Yoshio Harada

  • Yûsuke Watanabe – Han gyakû no tabi AKA Rebellious Journey (1976)

    1971-1980ActionCrimeJapanYûsuke Watanabe
    Han gyakû no tabi (1976)
    Han gyakû no tabi (1976)

    Hiroshi kakurai killed the village of political Goro. His killing was perfect and he did not leave any clue again. He lived in the mammoth estate, and he was a child favorite ordinary man whose career was a designer of toys. Kakurai was thinking of “killing” a little tired of the nerve work and washing his feet. It was his dream to buy a land in the island of the Seto Inland Sea, and to live there and to die quietly. Kakurai had a request for a new killing.Read More »

  • Kôji Wakamatsu – Netorare Sosuke aka Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992)

    Koji Wakamatsu1991-2000DramaJapan
    Netorare Sosuke (1992)
    Netorare Sosuke (1992)

    A movie adaptation of Tsuka Kohei’s original stage comedy that depicts the chairman of the Dosa troupe and the members of the theater company who run off his wife with other men for the sake of love. Someday, he will be in charge of the script himself, directed by Koji Wakamatsu of “Ready to Shoot”, and photographed by Tatsuo Suzuki of “The Story of Chi, the End of the Century”.Read More »

  • Kôji Wakamatsu – Ware ni utsu yoi ari AKA Ready to Shoot (1990)

    1981-1990CrimeDramaJapanKoji Wakamatsu

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    Kabukicho, Shinjuku. A woman chased by a yakuza appears in front of Katsuhiko Goda, the master of the snack “Kashkash`. The woman’s name is Yang Meyrin, a Taiwanese. At that time, the chief of the Sakuradokai group Toida was shot dead. A VHS-C video adapter was left at the murder site, but there was no tape inside. On the other hand, “Kashkash` The store’s closing party, which lasted for 20 years, was held, and Katsuhiko’s former all-out companions, Kiritsuko, Akikawa, and Miyake, gathered there. Meyrin can be seen inside, and it turns out that she is a Vietnamese refugee and a smuggler with a forged passport. Meyrin, who left the store to get her passport for escape, was chased by the Toida group, but Katsuhiko rescued her. Read More »

  • Junji Sakamoto – Dotsuitarunen AKA Knockout (1989)

    1981-1990AsianDramaJapanJunji Sakamoto

    A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.

    Ranks No. 82 in Kinema Jumpo’s Top 100 Japanese Films of All Time Poll in 1999.Read More »

  • Kensaku Watanabe – Pupu no monogatari AKA The Story of Pupu (1998) (HD)

    1991-2000ComedyJapanKensaku Watanabe

    Fu and Suzu are two pretty anarchist girls, who take to the road. They are off to visit the tomb of a small pig named PUPU. On the way, they meet Suzu’s ex-lover, a gay couple, and a golf player; always getting in trouble. But whenever trouble comes, ‘TrunkMan’ the hero appears to save them. All changes, though, when one of the girls falls in love with TrunkMan.Read More »

  • Yôichi Sai – Tomo yo shizukani nemure AKA Let Him Rest in Peace (1985) (HD)

    1981-1990AsianCrimeJapanYôichi Sai

    Tsuyoshi Shindo came to the town of Tamari to prove the innocence of his friend, Sakaguchi. Sakaguchi was accused of attacking the president of Shimoyama Kensetsu, a local construction company, with a knife. Shindo knew Sakaguchi was not capable of committing such a crime. During his investigation, Shindo discovered the town and its police force to be under the control of Shimoyama. That made Shindo a marked man, with Shimoyama’s henchmen attacking in an effort to force him to end his investigation and leave town.Read More »

  • Kazuo Kuroki – Utsukushii natsu kirishima AKA A Boy’s Summer in 1945 (2002)

    Kazuo Kuroki2001-2010AsianDramaJapan

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    Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki’s sixth decade behind the camera, “A Boy’s Summer in 1945” (literally “A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima”) is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan’s surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer (“Preparation of the Festival,” “Ronin-gai”) who’s long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.Read More »

  • Yukihiro Sawada – Hangyaku no Melody AKA Melody of Rebellion (1970)

    Yukihiro Sawada1961-1970ActionCrimeJapan

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    The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu (Yoshio Harada) to stray from the crime family’s fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.Read More »

  • Naoto Yamakawa – Birî za kiddo no atarashii yoake AKA The New Morning of Billy the Kid (1986)

    1981-1990ComedyCultJapanNaoto Yamakawa

    Billy the Kid waits tables in the Schlächtenhaus Saloon, last refuge of humanity from marauding, nihilistic gangs; co-workers include a samurai, Marx-Engels, an artist and the Tokyo telephone enquiries number made flesh. This bastion of global history and culture is duly invaded, clearing the decks for our spiritual and cultural rebirth…Read More »

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