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Haruki Kadokawa (角川 春樹, Kadokawa Haruki, born January 8, 1942, in Tokyo) is a Japanese entrepreneur and filmmaker. He is the son of Genyoshi Kadokawa, the founder of the publishing company Kadokawa Shoten. He took over as president of the company in 1975 after his father's death.
In 1993 Haruki Kadokawa was charged with smuggling and embezzling money from Kadokawa Shoten to fund purchase of drugs (cocaine). He resigned from his president position at Kadokawa Shoten and eventually served two-and-half years in jail, from 2001 to 2004. Actor. G.I. Samurai | Sengoku jieitai (1979)
When publisher, producer, director and showman Haruki Kadokawa was at his controversial peak in the 1970s and '80s, the idea of a festival dedicated to his films — commercial fare typically ...
Aug 29, 1993 · Haruki KADOKAWA. 角川 春樹. Family name (in kanji): 角川. Given name (in kanji): 春樹. Date of birth: 1942-01-08. Hometown: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. Chronology: (1942-01-08) Born in Toyama Prefecture....
Haruki Kadokawa is the closest Japanese equivalent to fabled Hollywood moguls like Sam Goldwyn or Howard Hughes in their glory days as master promoters and unrepentant egotists.
Haruki Kadokawa is a producer and director. He used to be the president of major publisher Kadokawa Shoten which he inherited from his father Kadokawa Genyoshi.
From Haruki’s wildly successful entry into film production to the turn towards marketing idols and his spectacular self-promotion, Kadokawa films created the template for the postmodern, anything-goes Japanese pop culture of the 1980s.
