Yasuo Furuhata — Director (33)
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A Boy Called H (2013)
少年Ｈ
Yasuo Furuhata actor: Yutaka Mizutani / Tatsuki Yoshioka …
other title: 少年Ｈ / 少年H …
Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice. Based on the autobiographical novel "Shonen H" by Kappa Senoh (published by Kodansha, July 9, 1999).
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Tasmania Story (1990)
タスマニア物語 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yasuo Furuhata actor: Kunie Tanaka / Hiroko Yakushimaru …
other title: タスマニア物語
Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the island's immense natural beauty, and he is conscience-bound to oppose his former employer's ecologically unsound practices. He is also estranged from his grown son, who still resides in Japan. When his son comes to Tasmania for a visit, he must face the challenge of renewing their relationship.
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Kura (1995)
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Yasuo Furuhata actor: Yuko Asano / Sae Isshiki …
other title: 藏
In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family's sake business.
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Pretty Devil Yoko (1966)
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Yasuo Furuhata actor: Mako Midori / Hayato Tani …
other title: Yôko, a delinquente / 非行少女ヨーコ
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here the first boyfriend.
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Glorious Fights (1966)
地獄の掟に明日はない WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yasuo Furuhata actor: Ken Takakura / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: Il n'y a pas de lendemain dans les lois de l'enfer / 地獄の掟に明日はない
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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Demon (1985)
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Yasuo Furuhata actor: Ken Takakura / Yuko Tanaka …
other title: Yasha / Le Démon …
Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman.