Log in

Directing

Yoshiharu Ueoka

Died April 10, 2022

Yoshiharu Ueoka produced a number of independent 8mm films in the Kansai region at the end of the 1970s, and also directed a theatrical release, The Whispering of Spirits. His films were deeply intertwined with the Kansai subculture scene of the time and created a one-of-a-kind world in which manga artist Michio Hisauchi and cult queen Alice Saylor played angels and demons. The film will be screen…

Known For

Apartment Wife '98: Dangerous EcstasyApartment Wife '98: Dangerous Ecstasy · 1998
Apartment Wife '98: Dangerous Ecstasy
★ 6.01998
MovieDrama
When a married woman (Yuki) living in a large housing complex is tracked down by a dangerous lover from her past (Saito), her peaceful life unravels into a web of taboo encounters, voyeuristic neighbors, and hidden infidelities.
Tokyo: The Last WarTokyo: The Last War · 1989
Tokyo: The Last War
★ 6.31989
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
In 1945, after the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government consults spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the war. Unfortunately, the souls' resentment and agony of the victims culminate together to revive the evil Onmyoji, Yasunori Kato. Only a young, psychically imbued priests' apprentice will dare fight the evil magician.
Look of LoveLook of Love · 2005
Look of Love
★ 7.02005
Movie
A young man is unable to have relations with the girls he likes. A pimp meets him after having a strange experience and they are althogether on a bizarre ride through a gloomy and disconnected Tokyo.
The IllusionistThe Illusionist · 1985
The Illusionist
1985
Movie
From the day a stranger falls from a building and brings a stranger with him, the protagonist's house is covered with grass and trees and turns into a jungle.
WONDER WALLWONDER WALL · 1980
WONDER WALL
1980
Movie
The story of a serial gourd robbery murderer and the police pursuing him is interspersed with episodes from a film director whose motif is based on Ueoka himself.
ひととしっくひととしっく · 1988
ひととしっく
1988
Movie
An omnibus film directed by Ueoka, Hisauchi Michio, Kawasaki Toru and Masui Kouji, is about love in four seasons and four films, with the heroine played by Sumino Mako.
Tsuki e ikuTsuki e iku · 1988
Tsuki e iku
1988
Movie
A tragedy occurs when a man and his daughter encounter a tofu shop owner who is grieving after his wife leaves him. A collaboration between an instructor and a student at the Film School of Tokyo.
Yakuza and MutantYakuza and Mutant · 2006
Yakuza and Mutant
2006
Movie
A yakuza man who falls to the bottom of the earth and a woman he meets there get together, and 50 years later their son and daughter rise up to take revenge.

Filmography

Sort