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Masato Harada Born July 3, 1949
Numazu, Shizuoka, JapanOccupation Film director, critic, actor Masato Harada (原田眞人 Harada Masato, alt. 原田真人 Harada Masato, born July 3, 1949 in Numazu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese film director, critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to Western audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westernize under the Meiji Restoration in the meantime trying to remove the old ways.
Directing filmography
- Chronicle of My Mother (2011)
- Climber's High (2008)
- Mōryō no Hako (2008)
- Densen Uta (2007)
- Bluestockings (2005)
- The Choice of Hercules (2002)
- Inugami (2001)
- Spellbound (1999)
- Bounce ko gals (1997)
- Rowing Through (1996)
- Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
- Painted Desert (1993)
- Tuff 5 (1992)
- Gunhed (1989)
- The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987)
- Paris/Dakar 1500 (1986)
- Uindii (1984)
- Farewell, Movie Friend: Indian Summer (1979)
Acting filmography
- Fearless (2006) as Mr. Mita
- The Last Samurai (2003) as Mr. Omura
External links
Films directed by Masato Harada Gunhed (1989) · Bounce Ko Gals (1997) · Spellbound (1999) · Densen Uta (2007) · Mōryō no Hako (2008) · Climber's High (2008)
Hochi Film Award for Best Director Yoshimitsu Morita (1985) · Kichitaro Negishi (1986) · Kazuo Hara (1987) · Hayao Miyazaki (1988) · Toshio Masuda (1989) · Jun Ichikawa (1990) · Takeshi Kitano (1991) · Yōichi Higashi (1992) · Yoichi Sai (1993) · Tatsumi Kumashiro (1994) · Shunji Iwai (1995) · Yoshimitsu Morita (1996) · Masato Harada (1997) · Takeshi Kitano (1998) · Yuji Nakae (2000) · Hayao Miyazaki (2001) · Yoji Yamada (2002) · Hideo Onchi (2003) · Yoichi Sai (2004) · Kenji Uchida (2005) · Kichitaro Negishi (2006) · Nobuhiro Yamashita (2007) · Ryōsuke Hashiguchi (2008) · Miwa Nishikawa (2009)
Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Japanese film directors
- People from Numazu
- Japanese film director stubs
- Japanese actor stubs
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