Masato Harada
- Born
- July 3, 1949
- Died
- December 8, 2025 (76 years old)
- Place of birth
- Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone
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
Filmography
- 2023Bad LandsFilm · Director, Producer, Screenplay★ 7.0
- 2022Hell DogsFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 7.0
- 2021Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2018Killing for the ProsecutionFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 6.3
- 2017SekigaharaFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 7.0
- 2015The Emperor in AugustFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2015KakekomiFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2012Chronicle of My MotherFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2011Early AutumnFilm · Director, Writer
- 2008Climber's HighFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2007The Shadow SpiritFilm · Director, Writer
- 2007The Suicide SongFilm · Director, Writer
- 2005Beat KidsFilm · Writer
- 2005BluestockingsFilm · Director, Writer
- 2002The Choice of HerculesFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2001InugamiFilm · Director, Writer, Screenplay★ 5.2
- 1999Jubaku: SpellboundFilm · Director
- 1999Ring 2Film · Producer★ 5.8
- 1998The SpiralFilm · Producer★ 5.4
- 1997Bounce Ko GalsFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.7
- 1996The President's Christmas TreeFilm · Adaptation
- 1996Rowing ThroughFilm · Director
- 1995Trouble-ShootersFilm · Director, Writer
- 1995Kamikaze TaxiFilm · Director, Writer
- 1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical EditionFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 1992Tuff Part V - Killing AnthologyFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1991Tuff Part IV - Harvest of BloodFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 1991Tuff Part III - Business KillingFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1991Tuff Part II - RevengeFilm · Screenplay
- 1990Monster Heaven: Ghost HeroFilm · Writer
- 1990Tuff Part I - OriginFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1989GunhedFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 4.8
- 1987The Heartbreak YakuzaFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1986Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!Film · Screenplay, Director
- 1986Paris/Dakar 1500Film · Director, Writer
- 1985Terra Warrior Ψ BOYFilm · Writer
- 1985Out of FocusFilm · Director
- 1984Windy StoryFilm · Writer, Director
- 1979Goodbye, FlickmaniaFilm · Director, Screenplay
