Masato Harada (b. 1949)

Alias:
原田眞人
原田真人

Birthplace:
Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone

Born:
July 3, 1949

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.

Additional information:

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Adaptation:
1996  The President's Christmas Tree
2008  Climber's High

Director:
1979  Goodbye, Flickmania
1984  Windy Story
1985  Out of Focus
1986  Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
1986  Paris/Dakar 1500
1987  The Heartbreak Yakuza
1989  Gunhed
1990  Tuff Part I
1991  Tuff Part III
1991  Tuff Part IV
1992  Tuff Part V
1994  The Painted Desert
1995  Kamikaze Taxi
1996  Rowing Through
1996  The President's Christmas Tree
1997  Bounce Ko Gals
1999  Jubaku: Spellbound
2001  Inugami
2002  The Choice of Hercules
2005  Bluestockings
2007  The Shadow Spirit
2007  The Suicide Song
2008  Climber's High
2012  Chronicle of My Mother
2015  Kakekomi
2015  The Emperor in August
2017  Sekigahara
2018  Killing for the Prosecution
2021  Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2022  Hell Dogs
2023  Bad Lands

Editor:
1979  Goodbye, Flickmania
1984  Windy Story
1985  Out of Focus
1986  Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
1986  Paris/Dakar 1500
1987  The Heartbreak Yakuza
1989  Gunhed
1990  Tuff Part I
1991  Tuff Part III
1991  Tuff Part IV
1992  Tuff Part V
1994  The Painted Desert
1995  Kamikaze Taxi
1996  Rowing Through
1996  The President's Christmas Tree
1997  Bounce Ko Gals
1999  Jubaku: Spellbound
2001  Inugami
2002  The Choice of Hercules
2005  Bluestockings
2007  The Shadow Spirit
2007  The Suicide Song
2008  Climber's High
2012  Chronicle of My Mother
2015  Kakekomi
2015  The Emperor in August
2017  Sekigahara
2018  Killing for the Prosecution
2021  Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2022  Hell Dogs
2023  Bad Lands

Producer:
1979  Goodbye, Flickmania
1984  Windy Story
1985  Out of Focus
1986  Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
1986  Paris/Dakar 1500
1987  The Heartbreak Yakuza
1989  Gunhed
1990  Tuff Part I
1991  Tuff Part III
1991  Tuff Part IV
1992  Tuff Part V
1994  The Painted Desert
1995  Kamikaze Taxi
1996  Rowing Through
1996  The President's Christmas Tree
1997  Bounce Ko Gals
1998  The Spiral
1999  Jubaku: Spellbound
1999  Ring 2
2001  Inugami
2002  The Choice of Hercules
2005  Bluestockings
2007  The Shadow Spirit
2007  The Suicide Song
2008  Climber's High
2012  Chronicle of My Mother
2015  Kakekomi
2015  The Emperor in August
2017  Sekigahara
2018  Killing for the Prosecution
2021  Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2022  Hell Dogs
2023  Bad Lands

Screenplay:
1979  Goodbye, Flickmania
1984  Windy Story
1985  Out of Focus
1986  Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
1986  Paris/Dakar 1500
1987  The Heartbreak Yakuza
1989  Gunhed
1990  Tuff Part I
1991  Tuff Part II
1991  Tuff Part III
1991  Tuff Part IV
1992  Tuff Part V
1994  The Painted Desert
1995  Kamikaze Taxi
1996  Rowing Through
1996  The President's Christmas Tree
1997  Bounce Ko Gals
1998  The Spiral
1999  Jubaku: Spellbound
1999  Ring 2
2001  Inugami
2002  The Choice of Hercules
2005  Bluestockings
2007  The Shadow Spirit
2007  The Suicide Song
2008  Climber's High
2012  Chronicle of My Mother
2015  Kakekomi
2015  The Emperor in August
2017  Sekigahara
2018  Killing for the Prosecution
2021  Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2022  Hell Dogs
2023  Bad Lands

Writer:
1979  Goodbye, Flickmania
1984  Windy Story
1985  Out of Focus
1985  Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
1986  Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
1986  Paris/Dakar 1500
1987  The Heartbreak Yakuza
1989  Gunhed
1990  Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
1990  Tuff Part I
1991  Tuff Part II
1991  Tuff Part III
1991  Tuff Part IV
1992  Tuff Part V
1994  The Painted Desert
1995  Kamikaze Taxi
1996  Rowing Through
1996  The President's Christmas Tree
1997  Bounce Ko Gals
1998  The Spiral
1999  Jubaku: Spellbound
1999  Ring 2
2001  Inugami
2002  The Choice of Hercules
2005  Beat Kids
2005  Bluestockings
2007  The Shadow Spirit
2007  The Suicide Song
2008  Climber's High
2012  Chronicle of My Mother
2015  Kakekomi
2015  The Emperor in August
2017  Sekigahara
2018  Killing for the Prosecution
2021  Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2022  Hell Dogs
2023  Bad Lands

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