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Masato Harada

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1949-07-03

2025-12-08

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.

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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.

Best known for:

Filmography:

Goodbye, Flickmania poster

Goodbye, Flickmania(1979)

Director, Screenplay

Windy Story poster

Windy Story(1984)

Writer, Director

Terra Warrior Ψ BOY poster

Terra Warrior Ψ BOY(1985)

Writer

Out of Focus poster

Out of Focus(1985)

Director

Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis! poster

Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!(1986)

Screenplay, Director

Paris/Dakar 1500 poster

Paris/Dakar 1500(1986)

Director, Writer

The Heartbreak Yakuza poster

The Heartbreak Yakuza(1987)

Director, Screenplay

Gunhed poster

Gunhed(1989)

Director, Screenplay

Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero poster

Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero(1990)

Writer

Tuff Part I - Origin poster

Tuff Part I - Origin(1990)

Director, Screenplay

Tuff Part II - Revenge poster

Tuff Part II - Revenge(1991)

Screenplay

Tuff Part III - Business Killing poster

Tuff Part III - Business Killing(1991)

Director, Screenplay

Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood poster

Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood(1991)

Screenplay, Director

Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology poster

Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology(1992)

Director, Screenplay

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition poster

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition(1994)

Director, Writer, Producer

Kamikaze Taxi poster

Kamikaze Taxi(1995)

Director, Writer

Trouble-Shooters poster

Trouble-Shooters(1995)

Director, Writer

Rowing Through poster

Rowing Through(1996)

Director

The President's Christmas Tree poster

The President's Christmas Tree(1996)

Adaptation

Bounce Ko Gals poster

Bounce Ko Gals(1997)

Director, Writer

The Spiral poster

The Spiral(1998)

Producer

Ring 2 poster

Ring 2(1999)

Producer

Jubaku: Spellbound poster

Jubaku: Spellbound(1999)

Director

Inugami poster

Inugami(2001)

Director, Writer, Screenplay

The Choice of Hercules poster

The Choice of Hercules(2002)

Director, Screenplay

The Last Samurai poster

The Last Samurai(2003)

Omura

Bluestockings poster

Bluestockings(2005)

Director, Writer

Beat Kids poster

Beat Kids(2005)

Writer

Fearless poster

Fearless(2006)

Mita

The Suicide Song poster

The Suicide Song(2007)

Director, Writer

The Shadow Spirit poster

The Shadow Spirit(2007)

Director, Writer

Climber's High poster

Climber's High(2008)

Director, Screenplay

Early Autumn poster

Early Autumn(2011)

Director, Writer

Chronicle of My Mother poster

Chronicle of My Mother(2012)

Screenplay, Director

The Emperor in August poster

The Emperor in August(2015)

Screenplay, Director

Kakekomi poster

Kakekomi(2015)

Director, Screenplay

Sekigahara poster

Sekigahara(2017)

Director, Screenplay

Killing for the Prosecution poster

Killing for the Prosecution(2018)

Director, Screenplay

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai poster

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai(2021)

Director, Screenplay

Hell Dogs poster

Hell Dogs(2022)

Director, Screenplay

Bad Lands poster

Bad Lands(2023)

Director, Producer, Screenplay