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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Yoshio Harada has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Still Walking.
1972
Action · Drama

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, YOU

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
Dir. Shūji Terayama · With Kantarō Suga, Hiroyuki Takano, Chigusa Takayama
Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.
Dir. Akihiko Shiota · With Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ko Shibasaki, Kiichi Nakai

as Shusuke Tokunaga
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
Dir. Toshiya Fujita · With Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of danger and intrigue after he and his sexy companion are the targets of assassins hired by the ruthless Kinjo. To survive, Racine must join forces with a powerful samurai and together they will fight the force of evil in an awesome battle rooted in centuries of brutal conflict.
Dir. J.F. Lawton · With Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Yoshio Harada