Born in Hiroshima in 1991, Yamamoto studied film at Tokyo Zokei University and Tokyo University of the Arts, under Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Suwa Nobuhiro. His graduation film, Whispering in a Small Voice (2018), was selected for the Marseille International Film Festival. His second feature, After the Fever(2023), starring Hashimoto Ai and Nakano Taiga, screened at the Busan International Film Festival.
From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39
