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.

Directed

1. Hell Dogs (2022) — Director
2. Sekigahara (2017) — Director
3. Inugami (2001) — Director
4. Gunhed (1989) — Director
5. Bad Lands (2023) — Director
6. Bounce Ko Gals (1997) — Director
7. Killing for the Prosecution (2018) — Director
8. The Emperor in August (2015) — Director
9. Chronicle of My Mother (2012) — Director
10. Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021) — Director
11. Kakekomi (2015) — Director
12. Climber's High (2008) — Director
13. Kamikaze Taxi (1995) — Director
14. The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987) — Director
15. The Choice of Hercules (2002) — Director
16. Jubaku: Spellbound (1999) — Director
17. The Suicide Song (2007) — Director
18. Rowing Through (1996) — Director
19. The Shadow Spirit (2007) — Director
20. Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition (1994) — Director
21. Bluestockings (2005) — Director
22. Windy Story (1984) — Director
23. Tuff Part I - Origin (1990) — Director
24. Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology (1992) — Director
25. Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis! (1986) — Director
26. Goodbye, Flickmania (1979) — Director
27. Paris/Dakar 1500 (1986) — Director
28. Out of Focus (1985) — Director
29. Trouble-Shooters (1995) — Director
30. Tuff Part III - Business Killing (1991) — Director
31. Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood (1991) — Director
32. Early Autumn (2011) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Last Samurai (2003) — Omura
2. Fearless (2006) — Mita