Yasuo Furuhata

Birthday: August 19th, 1934 Date of Death: May 20th, 2019 Place of Birth: Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Yasuo Furuhata was a Japanese film director. He was a director of Toei film company and he often worked with Ken Takakura in such films as Eki and Shin Abashiri Bangaichi. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and 31st International Film Festival of India for Poppoya. He died 20 May 2019.