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Kazuo Hara

Directing

Born June 8, 1945 · Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Biography

Kazuo Hara 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director · 1988
  • Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award · 1987
  • Mainichi Film Award — Best Director

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