Acting

Haruki Jo

Born 1946-09-08 · Fukushima, Japan

Acting credits

Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar poster
NR

17 year old naïve country girl Emiko Yamauchi has a hash wakeup call when she’s welcomed to Tokyo by a bunch of rapey hoods. Fast forward past the opening credits and we have her working in Mitsuko Mori’s Shinjuku girlie bar managed by manager/pimp Takeo Chii, who is dreaming of making it big once the plan comes together. Meanwhile she gets romantically involved with young chap Seiji Sawada who’s trying to make it as a bike racer.

Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar

1973

The leader without underwear poster
NR

Meichun (dressed in summer clothes) is a tourism operator of Yamato Travel Agency. She is a tour guide Miss, and her demeanor is very popular among male clients. Her boss, the president, was extremely satisfied with her performance and often provided sexual services as a reward afterwards.

The leader without underwear

2001

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion poster
7.1

After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

1972

The Bullet Train poster
6.9

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.

The Bullet Train

1975

A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn poster
4.8

A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law on a farm. Noriko pretends to be his long-gone favorite cow and lets him milk her—a satisfying arrangement for them both.

A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn

2003

All Under the Moon poster
6.9

A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

All Under the Moon

1993

Graveyard of Honor poster
6.2

A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Graveyard of Honor

2002

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable poster
6.8

Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

1973

Port Arthur poster
7.4

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

Port Arthur

1980

A Kamikaze Cop poster
5.8

An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.

A Kamikaze Cop

1970

Graveyard of Honor poster
6.7

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Graveyard of Honor

1975

Violent Fraternity poster
8.0

Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.

Violent Fraternity

1974

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse poster
5.8

A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife.

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse

1975

Big Bad Wolf poster
NR

1973 Toei film.

Big Bad Wolf

1973

Wolf Guy poster
5.8

Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.

Wolf Guy

1975

Heaven Station poster
8.8

From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo after her abusive husband is murdered.

Heaven Station

1984

Dosukebe bôzu: Bishimai itadakimasu poster
2.0

Saimon married Saeko, whose family runs a temple, and became an adopted son-in-law. After his father-in-law's death, he became the head priest, but life was difficult, and he eventually ran away. One day, Saimon saves a woman, Misa, who is attempting suicide by a riverbank. When he takes her home, Misa and her younger sister, Eri, tell him that they have been scammed by a dishonest renovation company and are being charged an exorbitant amount. Attracted by the beautiful sisters, Saimon decides to help them. Meanwhile, Saeko is desperately searching for Saimon...

Dosukebe bôzu: Bishimai itadakimasu

2005

Emperor of Evil poster
NR

This film, directed by Banmei Takahashi, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Atsushi Mizoguchi. It depicts the love-hate relationship between an older brother who tries to live an honest life and a younger brother who tries to return to the world of crime. Shigetoku, the younger brother who made a name for himself in the yakuza group "Toryu-kai" alongside his older brother Atsuhiko, is arrested after a conflict with a rival organization. Eight years later, Shigetoku returns to Atsuhiko, who has gone straight, but Shigetoku shows resentment towards Atsuhiko's lifestyle.

Emperor of Evil

1994

The Executioner poster
6.6

Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.

The Executioner

1974

Violent Streets poster
6.7

With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.

Violent Streets

1974

Battle Anthem poster
7.7

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

Battle Anthem

1983

Niizuma no nedoko: Maiban kanjichau poster
NR

Pink film distributed by Okura Pictures.

Niizuma no nedoko: Maiban kanjichau

2007

No artwork available
2.0

Kumiko repeatedly attempted suicide by faking it, in order to test her husband Shiro's love. Yusaku, Shiro's mentor and the owner of a martial arts dojo, harbors feelings for Kumiko. Makoto, the only student at the dojo, secretly loves Yusaku. When Kumiko unexpectedly ends up living with Yusaku, she is tormented by the jealous Makoto.

Hitozuma inmon zeme

2002

Festival Champ poster
5.3

Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man.

Festival Champ

1976