Haruki Kadokawa

Kadokawa Haruki

  • Name: Kadokawa Haruki
  • Native name: 角川春樹
  • Also Known as: かどかわ はるき
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: January 8, 1942
  • Age: 82
Kadokawa Haruki is a Japanese publisher, film producer, director, and screenwriter. He was the son of Genyoshi Kadokawa and inherited the position of president of the publishing house Kadokawa Shoten in 1975. Under his guidance, the company soon branched into film production, and by 1994 Kadokawa had produced close to 60 films, many of them box-office hits. After being forced to resign from Kadokawa Shoten in 1994 due to a smuggling conviction, he established another company, Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, that has also been involved in the publishing and film production industries.

Haruki's father was Kadokawa Genyoshi, the founder of the Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Shoten. After graduating from high school, Haruki was accepted into the literature department of Waseda University. However, with his father's influence, he was enrolled in Kokugakuin University instead. Haruki graduated in 1964 with a degree in literature and joined his father's company the next year.

In 1993, Kadokawa was accused of instructing photographer Ikeda Takeshi, a close aide, to smuggle cocaine from the United States on several occasions. He was charged with smuggling and embezzling money from his company in order to fund drug purchases. While Kadokawa continued to argue his innocence throughout the ordeal, in September 1994 he was convicted and handed a four-year prison sentence, of which he ended up serving two and a half years.

Due to the "moral embarrassment" regarding the incident the film Rex: A Dinosaur's Story, a 1993 summer blockbuster directed by Kadokawa, was pulled from theaters by Kadokawa's production company and its distribution partner, Shochiku Company. Kadokawa himself was forced to resign from Kadokawa Shoten. The new president was Haruki's younger brother Tsuguhiko, who had previously been forced out of the company in favor of Haruki's son Taro.

In 1995, Kadokawa started the Kadokawa Haruki Corporation and continued in the publishing business by purchasing the teen magazine Popteen from his old company Kadokawa Shoten. In 2005, after more than a decade away from the business, Kadokawa returned to producing films with the World War II epic Yamato.

Throughout his career, Kadokawa has earned a reputation for flamboyancy, not all of which stems from his large scale films and their advertising campaigns. In 1974, he built his own Shinto shrine and conducted monthly rituals there. He wrote critically praised haiku and tanka poetry that was published in poetry magazines, a hobby he continued while incarcerated. In 1991, Kadokawa finished building a full-size replica of Christopher Columbus' flagship Santa Maria, which sailed from Barcelona to Japan, with Kadokawa initially at the helm.

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Director
Year Title Type Rating
1986 Cabaret
Movie
8.0
1984 Curtain Call
Movie
7.8
1982 The Last Hero
Movie
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2020 Mio's Cookbook
Movie
7.7
2009 The Laughing Policeman
Movie
3.0
1997 The Girl Who Runs Through Time
Movie
7.5
1993 Rex: Dinosaur Story
Movie
7.0
1990 Heaven and Earth
Movie
7.3
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
2008 God's Puzzle
Movie
7.0
1985 Early Spring Story
Movie
6.6
1984 The Island Closest To Heaven
Movie
7.0
1984 Itsuka Dareka ga Korosareru
Movie
6.4
1979 Dead Angle
Movie
2.0
Executive Producer
Year Title Type Rating
1991 Bakumatsu Junjoden
Movie
4.0
1984 Tragedy of W
Movie
7.6
1983 The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
Movie
7.0
1982 Fossilized Wilderness
Movie
0.0
1981 Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Movie
6.8
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1982 Fossilized Wilderness
Japanese Movie, 1982,
Reporter Fujisawa (Support Role)
Reporter Fujisawa
Support Role
0.0
1981 Samurai Reincarnation
Japanese Movie, 1981,
Itakura Naizennokami Shigemasa (Support Role)
Itakura Naizennokami Shigemasa
Support Role
7.1
1980 Virus
Japanese Movie, 1980,
Team member Showa Station (Support Role)
Team member Showa Station
Support Role
7.3
1978 Never Give Up
Japanese Movie, 1978,
[Self defense force captain] (Bit part)
[Self defense force captain]
Bit part
6.4
1976 The Inugami Family
Japanese Movie, 1976,
Detective Watanabe (Support Role)
Detective Watanabe
Support Role
7.0
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
1991 Kitano Fan Club
Japanese TV Show, 1991, 232 eps
[Panelist] (Regular Member)
232
[Panelist]
Regular Member
0.0
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  • First Name: Haruki
  • Family Name: Kadokawa
  • Native name: 角川春樹
  • Also Known as: かどかわ はるき
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: January 8, 1942
  • Age: 82

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