Cast & creator
Masato Harada
Best known for The Last Samurai, Fearless, Ring 2
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.
73
film credits
0
television credits
2
1979–2023 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
Showing 73 of 73 credits
The Last Samurai
Omura
2003
Fearless
Mita
2006
Ring 2
Producer
1999
The Spiral
Producer
1998
Hell Dogs
Director
2022Hell Dogs
Screenplay
2022
Sekigahara
Director
2017Sekigahara
Screenplay
2017
Inugami
Director
2001Inugami
Writer
2001Inugami
Screenplay
2001
Bad Lands
Director
2023Bad Lands
Producer
2023Bad Lands
Screenplay
2023
Kakekomi
Director
2015Kakekomi
Screenplay
2015
Bounce Ko Gals
Director
1997Bounce Ko Gals
Writer
1997
Killing for the Prosecution
Director
2018Killing for the Prosecution
Screenplay
2018
Gunhed
Director
1989Gunhed
Screenplay
1989
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
2021Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Screenplay
2021
The Choice of Hercules
Director
2002The Choice of Hercules
Screenplay
2002
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Director
1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Writer
1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Producer
1994
Chronicle of My Mother
Screenplay
2012Chronicle of My Mother
Director
2012
Kamikaze Taxi
Director
1995Kamikaze Taxi
Writer
1995
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Director
1987The Heartbreak Yakuza
Screenplay
1987
Jubaku: Spellbound
Director
1999
The Emperor in August
Screenplay
2015The Emperor in August
Director
2015
Rowing Through
Director
1996
Climber's High
Director
2008Climber's High
Screenplay
2008
Beat Kids
Writer
2005
Goodbye, Flickmania
Director
1979Goodbye, Flickmania
Screenplay
1979
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
Writer
1990
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Screenplay
1986Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Director
1986
Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology
Director
1992Tuff Part V - Killing Anthology
Screenplay
1992
Tuff Part II - Revenge
Screenplay
1991
The Suicide Song
Director
2007The Suicide Song
Writer
2007
The Shadow Spirit
Director
2007The Shadow Spirit
Writer
2007
The President's Christmas Tree
Adaptation
1996
Windy Story
Writer
1984Windy Story
Director
1984
Bluestockings
Director
2005Bluestockings
Writer
2005
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Writer
1985
Tuff Part I - Origin
Director
1990Tuff Part I - Origin
Screenplay
1990
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Screenplay
1991Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Director
1991
Paris/Dakar 1500
Director
1986Paris/Dakar 1500
Writer
1986
Out of Focus
Director
1985
Early Autumn
Director
2011Early Autumn
Writer
2011
Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Director
1991Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Screenplay
1991
Trouble-Shooters
Director
1995Trouble-Shooters
Writer
1995