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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.
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 ...
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)
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. Director: Heaven and Earth. When his father dies in 1975, Haruki was appointed president of the Kadokawa Shoten and he announced a new and ambitious plan for his company: created a new branch dedicated to produce films and impel international cinematographic adaptations of the best-seller novels and comics of the publishing branch.
Feb 8, 1991 · Heaven and Earth: Directed by Haruki Kadokawa. With Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Atsuko Asano, Naomi Zaizen. In 16th century Japan, two samurai engage in massive battles across the countryside, one attempting to conquer and the other attempting to defend his land while repressing his love for a woman after taking a vow of celibacy.
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.
