Person

Masato Harada

Directing · 1949-07-03 · † 2025-12-08 · Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone

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 (64)

Year	Film	As
2022	Hell Dogs	Screenplay
2022	Hell Dogs	Director
2021	Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai	Director
2021	Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai	Writer
2018	Killing for the Prosecution	Director
2018	Killing for the Prosecution	screenplay
2017	Sekigahara	Director
2017	Sekigahara	Editor
2017	Sekigahara	Writer
2016	Scoop!	based on the film by
2015	The Emperor in August	screenplay
2015	The Emperor in August	Director
2015	Kakekomi	screenplay
2015	Kakekomi	Director
2013	Return	written by
2013	Return	Director
2011	Chronicle of My Mother	Director
2011	Chronicle of My Mother	screenplay
2011	Chronicle of My Mother	producer
2008	Climbers High	adaptation
2008	Climbers High	Director
2007	The Suicide Song	screenplay
2007	The Shadow Spirit	Director
2007	The Shadow Spirit	screenplay
2007	The Suicide Song	Director
2006	Fearless	Mita
2005	Bluestockings	Writer
2005	Bluestockings	Director
2005	Beat Kids	Writer
2003	The Last Samurai	Omura
2002	Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken	Writer
2002	Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken	Director
2002	Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken	producer
2001	Inugami	Director
2001	Inugami	Writer
1999	Ring 2	Producer
1999	Jubaku: Spellbound	Director
1998	The Spiral	Producer
1997	Bounce Ko Gals	Director
1997	Bounce Ko Gals	Writer
1996	Rowing Through	Director
1996	Rowing Through	Writer
1995	Kamikaze Taxi	Writer
1995	Kamikaze Taxi	Director
1993	The Painted Desert	producer
1993	The Painted Desert	Director
1993	The Painted Desert	writer
1992	Tuff 5	Director
1992	Tuff 5	Writer
1990	Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero	Writer
1989	Gunhed	writer
1989	Gunhed	Director
1987	Saraba itoshiki hito yo	Director
1987	Saraba itoshiki hito yo	Writer
1986	O-nyanko za mûbî Kiki ippatu!	Director
1986	O-nyanko za mûbî Kiki ippatu!	screenplay
1986	Paris/Dakar 1500	Writer
1986	Paris/Dakar 1500	Director
1985	Out of Focus	Director
1985	Out of Focus	Writer
1984	Uindii	Writer
1984	Uindii	Director
1979	Saraba eiga no tomoyo: Indian samaa	writer
1979	Saraba eiga no tomoyo: Indian samaa	Director