Masato Harada
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday3 July 1949
Died8 December 2025 (age 76)
Place of birthNumazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone
Known credits41
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.
Bad Lands
2023 · Director
Bad Lands
2023 · Producer
Bad Lands
2023 · Screenplay
Hell Dogs
2022 · Director
Hell Dogs
2022 · Screenplay
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021 · Director
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021 · Screenplay
Killing for the Prosecution
2018 · Director
Killing for the Prosecution
2018 · Screenplay
Sekigahara
2017 · Director
Sekigahara
2017 · Screenplay
The Emperor in August
2015 · Director
The Emperor in August
2015 · Screenplay
Kakekomi
2015 · Director
Kakekomi
2015 · Screenplay
Chronicle of My Mother
2012 · Director
Chronicle of My Mother
2012 · Screenplay
Early Autumn
2011 · Director
Early Autumn
2011 · Writer
Climber's High
2008 · Director
Climber's High
2008 · Screenplay
The Shadow Spirit
2007 · Director
The Shadow Spirit
2007 · Writer
The Suicide Song
2007 · Director
The Suicide Song
2007 · Writer
Fearless
2006 · Mita
Beat Kids
2005 · Writer
Bluestockings
2005 · Director
Bluestockings
2005 · Writer
The Last Samurai
2003 · Omura
The Choice of Hercules
2002 · Director
The Choice of Hercules
2002 · Screenplay
Inugami
2001 · Director
Inugami
2001 · Writer
Inugami
2001 · Screenplay
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 · Director
Ring 2
1999 · Producer
The Spiral
1998 · Producer
Bounce Ko Gals
1997 · Director
Bounce Ko Gals
1997 · Writer
The President's Christmas Tree
1996 · Adaptation
Rowing Through
1996 · Director
Trouble-Shooters
1995 · Director
Trouble-Shooters
1995 · Writer
Kamikaze Taxi
1995 · Director
Kamikaze Taxi
1995 · Writer
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994 · Director
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994 · Writer
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