Yoshio Harada
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was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.
playing youthful rebels. Leaving the Haiyūza in 1971, he appeared in films made by many directors, including Seijun Suzuki
, Shūji Terayama
, Azuma Morisaki, Kihachi Okamoto
, Rokurō Mochizuki
, Jun Ichikawa, Hirokazu Koreeda
and Koji Wakamatsu
, but he was particularly favored by Kazuo Kuroki
and Junji Sakamoto
. He starred in many independent films, including those of the Art Theatre Guild
. According to the critic Mark Schilling, Harada was "a favorite of generations of Japanese helmers for his rugged features, low, rumbling voice and distinctive presence, with shades of darkness and wildness that made him a natural for antihero roles in his youth." Harada also appeared in many television dramas.
He died of pneumonia on 19 July 2011 while battling cancer. His last starring film was Ōshika-mura sōdōki, and it was at a press conference for that film on July 11 that he made his last public appearance.
for Ronin-gai and Ware ni utsu yōi ari. He had earlier won the Blue Ribbon best supporting actor prize in 1975 for Matsuri no junbi. He also won the best actor prize at the Mainichi Film Awards
in 1997 for Onibi
, and the Hochi Film Award
for best supporting actor in 1989 for Dotsuitarunen
. He was twice nominated for the Best Actor Japanese Academy Award and won the award for best supporting actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival
for Dotsuitarunen and Kiss yori kantan.
He received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government in 2003.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in 1968 with Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru. He came to fame appearing in New Action films at NikkatsuNikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
playing youthful rebels. Leaving the Haiyūza in 1971, he appeared in films made by many directors, including Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
, born Seitaro Suzuki on May 24, 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility...
, Shūji Terayama
Shuji Terayama
was an avant-garde Japanese poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. According to many critics and supporters, he was one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan. He was born December 10, 1935, the only son of Hachiro and Hatsu Terayama in...
, Azuma Morisaki, Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto
was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki.-Career:Born in Yonago, Okamoto attended Meiji University, but was drafted in 1943 and entered World War II during its most difficult hours, an experience that had a profound effect on his later film work,...
, Rokurō Mochizuki
Rokuro Mochizuki
is a Japanese film director who has worked in pink film, adult videos and mainstream cinema. He won the award for Best Director at the 19th Yokohama Film Festival for Onibi and A Yakuza in Love.-Early career - Pink film:...
, Jun Ichikawa, Hirokazu Koreeda
Hirokazu Koreeda
is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union...
and Koji Wakamatsu
Koji Wakamatsu
is a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as and . He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film In the Realm of the Senses...
, but he was particularly favored by Kazuo Kuroki
Kazuo Kuroki
-Filmography:* Silence Has No Wings * Preparation for the Festival * Yūgure made * The Bridge of Tears * Tomorrow * Pickpocket * The Face of Jizo * The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko...
and Junji Sakamoto
Junji Sakamoto
Junji Sakamoto is a Japanese film director born in Sakai City, Japan. After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with Dotsuitarunen and followed it up with another boxing film,...
. He starred in many independent films, including those of the Art Theatre Guild
Art Theatre Guild
Art Theatre Guild was a film production company in Japan that started in 1961 and ran through to the mid 1980s. ATG, as it is abbreviated, released mostly Japanese New Wave films. Films released by ATG include Nagisa Oshima's Diary Of A Shinjuku Thief , Toshio Matsumoto's masterpiece Funeral...
. According to the critic Mark Schilling, Harada was "a favorite of generations of Japanese helmers for his rugged features, low, rumbling voice and distinctive presence, with shades of darkness and wildness that made him a natural for antihero roles in his youth." Harada also appeared in many television dramas.
He died of pneumonia on 19 July 2011 while battling cancer. His last starring film was Ōshika-mura sōdōki, and it was at a press conference for that film on July 11 that he made his last public appearance.
Awards
A veteran of over 80 films, Harada won the best actor award at the 1990 Blue Ribbon AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...
for Ronin-gai and Ware ni utsu yōi ari. He had earlier won the Blue Ribbon best supporting actor prize in 1975 for Matsuri no junbi. He also won the best actor prize at the Mainichi Film Awards
Mainichi Film Awards
The Mainichi Film Awards are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun , one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946.-Animation awards:...
in 1997 for Onibi
Onibi (film)
is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Rokuro Mochizuki.-Awards and nominations:19th Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Director - Rokuro Mochizuki* Won: Best Actor - Yoshio Harada...
, and the Hochi Film Award
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best International Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*Best New Artist*Special Award*Best Director- Winner :...
for best supporting actor in 1989 for Dotsuitarunen
Dotsuitarunen
is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto.-Awards and nominations:11th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Film*Won: Best New Director - Junji Sakamoto*Won: Best Supporting Actor - Yoshio Harada...
. He was twice nominated for the Best Actor Japanese Academy Award and won the award for best supporting actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
for Dotsuitarunen and Kiss yori kantan.
