Yasuo Furuhata


Yasuo Furuhata was a Japanese film director. He was a director of Toei film company and he often worked with Ken Takakura in such films as Eki and Shin Abashiri Bangaichi. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and 31st International Film Festival of India for Poppoya. He died 20 May 2019.

Selected filmography

Hikō Shōjo Yōko Boss in a Jail Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi Rise and Fall of Yakuza Winter's Flower Nihon no Fixer Eki Shikake-nin Baian Izakaya Chōji Yasha Shogun's Shadow Buddies Tasmania Monogatari Kura Poppoya The Firefly Akai Tsuki Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Anata e A Boy Called H