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Yasuo Furuhata is a Director and Scriptwriter Japonais born on 19 august 1934 at Matsumoto (Japon)

Yasuo Furuhata

Yasuo Furuhata
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Nationality Japon
Birth 19 august 1934 at Matsumoto (Japon)
Death 20 may 2019 (at 84 years)

Yasuo Furuhata (降旗 康男 Furuhata Yasuo, born 19 August 1934 in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for Poppoya.

Biography

Yasuo Furuhata a fait ses études à l'université de Tokyo.

Il a réalisé près de 50 films depuis 1963.

Usually with

Ken Takakura
Ken Takakura
(7 films)
Daisaku Kimura
Daisaku Kimura
(5 films)
Hideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki
(4 films)
Nenji Kobayashi
Nenji Kobayashi
(4 films)
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Yasuo Furuhata (12 films)

Display filmography as list

Director

Dearest
Dearest (2012)

Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Genres Drama
Actors Ken Takakura, Yūko Tanaka, Koichi Sato, Hideji Ōtaki, Kimiko Yo, Takeshi Kitano
Rating68% 3.4377353.4377353.4377353.4377353.437735
The story follows the journey of a man travelling some 300 kilometres from Toyama City, Japan to his wife's hometown in Nagasaki Prefecture, in order to scatter her ashes into the sea. Along the way he travels through many famous locations (Osaka, the ruins of Takeda Castle, Shimonoseki City, the Kanmon Bridge, Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, and Sasebo, Nagasaki), recalling experiences with his wife along the way. He also befriends and is assisted by numerous strangers.
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
, 1h44
Directed by Zhang Yimou, Yasuo Furuhata
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiang Wen
Rating72% 3.647353.647353.647353.647353.64735
Gouichi Takata (played by Ken Takakura) is an aged Japanese father who has not been in good terms with his son Kenichi (Kiichi Nakai) ever since his wife died many years ago. When he learns that his son has been hospitalised, Gouichi travels to Tokyo but Kenichi, still angry that his father left him for a remote fishing town in Japan's northern Akita province to escape the reality of his mother's death, refuses to see Gouichi. Kenichi's wife Rie (Shinobu Terajima) then gives her father-in-law a video tape made by Kenichi so that Gouichi may learn more about his son. The tape contains a footage of Li Jiamin, a Nuo opera artiste from a village in Yunnan province of China. In the recording, Li promised Kenichi to perform Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles for him if he returns the next year. Gouichi then decides to go to China in his sick son's place to film Li's performance.
Railroad Man
Railroad Man (1999)
, 1h52
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ōtake, Ryōko Hirosue, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masanobu Ando, Tomoko Naraoka
Rating70% 3.542193.542193.542193.542193.54219
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 is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
Tasmania Story
Tasmania Story (1990)
, 1h50
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kunie Tanaka, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Jinpachi Nezu, Sumiko Fuji, Haruko Katō, Naoto Ogata
Rating52% 2.6150452.6150452.6150452.6150452.615045
A sixth-grade elementary school student, Shoichi, is visiting his divorced father who lives in Australia after retiring from a leading Japanese company in order to find the Tasmanian tiger. Shoichi had run away from home and is in Sydney looking for his father.
Buddies
Buddies (1989)
, 1h54
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Yasuko Tomita, Claude Maki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Hideji Ōtaki
Rating67% 3.3635153.3635153.3635153.3635153.363515
Japon, 1937. Suite à une mutation, Senkichi Mizuta, sa femme Tami et leur fille Satoko viennent vivre à Tokyo. Shūzō Kadokura leur a trouvé une coquette maison et se démène pour leur rendre leur arrivée la plus agréable possible. Kadokura et Mizuta sont amis depuis qu'ils ont combattu côte à côte lors de la Première guerre mondiale. Kadokura est à la tête d'une entreprise de fournitures pour l'armée et voue un amour platonique à Tami.
Choji Snack Bar
Choji Snack Bar (1983)
, 2h5
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Ken Takakura, Jūzō Itami, Reiko Ōhara, Kunie Tanaka, Tokiko Kato, Takako Katō
Rating64% 3.228583.228583.228583.228583.22858
Eiji Fujino, dit Chōji, est marié et a deux enfants. Il tient près du port de Hakodate une modeste taverne, où amis et habitants du quartier viennent boire et se restaurer. Chōji, ancien cadre de la compagnie de construction navale, est un homme placide et taciturne qui semble se satisfaire de sa situation et de la vie qu'il mène. Mais son passé le rattrape lorsque Sayo, son ancien amour de jeunesse, mets le feu à sa propre maison et s'enfuit de Hakodate.
Station
Station (1981)
, 2h12
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishō, Ayumi Ishida, Akihiko Hirata, Yu Fujiki, Ryō Ikebe
Rating69% 3.467183.467183.467183.467183.46718
L'inspecteur Mikami a souvent été décoré pour ses exploits. Mais cet homme au-dessus de la vulgarité du monde ne peut s'empêcher de ressentir la même solitude que ceux qu'il a inculpés.
Winter's Flower
Winter's Flower (1978)
, 2h1
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Yakuza films
Actors Ken Takakura, Kunie Tanaka, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Susumu Fujita, Isao Natsuyagi, Asao Koike
Rating66% 3.3262153.3262153.3262153.3262153.326215
Hideji Kanno, membre d'un clan yakuza de Yokohama sort de prison après avoir purgé une peine de quinze années d'emprisonnement pour le meurtre de Matsuoka qui avait trahi leur boss. Matuoka avait une fille de trois ans, Yōko, au moment des faits et Hideji s'est assuré par l'intermédiaire de son ami Kōkichi Minami que cette dernière ne manque de rien et suive une éducation de jeune fille normale. Yōko ignore tout de l'implication de Hideji dans la mort de son père et elle pense que son bienfaiteur est un oncle vivant à l'étranger.

Scriptwriter

Dearest
Dearest (2012)

Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Genres Drama
Actors Ken Takakura, Yūko Tanaka, Koichi Sato, Hideji Ōtaki, Kimiko Yo, Takeshi Kitano
Rating68% 3.4377353.4377353.4377353.4377353.437735
The story follows the journey of a man travelling some 300 kilometres from Toyama City, Japan to his wife's hometown in Nagasaki Prefecture, in order to scatter her ashes into the sea. Along the way he travels through many famous locations (Osaka, the ruins of Takeda Castle, Shimonoseki City, the Kanmon Bridge, Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, and Sasebo, Nagasaki), recalling experiences with his wife along the way. He also befriends and is assisted by numerous strangers.