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Masato Harada

Director

Masato Harada

Born July 3, 1949Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, GiapponeDied December 8, 2025

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

Ring 2

1999 · 28 · Movie

The Spiral

1998 · 5.2 · Movie

Hell Dogs

2022 · 6.7 · Movie

Sekigahara

2017 · 6.3 · Movie

Inugami

2001 · 6.0 · Movie

Gunhed

1989 · 5.3 · Movie

Bad Lands

2023 · 6.0 · Movie

Bounce Ko Gals

1997 · 55 · Movie

Killing for the Prosecution

2018 · 6.3 · Movie

The Emperor in August

2015 · 6.6 · Movie

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

2021 · 6.3 · Movie

Chronicle of My Mother

2012 · 7.2 · Movie

Filmography

Bad Lands

2023 · Screenplay, Director, Producer

Hell Dogs

2022 · Director, Screenplay

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

2021 · Director, Screenplay

Killing for the Prosecution

2018 · Director, Screenplay

Sekigahara

2017 · Director, Screenplay

The Emperor in August

2015 · Screenplay, Director

Kakekomi

2015 · Director, Screenplay

Chronicle of My Mother

2012 · Director, Screenplay

Early Autumn

2011 · Director, Writer

Climber's High

2008 · Director, Screenplay

The Shadow Spirit

2007 · Director, Writer

The Suicide Song

2007 · Writer, Director

Beat Kids

2005 · Writer

Bluestockings

2005 · Writer, Director

The Choice of Hercules

2002 · Director, Screenplay

Inugami

2001 · Writer, Director, Screenplay

Jubaku: Spellbound

1999 · Director

Ring 2

1999 · Producer

The Spiral

1998 · Producer

Bounce Ko Gals

1997 · Director, Writer

The President's Christmas Tree

1996 · Adaptation

Rowing Through

1996 · Director

Trouble-Shooters

1995 · Director, Writer

Kamikaze Taxi

1995 · Director, Writer

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

1994 · Director, Writer, Producer

Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology

1992 · Director, Screenplay

Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood

1991 · Director, Screenplay

Tuff Part III - Business Killing

1991 · Director, Screenplay

Tuff Part II - Revenge

1991 · Screenplay

Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero

1990 · Writer

Tuff Part I - Origin

1990 · Director, Screenplay

Gunhed

1989 · Director, Screenplay

The Heartbreak Yakuza

1987 · Director, Screenplay

Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!

1986 · Screenplay, Director

Paris/Dakar 1500

1986 · Writer, Director

Terra Warrior Ψ BOY

1985 · Writer