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Kanji Furutachi

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Kanji Furutachi at an event for Harmonium (2016)
From the director of Au Revoir L'Ete and Hospitalite, Fukada's Harmonium is an off-kilter take on that most venerable of Japanese genres - the family drama, which screened to great acclaim at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury prize.

In this slow-burn Japanese thriller Toshio invites an old acquaintance, Yasaka (just released from prison) to come and live with his family. Toshio lives above the small workshop that he owns with his wife, Akie, and their daughter, Hotaru. It is not clear why Toshio offers Yasaka a job; it doesn't seem to be out of friendship or goodwill. Akie and Hotaru are wary of the new lodger, but with his persistent charm and goodwill, Yasaka befriends Toshi's wife Akie and as Yasaka starts teaching their daughter Hotaru to play the harmonium, the family's fragile domestic bliss is forever altered. Director Koji Fukada is a master of incremental development, drawing the audience into the unfolding outcome.

Harmonium is set to receive its UK premiere as part of the first London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) on 24 October 2016, ahead of further screenings as part of the Cambridge Film Festival (27 Oct 2016), Bath Film Festival (7 Nov 2016) and the Leeds International Film Festival (5,8 & 10 Nov 2016), before being released in selected cinemas nationwide (UK & Ireland) on 5 May 2017.  

Harmonium will later be released as part of Eureka's Award-winning Masters of Cinema Series in 2017.
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Kanji Furutachi was born in Osaka Japan. He is an actor known for Harmonium (2016), directed by Koji Fukada, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. His recent appearances includes Idaten (2019), From Miyamoto to You (2019) and Kyoukaishi (2018). His many film appearances include Hospitalité and My Back Page (for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Takasaki Film Festival and the Best New Comer Award at the Tama Cinema Forum). He studied acting with Uta Hagen, Carol Rosenfeld, and many others at HB Studio in New York City.
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    Annette
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    Ryo Nishikido and Eiji Akaso in Re: Revenge: Yokubou no Hate ni (2024)
    Re: Revenge: Yokubou no Hate ni
    6.4
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    • Tetsuya Ogasawara
    After the Storm (2016)
    After the Storm
    7.4
    • Actor
    • 2016
    Shun Oguri and Gen Hoshino in The Voice of Sin (2020)
    The Voice of Sin
    6.6
    • Masao Torii
    • 2020

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    • The Deadline
      • Yuuji Tanaka
      • Completed



    • Tôsô (2025)
      Tôsô
      • Satoshi Kirishima
      • 2025
    • Takako Matsu, Joo Jong-hyuk, Mikako Tabe, Gen Hoshino, and Tôri Matsuzaka in Surou Torein (2025)
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      7.2
      TV Movie
      • 2025
    • Ravens (2024)
      Ravens
      8.0
      • Sukezõ Fukase
      • 2024
    • Announcertachi no Senso (2024)
      Announcertachi no Senso
      • Norizo Matsuchi
      • 2024
    • Ryo Nishikido and Eiji Akaso in Re: Revenge: Yokubou no Hate ni (2024)
      Re: Revenge: Yokubou no Hate ni
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Tetsuya Ogasawara
      • 2024
    • Seven Orifices (2024)
      Seven Orifices
      5.0
      TV Series
      • 2024
    • Hotsureru (2023)
      Hotsureru
      5.8
      • 2023
    • Kazoku Dakara Aishitan Janakute, Aishita no ga Kazoku Datta
      TV Series
      • 2023
    • Japanese Style (2022)
      Japanese Style
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Daisuke Takagi
      • 2022
    • First Love (2022)
      First Love
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Mamoru Nasuda
      • 2022
    • Masaomi Kondô, Kanji Furutachi, and Fumino Kimura in Chokotto Kyoto ni Sundemita (2022)
      Chokotto Kyoto ni Sundemita
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • 2022
    • Naomi Claire, Akira Sasamoto, Mary Clare Allen, and Jason Danielson in Eigo de Asobo with Orton (2017)
      Eigo de Asobo with Orton
      TV Series
      • Kanji
      • 2020–2022
    • Anime Supremacy! (2022)
      Anime Supremacy!
      6.7
      • Koshigaya
      • 2022
    • Pretenders (2021)
      Pretenders
      • 2021
    • Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver in Annette (2021)
      Annette
      6.3
      • Doctor
      • 2021

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    • Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver in Annette (2021)
      Annette
      6.3
      • performer: "She's Out of this World!"
      • 2021

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      • 1968
      • Sakai, Japan

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