Masato Harada

Directing

Born July 3, 1949 · Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone

Died December 8, 2025

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.

Awards & recognition

Mainichi Film Award — Best Screenplay · 2016
Nikkan Sports Film Award — Best Director · 2015
Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director · 1998

Filmography7 titles

The Last Samurai

2003as Omura

Fearless

2006as Mita

Bad Lands

2023Director, Producer, Screenplay

Hell Dogs

2022Director, Screenplay

Ring 2

1999Producer

Spiral

1998Producer

Inugami

2001Director, Screenplay, Writer