Masato Harada
Directing · Director · Writer · Producer
Born Jul 3, 1949 · Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone
Active 1979–2025 · Awards: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director
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.
Filmography
The Last Samurai (2003) — OmuraFearless (2006) — MitaRing 2 (1999) — ProducerHell Dogs (2022) — Director · ScreenplaySekigahara (2017) — Director · ScreenplayThe Spiral (1998) — ProducerBad Lands (2023) — Director · Producer · ScreenplayBounce Ko Gals (1997) — Director · WriterThe Emperor in August (2015) — Screenplay · DirectorBaragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021) — Director · ScreenplayKilling for the Prosecution (2018) — Director · ScreenplayChronicle of My Mother (2012) — Screenplay · DirectorTuff Part V - Killing Anthology (1992) — Director · ScreenplayThe Choice of Hercules (2002) — Director · ScreenplayInugami (2001) — Director · Writer · ScreenplayKakekomi (2015) — Director · ScreenplayKamikaze Taxi (1995) — Director · WriterGoodbye, Flickmania (1979) — Director · ScreenplayThe President's Christmas Tree (1996) — AdaptationParis/Dakar 1500 (1986) — Director · WriterBeat Kids (2005) — WriterClimber's High (2008) — Director · ScreenplayGunhed (1989) — Director · ScreenplayTerra Warrior Ψ BOY (1985) — Writer