Masato Harada
Directing

Masato Harada

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

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

The Last Samurai
Fearless
Ring 2
The Spiral
Hell Dogs
Sekigahara
Inugami
Gunhed
Bad Lands
Bounce Ko Gals
Killing for the Prosecution
The Emperor in August
Bad Lands
Hell Dogs
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Killing for the Prosecution
Sekigahara
The Emperor in August
Kakekomi
Chronicle of My Mother
Early Autumn
Climber's High
The Suicide Song
The Shadow Spirit
Fearless
Bluestockings
Beat Kids
The Last Samurai
The Choice of Hercules
Inugami
Ring 2
Jubaku: Spellbound
The Spiral
Bounce Ko Gals
Rowing Through
Kamikaze Taxi
Trouble-Shooters
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology
Tuff Part II - Revenge
Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Tuff Part I - Origin
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
Gunhed
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Paris/Dakar 1500
Out of Focus
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Windy Story
Goodbye, Flickmania
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