Masato Harada

Directing

Masato Harada

Born 3 July 1949 · Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone · Died 8 December 2025 at 76

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

Highlights

The Last Samurai2003 · Film · Omura
Fearless2006 · Film · Mita
Hell Dogs2022 · Film · Director
Sekigahara2017 · Film · Director
Bad Lands2023 · Film · Director
Bounce Ko Gals1997 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

38 films

Bad Lands2023 · Film · Director
Hell Dogs2022 · Film · Director
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai2021 · Film · Director
Killing for the Prosecution2018 · Film · Director
Sekigahara2017 · Film · Director
The Emperor in August2015 · Film · Screenplay
Kakekomi2015 · Film · Director
Chronicle of My Mother2012 · Film · Screenplay
Early Autumn2011 · Film · Director
Climber's High2008 · Film · Director
The Shadow Spirit2007 · Film · Director
The Suicide Song2007 · Film · Director
Fearless2006 · Film · Mita
Beat Kids2005 · Film · Writer
Bluestockings2005 · Film · Director
The Last Samurai2003 · Film · Omura
The Choice of Hercules2002 · Film · Director
Inugami2001 · Film · Director
Jubaku: Spellbound1999 · Film · Director
Bounce Ko Gals1997 · Film · Director
Rowing Through1996 · Film · Director
Trouble-Shooters1995 · Film · Director
Kamikaze Taxi1995 · Film · Director
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition1994 · Film · Director
Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology1992 · Film · Director
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood1991 · Film · Screenplay
Tuff Part III - Business Killing1991 · Film · Director
Tuff Part II - Revenge1991 · Film · Screenplay
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero1990 · Film · Writer
Tuff Part I - Origin1990 · Film · Director
Gunhed1989 · Film · Director
The Heartbreak Yakuza1987 · Film · Director
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!1986 · Film · Screenplay
Paris/Dakar 15001986 · Film · Director
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY1985 · Film · Writer
Out of Focus1985 · Film · Director
Windy Story1984 · Film · Writer
Goodbye, Flickmania1979 · Film · Director