Directed credits
24
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Masato Harada
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.9
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 24Directed 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: 6.36
Wikidata: Q11330
Frequent jobs
Director (24)Writer (7)Screenplay (5)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.
7.0
Hell Dogs
Director
2022 Movie
6.7
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
2021 Movie
6.3
Killing for the Prosecution
Director
2018 Movie
7.0
Sekigahara
Director
2017 Movie
5.9
Kakekomi
Director
2015 Movie
6.6
Chronicle of My Mother
Director
2012 Movie
Early Autumn
Director
2011 Movie
6.1
Climber's High
Director
2008 Movie
5.3
The Shadow Spirit
Director
2007 Movie
8.0
The Choice of Hercules
Director
2002 Movie
6.0
Jubaku: Spellbound
Director
1999 Movie
6.7
Bounce Ko Gals
Director
1997 Movie
3.0
Rowing Through
Director
1996 Movie
Trouble-Shooters
Director
1995 Movie
6.2
Kamikaze Taxi
Director
1995 Movie
5.0
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Director
1994 Movie
Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology
Director
1992 Movie
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Director
1991 Movie
Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Director
1991 Movie
Tuff Part I - Origin
Director
1990 Movie
4.7
Gunhed
Director
1989 Movie
4.7
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Director
1987 Movie
Out of Focus
Director
1985 Movie
3.0
Windy Story
Director
1984 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Masato Harada.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Masato Harada.
7.6
The Last Samurai
as Omura
2003 Movie
7.5
Fearless
as Mita
2006 Movie
7.0
Hell Dogs
Director
2022 Movie
5.8
Ring 2
Producer
1999 Movie
7.0
Sekigahara
Director
2017 Movie
8.0
The Choice of Hercules
Director
2002 Movie
5.3
The Spiral
Producer
1998 Movie
6.1
Climber's High
Director
2008 Movie
5.0
Inugami
Writer
2001 Movie
6.7
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
2021 Movie
5.9
Kakekomi
Director
2015 Movie
4.7
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Director
1987 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Masato Harada.
7.0
Bad Lands
Screenplay
2023 Movie
6.4
The Emperor in August
Screenplay
2015 Movie
5.2
The Suicide Song
Writer
2007 Movie
Beat Kids
Writer
2005 Movie
6.0
Bluestockings
Writer
2005 Movie
5.0
Inugami
Writer
2001 Movie
5.8
Ring 2
Producer
1999 Movie
5.3
The Spiral
Producer
1998 Movie
The President's Christmas Tree
Adaptation
1996 Movie
Tuff Part II - Revenge
Screenplay
1991 Movie
5.3
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
Writer
1990 Movie
7.0
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Screenplay
1986 Movie
Paris/Dakar 1500
Writer
1986 Movie
7.0
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Writer
1985 Movie
Goodbye, Flickmania
Screenplay
1979 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Masato Harada.