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) - Director · ScreenplayBaragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021) - Director · ScreenplayKilling for the Prosecution (2018) - Director · ScreenplayChronicle of My Mother (2012) - Director · ScreenplayTuff 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