Masato Harada
Directing
Born: July 3, 1949 · Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone
Died: December 8, 2025 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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
2003
Fearless
2006
Ring 2
1999
The Spiral
1998
Hell Dogs
2022
Sekigahara
2017
Inugami
2001
Gunhed
1989
Bad Lands
2023
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
Killing for the Prosecution
2018
Photos (2)
Movies (2)
Directing (32)
Hell Dogs
Director
Sekigahara
Director
Bad Lands
Director
Gunhed
Director
Inugami
Director
Bounce Ko Gals
Director
The Emperor in August
Director
Killing for the Prosecution
Director
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
The Choice of Hercules
Director
Kamikaze Taxi
Director
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Director
Chronicle of My Mother
Director
Kakekomi
Director
Rowing Through
Director
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Director
Climber's High
Director
Jubaku: Spellbound
Director
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Director
Paris/Dakar 1500
Director
Bluestockings
Director
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Director
Goodbye, Flickmania
Director
Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Director
The Shadow Spirit
Director
Windy Story
Director
Tuff Part I - Origin
Director
Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology
Director
Out of Focus
Director
The Suicide Song
Director
Early Autumn
Director
Trouble-Shooters
Director
Writing (35)
Hell Dogs
Screenplay
Sekigahara
Screenplay
Bad Lands
Screenplay
Gunhed
Screenplay
Inugami
Writer
Inugami
Screenplay
Bounce Ko Gals
Writer
The Emperor in August
Screenplay
Killing for the Prosecution
Screenplay
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Screenplay
The Choice of Hercules
Screenplay
Kamikaze Taxi
Writer
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Screenplay
Chronicle of My Mother
Screenplay
Beat Kids
Writer
Kakekomi
Screenplay
The President's Christmas Tree
Adaptation
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Screenplay
Climber's High
Screenplay
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Screenplay
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Writer
Paris/Dakar 1500
Writer
Bluestockings
Writer
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Writer
Goodbye, Flickmania
Screenplay
Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Screenplay
The Shadow Spirit
Writer
Windy Story
Writer
Tuff Part I - Origin
Screenplay
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
Writer
Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology
Screenplay
The Suicide Song
Writer
Early Autumn
Writer
Tuff Part II - Revenge
Screenplay
Trouble-Shooters
Writer