{{Short description|Japanese actor (1940–2011)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = 150px | name = Yoshio Harada | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|2|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo, Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|7|19|1940|2|29|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110719p2g00m0dm098000c.html |title=Veteran actor Harada dies at 71 - the Mainichi Daily News |access-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719224226/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110719p2g00m0dm098000c.html |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}. Mdn.mainichi.jp (19 July 2011). Retrieved 2011-08-01.</ref> | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | other_names = | height = {{height|cm=175}} | years_active = 1967–2011 | spouse = | website = | occupation = Actor | module = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes | kanji = 原田 芳雄 | romaji = Harada Yoshio | hiragana = はらだ よしお }} }}
{{nihongo|'''Yoshio Harada'''|原田 芳雄|Harada Yoshio|29 February 1940 – 19 July 2011}} was a Japanese actor and singer,<ref name="eiga">{{cite web |title=原田芳雄：プロフィール・作品情報・最新ニュース - 映画.com |url=https://eiga.com/person/56792/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=Eiga.com |language=Japanese}}</ref> known for his portrayals of rugged and complex [[antihero]]es.<ref name="Variety" /> He received a variety of accolades, including a [[Japan Academy Film Prize]], two [[Blue Ribbon Awards]], two [[Hochi Film Awards]], and five [[Kinema Junpo Awards]].
Harada also was a [[Blues|blues musician]], releasing a number of records throughout his career.
==Life and career== Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the [[Haiyuza Theatre Company]] in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen"<ref name=TG>{{cite web|title=Actor Harada Yoshio dies at 71|url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/actor-harada-yoshio-dies-at-71|work=Tokyograph|access-date=26 July 2011|date=19 July 2011}}</ref> and his film debut in 1968 with ''Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru''.<ref name=kotobank>{{cite web|title=Harada Yoshio|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8E%9F%E7%94%B0%E8%8A%B3%E9%9B%84|work=Nihon eiga daijiten+Plus|publisher=Kōdansha|access-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> He came to fame appearing in New Action films at [[Nikkatsu]] playing youthful rebels.<ref name=Variety>{{cite web|last=Schilling|first=Mark|title=Actor Yoshio Harada dies at 71|url=https://variety.com/2011/scene/news/actor-yoshio-harada-dies-at-71-1118040125/|work=Variety|access-date=22 July 2011|date=19 July 2011}}</ref> Among his features for Nikkatsu was the 1971 exploitation film, ''Stray Cat Rock: Crazy Riders '71'' (aka ''Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71'') for director [[Toshiya Fujita (director)|Toshiya Fujita]] where he played the son of a [[yakuza]] boss.<ref>{{cite book |last=Weisser|first=Thomas|author2=Yuko Mihara Weisser |title=Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films|url=https://archive.org/details/japanesecinemaen00weis|url-access=limited|year=1998|publisher=Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications|location=Miami|isbn=1-889288-52-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/japanesecinemaen00weis/page/n42 41]–42}}</ref>
Leaving the Haiyūza in 1971,<ref name=TG /> he appeared in films made by many directors, including [[Seijun Suzuki]], [[Shūji Terayama]], [[Azuma Morisaki]], [[Kihachi Okamoto]], [[Rokurō Mochizuki]], [[Jun Ichikawa]], [[Hirokazu Koreeda]] and [[Kōji 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]].<ref name=Variety /> 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."<ref name=Variety /> Harada also appeared in many television dramas.<ref name=TG />
== Honours == *[[Medals of Honor (Japan)|Medal with Purple Ribbon]] (2003) *[[Order of the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette]] (2011)
==Death== He died on 19 July 2011 from [[colorectal cancer]]. His last starring film was ''[[Someday (2011 film)|Someday]]'', and it was at a press conference for that film on 11 July that he made his last public appearance.<ref name=TG />
