Biography
Harumi Sone was born on 5 September 1937 in Osaka, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for The Shogun Assassins (1979), Gozu (2003) and Message from Space (1978). He died on 16 June 2016 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Jingi no Harawata 2
2016
Newly appointed 7th-generation head of the Takematsu Union’s Kurumaya faction, Atsumi Toraji (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), recklessly squanders drug money on par...

Jingi no Harawata
2016
The Kanto Mutsumo-kai, one of Japan's foremost gangster organisations, is under the dictatorship of Sugo, the third president of the Ryujin clan, and ...

Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World
2015
The fate of Tokugawa’s world hangs in the balance as Yagyu Jubei is sent on a mission to discover what happened to 10 of the shogun’s spies that never...

Gokudo no Ane
2014

Blood
2009
Police Detective Hoshino (Kanji Tsuda) investigates the murder of a maid at a mansion belonging to Miyako Rozmberk (Sugimoto), a seductive vampire mis...

Sorrowful Hitman
2008
A Hitman must protect a 15-year-old girl

Emperor of the Underworld The Man Called Capone
2008
2008 Original Video.

The Successful Businessmen Handbook: Leadership Skills You Can Learn from the Yakuza
2007
The strength or weakness of an organization lies in the hands of its boss. In the unforgiving world of the yakuza, where leadership is relentlessly te...

Like a Dragon: Prologue
2006
as Sohei Dojima
In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama'...

Tokyo Zombie
2005
as Maasan
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the ...

Izo
2004
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Inst...

Big Time Gambling Boss
2004

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
2004
With the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the friendship between a man who gambles and a man who lives in the...

Gozu
2003
as Innkeeper's Brother
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, pro...

Gozu
2003
Producer
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, pro...

Yakuza Demon
2003
Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the...

Okite
2003
Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.

Graveyard of Honor
2002
as Ryuuzô Fukui
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Agitator
2001
as Gôzô Shirane
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retal...

Another Battle
2000
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with...

No Mercy Dog
1998
Ambition Without Honor 2
1997
as Iwasaki
Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable...
Ambition Without Honor 2
1997
Producer
Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable...

Ambition Without Honor
1996
as Leader of Tamazawa clan
Seventeen year old Tetsuya kills the boss of a rival gang with the promise of being made. After seven years of prison, he discovers that he is all but...

Ambition Without Honor
1996
Producer
Seventeen year old Tetsuya kills the boss of a rival gang with the promise of being made. After seven years of prison, he discovers that he is all but...

New Third Gangster II
1996
Soma goes to Masakis allowed back to his former gang, led by Takeda who asked for his help since he had problems controlling their own men. But one fe...

New Third Gangster
1996
When Masaki find themselves at a bar owned by his friend Akemi and ponder the recent strange happenings. He later accepted a proposal from his old riv...

Emperor of Upheaval
1993
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.

Yakuza Ladies Revisited
1991
The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.

Estate Inheritance
1990
The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family member...

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's...
A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword
1984
The second installment of the special drama "Kawaiteshimau" features Masakazu Tamura playing the role of "Udege Shujo," the official taster for the sh...

Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
as Hinoue Miyaroku
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Sh...

Fall Guy
1982
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a...

Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “spec...

The Shogun Assassins
1979
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a gro...

The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
as Torii
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the reve...

Winter's Flower
1978
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself ...

The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1978
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainla...

Message from Space
1978
as Lazare
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaib...

Shogun's Samurai
1978
as Ronin
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the sho...

Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasak...

Japan's Don
1977
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Yakuza Graveyard
1976
as Katsugi Kanai
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own...

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constan...

Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother,...

Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Green Lovers
1975
Pinku from 1975.

Gambling Den Heist
1975
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

Cops vs. Thugs
1975
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the ac...

Wolf Guy
1975
as Arai
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...

Graveyard of Honor
1975
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.

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.

Code of Wolves
1974
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Third Generation Boss
1974
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.

The Karate Man and the Spy
1974
In the beginning of the World War I in 1914, Japan is being invaded spies from Russia and Germany. To eliminate the spies the army hires Sakuragi, a f...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Chino Miyoji
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in thei...

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.

