Best movies of Yoshio Harada

Actors : Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Yoshio Harada, Joan Chen,
Directors : J.F. Lawton,

Paul is on a business trips to Nagoya, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman. Later, he finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong ...

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Jûzô Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

Lady Snowblood is caught in the politics of early 20th century Japan.

Actors : Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ko Shibasaki, Kiichi Nakai, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Akihiko Shiota,

A female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.

Actors : Yoshio Harada, Genta Dairaku, Eita, Ryûhei Matsuda,
Directors : Toshiaki Toyoda,

Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murders. They commandeer a van from a strip club. Their plan is to find a stash of counterfeit money that a deranged cell mate told them...

Actors : Akaji Maro, Kisako Makishi, Yoshio Harada, Naoko Ôtani,
Directors : Seijun Suzuki,

A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.

Actors : Kaoru Sugita, Renji Ishibashi, Kanako Higuchi, Yoshio Harada,

A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Sanae Kitabayashi, Atsuo Nakamura, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry...

Actors : Kazuki Kitamura, Yoshio Harada, Shô Aikawa, Reiko Kataoka,
Directors : Rokuro Mochizuki,

A yakuza hitman gets out of jail and decides to start a new life, but soon his old life catches up with him.

Actors : Yoshio Harada, Ken Takakura, Ryôko Nakano, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

A tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

Actors : Shûji Sano, Yoshio Harada, Kyôko Enami, Masumi Okada,
Directors : Seijun Suzuki,

A female golfer who has exceeded expectations to reach the top not only has to contend with being in-demand, but also with the men in her life, her neigbours, her brother and not to mention a stalker.

Actors : Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada, Yôko Takahashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Shûji Terayama,

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.

Actors : Ryôko Hirosue, Mayuko Fukuda, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Koto Nagata,

Actors : Takeo Chii, Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshio Harada, Ayumi Ishida, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan ...

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Yoshio Harada, Rie Miyazawa,
Directors : Kazuo Kuroki,

Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits ...

Actors : Kai Atô, Yoshio Harada, Hajime Araki, Takamori Gen,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches...

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Tôru Abe, Etsuko Ichihara, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an ...

Actors : Kanako Higuchi, Haruna Takase, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Hiroto Yokoyama,

A married kleptomaniac (Sonoko) and a younger woman (Mitsuko) begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko's husband gets involved.

Actors : Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Makoto Ayukawa, Yoshiki Arizono, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Naoto Yamakawa,

Absurdist comedy characterizes this amusing and entertaining film from Naoto Yamakawa. All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white...

Actors : Akaji Maro, Yoshio Harada, Haruko Sagara, Hidekazu Akai,
Directors : Junji Sakamoto,

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