Yoshio Harada Movies

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white reproduction of a photo of Monument Valley....

Katagiri, a highly ambitious young detective, teams up with older detective Takiguchi, who is about to retire, to investigate a murder that took...

A man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.

Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time,...

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

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...

Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon...

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...

Yojin, an eccentric young farmer living in the countryside, falls in love for the first time in his life. Her name is Machiko, she teaches in a...

Coming-of-age comedy set in Yokosuka.

Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a...

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged...

Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: She lets herself be groped while Kaido relieves...

A short documentary showing behind the scenes of Toshiaki Toyoda’s ‘9 Souls’.

Fu and Suzu are two hedonist girls who decide to take to the road. They set off on a journey to visit the tomb of a small pig by name Pupu. On the...

A police detective tries to investigate the mystery of a victim who was shot in the head, but no bullet was found.

After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But the shortcomings of the new gangs mean that he is...

The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. It's a small god with a pointed head, a fat belly...