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Masato Hara (b. 1950)

Born:
July 15, 1950

Biography from TheMovieDB

While still in secondary school, Hara Masato (1950) won several prizes with his 16mm film A Sad Yet Funny Ballad. In 1970, he wrote the script for Oshima Nagasi's film The Man Who Left His Will on Film. In 1973, he completed The First Emperor, a film on which he worked for three years. The film was selected by the magazine Kinema Jumpo as one of the most important films in Japanese film history. From the 1980s on, Hara focused increasingly on television documentaries. In his work, he makes use of various media, mainly animation and laser disk images and he often combines the screening of his films with live performances.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses

Cinematography:
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1973  The First Emperor

Director:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Director of Photography:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Editor:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Music:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Original Music Composer:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  A Man Who Became Cinema
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Producer:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  A Man Who Became Cinema
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Screenplay:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1970  The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  A Man Who Became Cinema
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Sound:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1970  The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  A Man Who Became Cinema
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

Writer:
1968  A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1969  Funeral Parade of Roses
1970  The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1973  The First Emperor
1995  The Eternal Traveller
1997  20th Century Nostalgia
1997  Never Ending Summer
2002  MI • TA • RI!
2015  SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2018  A Man Who Became Cinema
2018  Futago Rekki
2022  Yakeato Chronicle

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