Directed credits
27
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Masato Harada
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 27Directed series: 0All crew credits: 39
TMDB ID: 52909
IMDb ID: nm0361735
Known for: Directing
Born: July 3, 1949
Died: December 8, 2025
Age: 76
Place of birth: Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2023
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q11330
Frequent jobs
Director (27)Screenplay (5)Writer (4)Producer (2)Adaptation (1)
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Masato Harada.
Bad Lands
Director
2023 Movie
Hell Dogs
Director
2022 Movie
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
2021 Movie
Killing for the Prosecution
Director
2018 Movie
Sekigahara
Director
2017 Movie
Kakekomi
Director
2015 Movie
Early Autumn
Director
2011 Movie
Climber's High
Director
2008 Movie
The Shadow Spirit
Director
2007 Movie
The Suicide Song
Director
2007 Movie
Bluestockings
Director
2005 Movie
The Choice of Hercules
Director
2002 Movie
Inugami
Director
2001 Movie
Jubaku: Spellbound
Director
1999 Movie
Bounce Ko Gals
Director
1997 Movie
Rowing Through
Director
1996 Movie
Trouble-Shooters
Director
1995 Movie
Kamikaze Taxi
Director
1995 Movie
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Director
1994 Movie
Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology
Director
1992 Movie
Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Director
1991 Movie
Tuff Part I - Origin
Director
1990 Movie
Gunhed
Director
1989 Movie
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Director
1987 Movie
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Masato Harada.
The Last Samurai
as Omura
2003 Movie
Fearless
as Mita
2006 Movie
Hell Dogs
Director
2022 Movie
Ring 2
Producer
1999 Movie
The Spiral
Producer
1998 Movie
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Masato Harada.
The Last Samurai
as Omura
2003 Movie
Fearless
as Mita
2006 Movie
Ring 2
Producer
1999 Movie
The Spiral
Producer
1998 Movie
Hell Dogs
Director
2022 Movie
Sekigahara
Director
2017 Movie
Bad Lands
Director
2023 Movie
Inugami
Director
2001 Movie
Gunhed
Director
1989 Movie
Killing for the Prosecution
Director
2018 Movie
Bounce Ko Gals
Director
1997 Movie
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
2021 Movie
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Masato Harada.
The Emperor in August
Screenplay
2015 Movie
Chronicle of My Mother
Screenplay
2012 Movie
Beat Kids
Writer
2005 Movie
Ring 2
Producer
1999 Movie
The Spiral
Producer
1998 Movie
The President's Christmas Tree
Adaptation
1996 Movie
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Screenplay
1991 Movie
Tuff Part II - Revenge
Screenplay
1991 Movie
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
Writer
1990 Movie
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Screenplay
1986 Movie
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Writer
1985 Movie
Windy Story
Writer
1984 Movie
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Masato Harada.
Fearless
as Mita
2006 Movie
The Last Samurai
as Omura
2003 Movie