, resulting in a life-or-death chase in which Charlie and his coach try to escape from the angry gangsters. They are spared by the yakuza boss Yakoda, and their eagerness to impress him leads them to pretend that they are the leaders of an influential triad organization known as the Marlboro Gang. That gang doesn't really exist, and their ruse only leads them to further endangerment after Yakoda is murdered by one of his employees. Yakoda's widow sends their daughter (who speaks Cantonese) to Hong Kong so that she won't be next on the hit list, and Charlie -- still pretending to be a powerful triad gangster -- agrees to protect her. He and his friends must save the girl from assassination attempts and kidnapping along the way, as well as coming to the rescue of Yakoda's widow.

Carry On Yakuza

1989

Behind the camera

Brave Father Online - Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV poster
7.4

Akio wishes he had a better relationship with his reserved father Akira. One day Akira suddenly quits his job and retires without giving out any explanation to the family. Thinking it could be a good tool to be close to his father, Akio gives him software of online game "Final Fantasy XIV". By teaching his father how to play the game and secretly interacting with him as an anonymous online avatar, Akio hopes to know his father better through the adventures with other players in the game; little does the young man know what Akira is going through...

Brave Father Online - Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV

2019

Death Water poster
5.9

Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word "Death Water" written on it. Nearby are blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare.

Death Water

2006

Death Water poster
5.9

Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word "Death Water" written on it. Nearby are blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare.

Death Water

2006

Tokyo Gore School poster
5.4

For Fujiwara, everything seems to be going well - he is doing well in high school, he is good looking and also a good fighter. One day, he is suddenly attacked by a group of students without any provocation. He then discovers that there is a mysterious violent game being played out in the corridors and playfrounds of Tokyo’s high schools. The game is being spread virally via the students’ mobile phones! The victims are mysteriously hypnotized and become senseless killing machines. Fujiwara must fight for his survival and to discover the game’s terrifying secret.

Tokyo Gore School

2009

Neo Document Series ZONE poster
NR

It explores the mysteries of supernatural spots and urban legends across Japan. "Discover the Legendary Vampire Beastman Chupacabra of H Island!" What is the truth behind the vampire beastman born from human-animal fusion experiments? "I Am an Alien! Exclusive Interview with the Shocking Beauty Selma" What is the story of the beautiful woman who claims to be an alien?

Neo Document Series ZONE

2004

Jiko Bukken Sunde Mita: Nibansenji de Sumimasen poster
NR

An unsuccessful comedy duo moves into stigmatized properties to boost his career, encountering psychic phenomena.

Jiko Bukken Sunde Mita: Nibansenji de Sumimasen

2025

End Call poster
3.5

According to an urban legend spreading in Japan, if you call an American number at midnight from your cell phone, you'll have a wish granted in exchange for a few minutes of your life. Some female students, stressed by poor school results and a barely functioning personal life, decide to dial the number, and from that moment on, everything changes. They'll realize they've sold their souls to the devil when a series of strange accidents and violent deaths begin to occur.

End Call

2008

End Call poster
3.5

According to an urban legend spreading in Japan, if you call an American number at midnight from your cell phone, you'll have a wish granted in exchange for a few minutes of your life. Some female students, stressed by poor school results and a barely functioning personal life, decide to dial the number, and from that moment on, everything changes. They'll realize they've sold their souls to the devil when a series of strange accidents and violent deaths begin to occur.

End Call

2008

End Call poster
3.5

According to an urban legend spreading in Japan, if you call an American number at midnight from your cell phone, you'll have a wish granted in exchange for a few minutes of your life. Some female students, stressed by poor school results and a barely functioning personal life, decide to dial the number, and from that moment on, everything changes. They'll realize they've sold their souls to the devil when a series of strange accidents and violent deaths begin to occur.

End Call

2008

Ghost Stories I: Hospital Ghost Stories poster
NR

At first glance, it was an ordinary old hospital. Today, the nursing staff was going about their day as usual. But that day was different. As the night falls, the things lurking in the darkness begin to stir as if they have been waiting for it all at once...

