Yoshishige Yoshida (ćç° ćé Yoshida Yoshishige), also known as KijĆ« Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the ShĆchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi. He was a central member of what came to be called the "ShĆchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of