Direction: Yasuo Furuhata

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Poppoya: Railroad Man

1999 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Ken Takakura · Shinobu Otake · Ryoko Hirosue · Hidetaka Yoshioka

Plot A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he...

7.3

34 votes

7.3

34 votes

Winter's Flower

1978 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan

6.8

22 votes

6.8

22 votes

Dearest

2012 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

6.6

34 votes

6.6

34 votes

The Haunted Samurai

2007 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Hidekazu Akai · Yôsuke Eguchi · Yuko Fueki · Teruyuki Kagawa

Plot An unfortunate low-ranking samurai Hikoshiro decides to pray in a small shrine and ask gods for help. Unfortunately he accidentally attracts the attention of gods of poverty, pestilence and death.

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The Firefly

2001 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Ken Takakura · Yûko Tanaka · Isao Natsuyagi · Ryuuji Harada

Plot A Japanese love story that takes place during World War 2. It follows a young Japanese man who goes to war and tries to stay connected to his true love.

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King of the Gang

1967 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Noboru Andô · Sonny Chiba · Masumi Tachibana · Shingo Yamashiro

Plot Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo.

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Red Moon

2004 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Takako Tokiwa · Yusuke Iseya · Teruyuki Kagawa · Taro Yamamoto

Plot It is set in Manchukuo during World War II.

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A Boy Called H

2013 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Yutaka Mizutani · Ran Itô · Tatsuki Yoshioka · Shun Oguri

Plot Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio (Yutaka Mizutani), "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop....

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Wakarenu riyû

1987 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Yoshiko Mita · Masahiko Tsugawa · Masato Furuoya · Reiko Nanjo

Plot A film about a surgeon and his wife who become aware of each other's affair but still do not break up despite various emotional challenges.

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Pretty Devil Yoko

1966 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

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A Blood Stained Love Affair

1974 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Yutaka Nakajima · Toshio Shiba · Aki Yashiro · Tatsuo Umemiya

Plot Emika has been raised by her aunt Ineko, who runs a high-class club in Akasaka. Ineko is backed by Ohashi, a political mastermind, but at the same time, she gives...

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Gokuchu no kaoyaku

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

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New Prison Walls of Abashiri Stormy Cape

1971 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Ken Takakura · Tatsuya Mihashi · Noboru Andô · Rin'ichi Yamamoto

Plot Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

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Glorious Fights

1966 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Ken Takakura · Rentarô Mikuni · Kei Sato · Yukiyo Toake

Plot A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.

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Waga seishun no eleven

1979 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

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The Cheating Underworld

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Koji Tsuruta · Rin'ichi Yamamoto · Michitaro Mizushima · Kyôsuke Machida

Plot Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.

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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless

1969 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Kyôsuke Machida · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Sumiko Fuji

Plot Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.

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Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

1994 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Taro Fujioka · Seizo Fukumoto · Satoshi Hashimoto · Shima Iwashita

Plot A wife of a small Osaka family risks her life to protect her husband’s family and its members against much larger, more established organizations.

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