Ghost Stories I: Hospital Ghost Stories

2006

LOST ~呪われた島~ poster
NR

A university student visits a legendary isolated island where the Genji clan, defeated by the Heike clan, once moved to and exterminated a demon, and breaks the seal of the demon.

LOST ~呪われた島~

2006

Psychic Detective Yakumo: Part 1 poster
NR

Based on "Psychic Detective Yakumo", which has attracted the enthusiastic support of core fans, this film is a new genre of 'mystery horror'! In this new mystery, Yakumo Saito, a detective who can see the souls of the dead, takes on a murder case.

Psychic Detective Yakumo: Part 1

2006

Demon Virus poster
4.0

YouTuber Tomoki Uchikawa, along with his friends Hinako, Souta, and Nanae, head to the former Ishio Village, where there are rumors of people being spirited away, to film a video investigating urban legends. However, their whereabouts remain unknown, and the police discover the rental car they had rented near a tunnel on the outskirts of the village. The video cameras left behind there show shocking images of locked houses, children in armed uniforms, imprisoned adults, and adults being infected by a strange disease, a rotten demon, that occurs on the night of a new moon.

Demon Virus

2025

Demon Virus poster
4.0

YouTuber Tomoki Uchikawa, along with his friends Hinako, Souta, and Nanae, head to the former Ishio Village, where there are rumors of people being spirited away, to film a video investigating urban legends. However, their whereabouts remain unknown, and the police discover the rental car they had rented near a tunnel on the outskirts of the village. The video cameras left behind there show shocking images of locked houses, children in armed uniforms, imprisoned adults, and adults being infected by a strange disease, a rotten demon, that occurs on the night of a new moon.

Demon Virus

2025

Stories of Apparitions poster
NR

A horror anthology focusing on various groups of people who encounter haunted photographs.

Stories of Apparitions

2006

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20 poster
NR

A topic spiritual documentary. It includes 20 selected unpublished posts.

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20

2004

Psychic Detective Yakumo: Part 2 poster
NR

Based on "Psychic Detective Yakumo", which has attracted the enthusiastic support of core fans, this film is a new genre of 'mystery horror'! In this new mystery, Yakumo Saito, a detective who can see the souls of the dead, takes on a murder case.

Psychic Detective Yakumo: Part 2

2006

Real Heroes poster
NR

The psychic boom is back with the arrival in Japan of "HEROES," a drama series surpassing "24" in popularity! A real-life incident is fully filmed based on the testimonies of those involved!

Real Heroes

2008

Psychic Detective Yakumo: Part 3 poster
NR

Based on "Psychic Detective Yakumo", which has attracted the enthusiastic support of core fans, this film is a new genre of 'mystery horror'! In this new mystery, Yakumo Saito, a detective who can see the souls of the dead, takes on a murder case.

Psychic Detective Yakumo: Part 3

2006

Mysterious! Unbelievable ~Fear Contagion~ poster
NR

This is the latest in a popular ghost documentary series that boasts an overwhelming number of submissions from the general public. Included are episode 1, "Suicide Ghosts," in which a photograph taken at the scene of a friend's suicide causes numerous horrors, and three other episodes related to ghost photography. It also introduces a number of ghost photos that have been submitted.

Mysterious! Unbelievable ~Fear Contagion~

2004

吸血獣人チュパゲラの逆襲 ZONE poster
NR

A documentary film by a group of filmmakers that explores the mysteries of haunted spots and urban legends throughout Japan. Where is the borderline between lies and truth in the images? The Final Battle! Chupaguera Strikes Back! and "It's true! Chase the Mysterious Alien! are included. The film depicts the horrors that lurk in the darkness of this world with a documentary touch.

吸血獣人チュパゲラの逆襲 ZONE

2007

Terebi Hōsō Dekinakatta Kindan Eizō 4 poster
NR

This is the fourth installment of the "Terebi Hōsō Dekinakatta Kindan Eizō" series, which presents carefully selected footage leaked from a TV program production company and kept in storage!

Terebi Hōsō Dekinakatta Kindan Eizō 4

2010

Ōoku: Hyakka ryōran poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ōoku: Hyakka ryōran

2008

Scary True Stories: Grudge 2 poster
NR

11th installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.

Scary True Stories: Grudge 2

2007