The Tattooed Hitman
1974
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody ...

Jeans Blues: No Future
1974
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends...

Woman Mobsters
1974
Bank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the three, only one manages to avoid capture. Yoko, a female ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Toshio Ueda
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new di...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Toshio Ueda
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new frien...

Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973
as Kenichi Mishima
Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
Part 5 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Shuji Yano
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

Henshin Ninja Arashi: The Movie
1972
as Skeleton Maru
During the Edo period, Henshin Ninja Arashi and his allies fight for peace. (extended version of episode 6 of the TV series)

The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buyin...

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
1972
A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.

The Man
1971
Japanese movie.

King of Pornography
1971
Dumb Tatsuo Umemiya / Shingo Yamashiro comedy about a young bloke whose dick grows to inhuman dimensions (obviously a role tailor made for star Umemiy...

Kanto Drifter
1971
Young man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss of his former gang.

Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
as Gunshot
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

The Swindlers
1970
Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970
Rika is released from girls detention school and then winds up at a lounge bar where she finds her other classmates working. This lounge bar is run by...

Melody of Rebellion
1970
as Takezawa
The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a den...

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
1970
In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behin...

Showdown in Gangland
1970
Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.

Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat"
1969
Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.

The Bad Guy Blues
1969
A story about club hostesses in Osaka.

Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
as Taki
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is ta...

The Bad Boss 3
1969
A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.

Nagasaki Blues
1969
Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by Mina Aoe.

Quick-draw Okatsu
1969
as Jinkuro
This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of h...

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken ...

Rogue
1968
as Murai
Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pai...

Wicked Priest
1968
During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One of these factions was led by the Chief ...

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schoo...

Prison Boss
1968
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.

The Domain: Severed Relations
1968
The Domain: Severed Relations

Gambler's Farewell
1968
as Isao
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

Big Time Gambling Boss
1968
as Iwakichi Mizutani
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the off...

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967
Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.

Organized Violence II
1967
as Man with Black Glasses

Dissolution Rites
1967
as Nishimura
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Ko...

Kingdom of Samurai
1966

Rub Out the Past
1966
as Sakazaki
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
1966
The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro o...

Continental Drifter
1966
Japanese crime film.

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
1966
Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Code Between Brothers
1966
Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road.

Blood of Revenge
1965
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and ...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.

The Gambler
1965
A crime film released in 1965

The Boss
1965
Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is o...

Giant Rumble
1964
In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home t...

Gambler
1964
as Ginji
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but...

Orders from Hell
1964

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
1963
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and...

Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent stor...

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era...

Song of Yakuza
1963
A low ranking yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the yakuza work falls in love with a pretty student girl, whose brother later gets ...

League of Gangsters
1963
as Shiga
A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating a new gang and attempts to pull off a huge ransom ...

Duel of the Underworld
1963

Judo Life
1963
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo...

The Big Boss
1963
A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka,...

Gang and G-Men Part 2
1963
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962
1962 Japanese movie

Operation Diamond
1962

Gang vs. G-Men
1962
as Goro Ishihara
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

Hell's Kitchen
1962

Nerai uchi buraikan
1962
1962 Japanese movie

I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
1962
1962 Japanese movie

The Sentencer
1962
A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.

Gang vs. Gang
1962
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his form...

Shimmering Sword
1962

Zankokuna tsuki
1962
1962 Japanese movie

The Bandits
1962
Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

All Rascals
1962
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to wor...

South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
1962 Japanese movie

Greed in Broad Daylight
1961
as Saburo
After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.

The Yellow Climate
1961
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Police Precinct Part 17
1961
as Ichiro Kawasaki
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before,...

Police Precinct Part 17
1961
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before,...

Man with the Funky Hat
1961
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends ge...

Flower, Storm and Gangster
1961
as 'Whisper'
A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1961
as Tetsu
The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a pl...

Devotion to Railway
1960
as Sabu
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

遙かなる母の顔
1960

The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
as Wu
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Won't Stand for Dying
1960
as Kira
The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor of...

Secret
1960

Delinquent Angel
1960
One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown
1960
The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand
1960
The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Speed Crazy
1959
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
1959
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argum...

Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes ...