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Masato Harada

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

July 3, 1949

Died

December 8, 2025 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone

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Masato Harada

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

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

2003

Fearless

Fearless

2006

Ring 2

Ring 2

1999

The Spiral

The Spiral

1998

Hell Dogs

Hell Dogs

2022

Sekigahara

Sekigahara

2017

Inugami

Inugami

2001

Gunhed

Gunhed

1989

Acting

Fearless
7.5

Fearless

2006

The Last Samurai
7.6

The Last Samurai

2003

Directing

Bad Lands

Bad Lands

Screenplay, Director, Producer

2023

Hell Dogs

Hell Dogs

Director, Screenplay

2022

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

Director, Screenplay

2021

Killing for the Prosecution

Killing for the Prosecution

Director, Screenplay

2018

Sekigahara

Sekigahara

Director, Editor, Screenplay

2017

The Emperor in August

The Emperor in August

Screenplay, Director

2015

Kakekomi

Kakekomi

Director, Screenplay

2015

Chronicle of My Mother

Chronicle of My Mother

Director, Screenplay, Producer

2012

Climber's High

Climber's High

Director, Adaptation

2008

Inugami

Inugami

Writer, Director, Screenplay

2001

Ring 2

Ring 2

Producer

1999

The Spiral

The Spiral

Producer

1998

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