==Selected filmography== ===Film=== {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''Fukushū no Uta ga Kikoeru'' (1968) * ''Hangyaku no Melody'' (1970) – Tetsu Tsukada * ''[[Shinjuku Outlaw: Step On the Gas]]'' (1970) * ''Nora-neko rokku: Bôsô shûdan '71'' (1971) – Pirania * ''[[Kantō Exile]]'' (1971) * ''Hachigatsu no nureta suna'' (1971) – Priest * ''Kanto Kanbu-kai'' (1971) * ''Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi'' (1972–1973, part 1-3) – Jokichi of Mikogami * ''Akai tori nigeta?'' (1973) – Hiroshi Bando * ''[[Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance]]'' (1974) – Shusuke Tokunaga * ''[[Ryoma Ansatsu]]'' (1974) – Ryoma Sakamoto * ''[[Pastoral: To Die in the Country]]'' (1974) – Arashi * ''[[Preparation for the Festival]]'' (1975) – Toshihiro Nakajima * ''Yasagure Keiji'' (1976) * ''[[Kimi yo funnu no kawa wo watare]]'' (1976) – Detective Yamura * ''Yasagure deka'' (1976) * ''Han gyakû no tabi'' (1976) * ''[[A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness]]'' (1977) – Mr. Miyake * ''[[Ballad of Orin]]'' (1977) – Big Man * ''[[Shogun's Samurai]]'' (1978) – Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player) * ''Genshiryoku sensô'' (1978) – Sakata * ''Inubue'' (1978) – Kanji Mitsueda * ''Orenji Rôdo kyûkô'' (1978) * ''Mahiru nari'' (1978) – Man * ''Yorû gaku zuretâ'' (1978) * ''[[Hunter in the Dark (film)|Hunter in the Dark]]'' (1979) – Yataro Tanigawa * ''Ana no kiba'' (1979) * ''[[Zigeunerweisen (film)|Zigeunerweisen]]'' (1980) – Nakasago * ''[[Yūgure made]]'' (1980) – Restaurant owner * ''[[Disciples of Hippocrates]]'' (1980) – Tokumatsu * ''Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri'' (1980) – Eisuke Misaki * ''Slow na boogie ni shitekure'' (1981) – Teruo Miyazato * ''[[Kagero-za]]'' (1981) – Wada * ''Mizu no nai puuru'' (1982) – Owner * ''Tattoo Ari'' (1982) * ''[[Manji (film)|Manji]]'' (1983) – Takeshi Kakeuchi * ''Namidabashi'' (1983) – Shuzo * ''Sukanpin walk'' (1984) – Tsutomu yahagi * ''Umitsubame Jyo no kiseki'' (1984) – Yonamine * ''[[Farewell to the Ark]]'' (1984) – Daisaki Tokito * ''Ikiteru uchiga hana nanoyo shin-dara sore madeyo to sengen'' (1985) – Isamu Miyazato * ''Tomo yo shizukani nemure'' (1985) – Jiro Takahata * ''Tosha 1/250 Byo Out of Focus'' (1985) * ''Kyabarê'' (1986) – Shirae * ''[[Comic Magazine]]'' (1986) – Producer * ''Birî za kiddo no atarashii yoake'' (1986) – Harry Callahan * ''[[Aitsu ni Koishite]]'' * ''[[Chōchin (film)|Chōchin]]'' (1987) * ''Kono aino monogatari'' (1987) * ''Saraba itoshiki hito yo'' (1987) – Owner of Disco * ''Tomorrow – ashita'' (1988) – Yamaguchi * ''Hotaru'' (1989) – Hashimoto * ''Yumemi-dôri no hitobito'' (1989) * ''Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon'' (1989) – Yoshimoto * ''Shucchou'' (1989) * ''[[Dotsuitarunen]]'' (1989) – Makio Sajima * ''Kiss yori kantan'' (1989) * ''Ronin-gai'' (1990) – Gen'nai Aramaki * ''[[Ready to Shoot]]'' (1990) – Katsuhiko Goda * ''Tekken'' (1990) * ''Shishiohtachi no natsu'' (1991) * ''Rasuto Furankenshutain'' (1991) * ''[[Yumeji]]'' (1991) – Wakiya * ''Muno no Hito'' (1991) – Homeless * ''Kiss yori kantan 2: hyoryuhen'' (1991) * ''[[The Triple Cross]]'' (1992) – Noji * ''Netorare Sosuke'' (1992) – Sosuke Kitamura * ''Singapore Sling'' (1993) * ''[[Rampo (film)|Rampo]]'' (1994) – Big Star * ''[[The Hunted (1995 film)|The Hunted]]'' (1995) – Takeda Sensei * ''The Girl of Silence'' (1995) – Shizuo Tanaka * ''Umihoozuki'' (1995) * ''Nemureru bijo'' (1995) – Yoshio Eguchi * ''Kagerô II'' (1996) – Susumu Sawada * ''[[Onibi (film)|Onibi]]'' (1997) – Noriyuki Kunihiro * ''Koi gokudo'' (1997) * ''[[The Story of PuPu]]'' (1998) * ''Big show! Hawaii ni utaeba'' (1999) – Tashiro * ''Anaza hevun'' (2000) – Detective Tobitaka * ''Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa'' (2000) – Kyushiro * ''Suri'' (2000) * ''[[Party 7]]'' (2000) – Captain Banana * ''[[KT (film)|KT]]'' (2002) – Akikazu Kamikawa * ''Onna kunishuu ikki'' (2002) * ''Kyoki no sakura'' (2002) – Aota Shuzo * ''Utsukushii natsu kirishima'' (2002) – Shigenori Hidaka * ''[[Azumi (film)|Azumi]]'' (2003) – Gessai Obata * ''[[9 Souls]]'' (2003) – Torakichi Hasegawa<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/9-souls/|title= 9 Souls|author= Tom Mes|date= 4 September 2003|access-date= 2 September 2014|work= Midnight Eye}}</ref> * ''Shôwa kayô daizenshû'' (2003) – Hirota – the Shop Owner in Gunma * ''Kantoku kansen'' (2003) * ''Tengoku no honya – koibi'' (2004) – Yamaki * ''[[The Face of Jizo (film)|The Face of Jizo]]'' (2004) – Takezou * ''[[Izo]]'' (2004) * ''[[Heaven's Bookstore]]'' (2004) – Mamoru Ohama * ''[[Drawing Restraint 9]]'' (2005) – Flensing Deck Crew * ''[[Azumi 2]]'' (2005) * ''Aegis'' (2005) – Koichiro Kajimoto * ''[[Gigolo Wannabe|Uôtâzu]]'' (2006) – Owner * ''[[Hana (film)|Hana]]'' (2006) – Junai Onodera * ''[[Nightmare