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, Ryûhei Matsuda, Eita,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Kayo Matsuo, Atsuo Nakamura, Sanae Kitabayashi, 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 : 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 : 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 : Shôhei Hino, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Yoshio Harada, Eiji Minakata,
Directors : Rokuro Mochizuki,

Based on the novel Ukonshi Kujira by author Yamanouchi Yukio, Mochizuki Rokuro's third in his yakuza trilogy depicts a country girl falling in love with a street-level down and dirty thug ...

Actors : Naoko Ohtani, Shimokawa Shinpei, Yoshio Harada, Etsushi Takahashi,
Directors : Yûsuke Watanabe,

A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once ...

Actors : Jun Kunimura, Yoshiko Harada, Yoshio Harada, Seijun Suzuki,
Directors : Kensaku 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 ...

Actors : Na Tang, Juro Kara, Yoshio Harada, Shu-Chun Ni,
Directors : Kaizô Hayashi,

This film is inspired by a true incident involving a Japanese girl who went missing in Taiwan (and then was found murdered by a taxi driver) several years ago. Haida, once a famous private ...

Actors : Renji Ishibashi, Rie Nakagawa, Yoshio Harada, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Kazuo Kuroki,

The last three days in the life of Ryoma Sakamoto, an imperial loyalist who tried to unite the warring Choshu and Satsuma clans in order to overthrow the Shogunate.