Best movies of Masato Harada

Actors : Hitomi Satô, Yukiko Okamoto, Yasue Satô, Jun Murakami,
Directors : Masato Harada,

The film follows three modern Japanese schoolgirls in Tokyo as they flirt with lecherous old men and dodge the yakuza in the lucrative and sometimes dangerous practice of "enjo kosai" or "date clubs".

Actors : Yûki Amami, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura, Atsuro Watabe,
Directors : Masato Harada,

Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.

Actors : James Brewster Thompson, Aya Enjôji, Brenda Bakke, Masahiro Takashima,
Directors : Masato Harada,

In a cyberpunk future, Kyron-5 supercomputer attempts to exterminate the human race, but Gunhed mechs stop it. In 2038, five thieves break into a condemned island facility to steal Kyron's dead CPU. The place turns out to be a deathtrap.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Mickey Curtis, Reiko Kataoka, Kazuya Takahashi,
Directors : Masato Harada,

A revenge-seeking man and his foolish friends plan to rob a yakuza gang.

Actors : Yûko Ohshima, Sayaka Akimoto, Haruna Kojima, Ryûhei Matsuda,
Directors : Masato Harada,

A thriller centered on an urban legend about a song that fatally affects its listeners.

Actors : Machiko Ono, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Masato Sakai, Masahiro Takashima,
Directors : Masato Harada,

A newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki, Kaho Minami,
Directors : Masato Harada,

Based on an autobiographical novel by Inoue Yasushi, the film chronicles the passage of fifteen years within a family struggling with abandonment, resentment and decline with old age. As ...

Actors : Masahiro Motoki, Kôji Yakusho, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Masato Harada,

The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.

Actors : Rina Uchiyama, Hikari Mitsushima, Yô Ôizumi, Erika Toda,
Directors : Masato Harada,

The lives of women saved by the historical Tokei-ji Buddhist Temple.

Actors : Yuriko Yoshitaka, Takehiro Hira, Takuya Kimura, Kazunari Ninomiya,
Directors : Masato Harada,

Mogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is...

Actors : Ikuji Nakamura, Kippei Shîna, Kôji Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai,
Directors : Masato Harada,

Actors : Masachika Ichimura, Hideaki Itô, Minosuke Bandô, Akira Emoto,
Directors : Masato Harada,

Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.

Actors : Yasuo Daichi, Chin, Akira Emoto, Hiromi Gô,
Directors : Masato Harada,

A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.

Actors : Priscilla Pointer, James Gammon, Kazuya Kimura, Nobu McCarthy,
Directors : Masato Harada,

A Japanese-American woman and her paralyzed friend and pow in WW2, Barbara, run a desert diner. A mob boss has a ranch nearby and things heat up, when a hitman and a thief arrive at the café.

Actors : Peter Murnik, Colin Ferguson, Leslie Hope, James Hyndman,
Directors : Masato Harada,

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