Person
Masato Harada
Directing · 1949–2025 · Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone
Biography
Masato Harada is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless.
Known for
The Last Samurai
Omura
Fearless
Mita
The Spiral
Producer
Ring 2
Producer
Beat Kids
Writer
The President's Christmas Tree
Adaptation
Sekigahara
Director
Hell Dogs
Director
Bounce Ko Gals
Director
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
Filmography
- 2023Bad LandsDirector
- 2022Hell DogsDirector
- 2021Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiDirector
- 2018Killing for the ProsecutionDirector
- 2017SekigaharaDirector
- 2015The Emperor in AugustDirector
- 2015KakekomiDirector
- 2012Chronicle of My MotherDirector
- 2011Early AutumnDirector
- 2008Climber's HighDirector
- 2007The Shadow SpiritDirector
- 2007The Suicide SongDirector
- 2006FearlessMita
- 2005Beat KidsWriter
- 2005BluestockingsDirector
- 2003The Last SamuraiOmura
- 2002The Choice of HerculesDirector
- 2001InugamiDirector
- 1999Jubaku: SpellboundDirector
- 1999Ring 2Producer
- 1998The SpiralProducer
- 1997Bounce Ko GalsDirector
- 1996The President's Christmas TreeAdaptation
- 1996Rowing ThroughDirector
- 1995Trouble-ShootersDirector
- 1995Kamikaze TaxiDirector
- 1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical EditionDirector
- 1992Tuff Part V - Killing AnthologyDirector
- 1991Tuff Part IV - Harvest of BloodDirector
- 1991Tuff Part III - Business KillingDirector
- 1991Tuff Part II - RevengeScreenplay
- 1990Monster Heaven: Ghost HeroWriter
- 1990Tuff Part I - OriginDirector
- 1989GunhedDirector
- 1987The Heartbreak YakuzaDirector
- 1986Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!Screenplay
- 1986Paris/Dakar 1500Director
- 1985Terra Warrior Ψ BOYWriter
- 1985Out of FocusDirector
- 1984Windy StoryDirector
- 1979Goodbye, FlickmaniaDirector
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