Masato Harada

Masato Harada

July 3, 1949 · 77 years old

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

14 titles
1
The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

2003 · 2h 34m · Movie

In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Captain Algren finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.

7.8
2
Ring 2

Ring 2

1999 · 1h 35m · Movie

Reiko takes Yôichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers. Meanwhile, Mai Takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them, as the mysterious Ring curse spreads.

5.8
3
Spiral

Spiral

1998 · 1h 37m · Movie

A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relent...

5.2
4
Hell Dogs

Hell Dogs

2022 · 2h 18m · Movie

A traumatized former officer hell-bent on revenge receives an order to go undercover within the Yakuza by befriending their most frenetic member.

6.7
5
Gunhed

Gunhed

1989 · 1h 40m · Movie

In a cyberpunk future, Kyron-5 supercomputer attempts to exterminate the human race, but Gunhed mechs stop it. In 2038, five thieves break into a condemned island facility to steal Kyron's dead CPU. The place turns out to be a dea...

5.3
6
Inugami

Inugami

2001 · 1h 46m · Movie

Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.

5.9
7
Sekigahara

Sekigahara

2017 · 2h 30m · Movie

A depiction of Japan's 17th Century Battle of Sekigahara where the Army of the East takes up arms against the Army of the West.

6.3
8
The Emperor in August

The Emperor in August

2015 · 2h 15m · Movie

The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.

6.6
9
Kamikaze Taxi

Kamikaze Taxi

1995 · 2h 49m · Movie

A revenge-seeking man and his foolish friends plan to rob a yakuza gang.

7.5
10
Bad Lands

Bad Lands

2023 · 2h 23m · Movie

A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.

6.0
11
Chronicle of My Mother

Chronicle of My Mother

2012 · 1h 48m · Movie

Based on an autobiographical novel by Inoue Yasushi, the film chronicles the passage of fifteen years within a family struggling with abandonment, resentment and decline with old age. As the world turns, a son who has issues with ...

7.3
12
Kakekomi

Kakekomi

2015 · 2h 23m · Movie

The lives of women saved by the historical Tokei-ji Buddhist Temple.

6.7
13
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

2021 · 2h 28m · Movie

Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.

6.5
14
Climbers High

Climbers High

2008 · 2h 25m · Movie

A newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.

6.6