Cast & creator
Kazuo Hara
Best known for Shin Godzilla, National Kid, The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky
Kazuo Hara (原一男 Hara Kazuo, born 8 June 1945) is a Japanese documentary film director. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work Goodbye CP about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Hochi Film Award and at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. That film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 2017 he released the documentary Sennan Asbestos Disaster which received the 2017 Audience Award at the Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival and the 2017 BIFF Mecenat Award at the Busan International Film Festival. His documentary works often depict people who push against the boundaries of propriety and obedience in Japanese society.
39
film credits
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television credits
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1960–2025 · acting roles
6.5
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
Shin Godzilla
Biology Professor
2016
National Kid
Tomohiro
1960
The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky
man in bar
2025
Death of a Tea Master
Assistant Director
1989
The Sea and Poison
Assistant Director
1986
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Director
1987The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Director of Photography
1987
Child of the Sun
Assistant Director
1980
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Himself
1974Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Writer
1974Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Director
1974Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Director of Photography
1974
The Many Faces of Chika
Director
2005
Deep River
First Assistant Director
1995
Sennan Asbestos Disaster
Director
2016Sennan Asbestos Disaster
Director of Photography
2016
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Kato
1996
Poruno repōto: Sex shikakenin
Director of Photography
1975
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
himself
2002
Shikibu monogatari
Assistant Director
1990Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
Director
2023
A Dedicated Life
Director
1994A Dedicated Life
Director of Photography
1994
Reiwa Uprising
Director
2019Reiwa Uprising
Director of Photography
2019Reiwa Uprising
Producer
2019Reiwa Uprising
Cinematography
2019Sex Document: Serial Rapists
Director of Photography
1975
Pig-Chicken Suicide
Director of Photography
1981Mattemashita tenkousei!
Assistant Director
1985Groper Night Train
Assistant Director
1977Wet and Sweet Pussies
Director of Photography
1974
Goodbye CP
Director
1972Goodbye CP
Director of Photography
1972
A Painful Pair
2002
Minamata Mandala
Producer
2021Minamata Mandala
Director
2021
My Mishima
Director
1999
The Duckling
Executive Producer
2010
How Much Is a Life Worth?
Director
2013