Masato Harada
Known for directing · Born 3 July 1949 · Died 8 December 2025 · aged 76 · Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone
41 credits
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
Hell Dogs
2022
Sekigahara
2017
Inugami
2001
Gunhed
1989
Bad Lands
2023
Killing for the Prosecution
2018
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
The Emperor in August
2015
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
Kakekomi
2015
Climber's High
2008
Acting (2)
2006FearlessMitaFilm
2003The Last SamuraiOmuraFilm
Directing (31)
2023Bad LandsDirector, Producer, ScreenplayFilm
2022Hell DogsDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2021Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2018Killing for the ProsecutionDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2017SekigaharaDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2015The Emperor in AugustDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2015KakekomiDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2012Chronicle of My MotherDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2011Early AutumnDirector, WriterFilm
2008Climber's HighDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2007The Suicide SongDirector, WriterFilm
2007The Shadow SpiritDirector, WriterFilm
2005BluestockingsDirector, WriterFilm
2002The Choice of HerculesDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2001InugamiDirector, Writer, ScreenplayFilm
1999Jubaku: SpellboundDirectorFilm
1997Bounce Ko GalsDirector, WriterFilm
1996Rowing ThroughDirectorFilm
1995Kamikaze TaxiDirector, WriterFilm
1995Trouble-ShootersDirector, WriterFilm
1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical EditionDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1992Tuff Part V - Killing AnthologyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1991Tuff Part III - Business KillingDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1991Tuff Part IV - Harvest of BloodDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1990Tuff Part I - OriginDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1989GunhedDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1987The Heartbreak YakuzaDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1986Paris/Dakar 1500Director, WriterFilm
1985Out of FocusDirectorFilm
1984Windy StoryDirector, WriterFilm
1979Goodbye, FlickmaniaDirector, ScreenplayFilm
Production (2)
1999Ring 2ProducerFilm
1998The SpiralProducerFilm
Writing (6)
2005Beat KidsWriterFilm
1996The President's Christmas TreeAdaptationFilm
1991Tuff Part II - RevengeScreenplayFilm
1990Monster Heaven: Ghost HeroWriterFilm
1986Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!Screenplay, DirectorFilm
1985Terra Warrior Ψ BOYWriterFilm