He received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government in 2003.
Films
- 1968: Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru
- 1970: Hangyaku no melody
- 1974: Pastoral: To Die in the CountryPastoral: To Die in the Country, and also known as Pastoral Hide and Seek, is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Shūji Terayama. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kantaro Suga - Me* Hiroyuki Takano - Me, as a boy* Yoshio Harada - Arashi...
- 1976: Kimi yo funnu no kawa wo watareKimi yo funnu no kawa wo watareKimi yo fundo no kawa o watare is a Japanese film released in 1976, directed by Junya Sato.- Cast :*Ken Takakura*Yoshio Harada*Kunie Tanaka*Ryoko Nakano*Kô Nishimura*Hiroko Isayama...
- 1977: A Tale of Sorrow and SadnessA Tale of Sorrow and Sadnessis a 1977 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.-External links:* at the Japanese Movie Database...
- 1978: Shogun's SamuraiShogun's Samuraialso "Intrigue of the Yagyu clan" and "Yagyu Clan Conspiracy," is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Sonny Chiba as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi....
- 1980: ZigeunerweisenZigeunerweisen (film)is a 1980 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on Hyakken Uchida's novel, Disk of Sarasate. It takes its title from a gramophone recording of Pablo de Sarasate's violin composition, Zigeunerweisen, which features prominently in the story...
- 1981: Kagero-zaKagero-zais a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen and followed by Yumeji , surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the...
- 1983: ManjiManji (film)卍 is the title of several Japanese films based on the Japanese novel Quicksand written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in 1928.The theme is homosexuality between women. It was filmed in 1964, 1983, 1998 and 2006 in Japan.-Story:...
- 1985: Farewell to the ArkFarewell to the ArkFarewell to the Ark is a 1984 Japanese mystery film directed by Shūji Terayama. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Tsutomu Yamazaki - Sutekichi Tokito* Mayumi Ogawa - Sue Tokito* Yoshio Harada - Daisaki Tokito...
- 1989: DotsuitarunenDotsuitarunenis a 1989 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto.-Awards and nominations:11th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Film*Won: Best New Director - Junji Sakamoto*Won: Best Supporting Actor - Yoshio Harada...
- 1990: Ronin-gai
- 1991: YumejiYumejiis a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-fictional account of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen and Kagero-za , surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by...
- 1992: Netorare Sosuke
- 1995: The HuntedThe Hunted (1995 film)The Hunted is a 1995 film written and directed by J. F. Lawton, starring Christopher Lambert, John Lone, and Joan Chen. The score features music by the Japanese taiko troupe Kodō.-Plot:...
- 1997: OnibiOnibi (film)is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Rokuro Mochizuki.-Awards and nominations:19th Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Director - Rokuro Mochizuki* Won: Best Actor - Yoshio Harada...
- 1998: The Story of PuPuThe Story of PuPuis a 1998 Japanese film written and directed by Kensaku Watanabe and starring Sakura Uehara and Reiko Matsuo. The story follows two anarchistic girls on a road trip to visit the grave of a piglet named PuPu. It is Watanabe's directorial debut...
- 2000: Suri
- 2002: KTKT (film)KT is a 2002 Japanese-South Korean film directed by Junji Sakamoto with a screenplay by Haruhiko Arai. It based on the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung by agents of Park Chung-hee in August 1973 while on a trip to Tokyo...
'" - 2003: AzumiAzumiis a Japanese manga series created by Yū Koyama in 1994. The manga was originally published by Shogakukan and serialized in Big Comic Superior, and was later adapted to two feature films starring Aya Ueto, a video game and a stage play. Azumi received an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media...
- 2004: Heaven's Bookstore (Tengoku no honya)
- 2004: The Face of JizoThe Face of Jizois a Japanese play written by Hisashi Inoue.-Plays:* It was performed by Komatsuza as their 34th Play, from September 3 to September 18 in 1994, directed by Hitoshi Uyama, starring by Masayo Umezawa and Kei Suma. Then has been is performed frequently not only all over Japan but also overseas...
(Chichi to Kuraseba) - 2005: Drakengard 2Drakengard 2Drakengard 2, or in Japan, is an action RPG for the PlayStation 2 system and is a direct sequel to the original Drakengard. Like the original, Drakengard 2 combines on-foot hack and slash with aerial combat stages reminiscent of Sega's Panzer Dragoon...
(video game) - 2005: Azumi 2
- 2008: Still Walking
- 2011: Koukousei RestaurantKoukousei Restaurantis a Japanese television drama.-Cast:*Masahiro Matsuoka as Shingo Muraki*Kazue Fukiishi as Haruka Muraki*Ryunosuke Kamiki as Yosuke Sakamoto*Umika Kawashima as Mai Yonemoto*Yuka Itaya as Fumika Yoshizaki*Yoshio Harada as Sadatoshi Muraki...
- 2011: Ōshika-mura sōdōki