Detective]]'' (2006) – Keizo Oishi * ''Nippon no jitensha dorobô'' (2006) * ''[[Dororo (film)|Dororo]]'' (2007) – Jukai * ''Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi'' (2007) – (voice) * ''Orion-za kara no shôtaijô'' (2007) – Tomekichi Senba – old * ''Little DJ: Chiisana koi no monogatari'' (2007) – Yuji Takasaki * ''Tamio no shiawase'' (2008) – Nobuo Kanzaki * ''[[Still Walking (film)|Still Walking]]'' (2008) – Kyohei Yokoyama * ''Hotaru no haka'' (2008) – Maichi Kaicho of Nishimiya * ''Ultra Miracle Love Story'' (2009) – Dr. Misawa * ''Ôgonka: Hisureba hana, shisureba chô'' (2009) * ''[[Zatoichi: The Last]]'' (2010) – Genkichi * ''Rosuto kuraimu: Senkô'' (2010) * ''[[I Wish (film)|I Wish]]'' (2011) – Wataru (Grandfather's Friend) * ''[[Someday (2011 film)|Someday]]'' (2011) – Yoshi Kazamatsuri (final film role) {{div col end}}
===Television=== * ''[[Haru no Sakamichi (TV series)|Haru no Sakamichi]]'' (1971) – [[Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi]] * ''[[Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun]]'' (1975–1976) * ''[[Natsu ni Koisuru Onnatachi]]'' (1983) – Daisuke Mizushima * ''[[Seibu Keisatsu]] PART-III Final Special Daimon Dies! Men Forever'' (1984) --Reiji Fujisaki * ''[[Dokuganryū Masamune]]'' (1987) – [[Mogami Yoshiaki]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/87-taiga.html|title= 独眼竜政宗|access-date= 4 December 2024|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> * ''[[Suna no Utsuwa (TV series)|Suna no Utsuwa]]'' (2004) - Chiyokichi Motoura * ''[[Fumō Chitai|The Waste Land]]'' (2009) – Ichizō Daimon<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000005171/cast/|title= 不毛地帯の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 4 December 2024|website= The Television|language=ja}}</ref> * ''[[Hi no Sakana]]'' (2009) – Shozō Murata * ''[[Kokosei Restaurant]]'' (2011) – Sadatoshi Muraki
== Awards and nominations == A veteran of over 80 films, Harada won the best actor award at the 1990 [[Blue Ribbon Awards]] for ''[[Ronin-gai]]'' and ''[[Ware ni Utsu Yōi Ari]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burū Ribon Shō historī 1990 |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1990/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610214752/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1990/ |archive-date=10 June 2012 |access-date=22 July 2011 |work=Cinema Hochi}}</ref> He had earlier won the Blue Ribbon best supporting actor prize in 1975 for ''Matsuri no junbi''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burū Ribon Shō historī 1975 |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1975/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610214825/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1975/ |archive-date=10 June 2012 |access-date=22 July 2011 |work=Cinema Hochi}}</ref> He also won the best actor prize at the [[Mainichi Film Awards]] in 1997 for ''[[Onibi (film)|Onibi]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Mainichi Film Award Winners {{sic|5|2th|nolink=y}} |url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/cinema/mfa/etc/history/52.html |access-date=10 February 2012 |work=Mainichi Film Awards}}</ref> and the [[Hochi Film Award]] for best supporting actor in 1989 for ''[[Dotsuitarunen]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hōchi Eiga Shō historī 1989 |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1989/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131125719/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1989/ |archive-date=31 January 2009 |access-date=22 July 2011 |work=Cinema Hochi}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:第１１回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８９年日本映画個人賞 |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/11-1989/11_1989_shou.html |access-date=13 December 2010 |publisher=Yokohama Film Festival |language=ja}}</ref>
He received a [[Medals of Honor (Japan)#Purple ribbon|Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon]] from the Japanese government in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2003 |title=Toaku Yukio-san ra 810-nin |url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/200304/CN2003042701000124.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326193755/http://www.47news.jp/CN/200304/CN2003042701000124.html |archive-date=26 March 2012 |access-date=22 July 2011 |work=47 News}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Japan|Film}} * {{IMDb name|id=0361757}} * {{jmdb name|id=0098050}}
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