Hiroshi Harada

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1962-06-13 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Hisaaki Ezu

Hiroshi Harada

Biography

Hiroshi Harada suffered from bullying during his childhood, a frequent theme in his films. His career as an entertainer began in 1976. Between 1987 and 1992 he worked on the adaptation of Midori: the girl with the camellias, a manga by ero-guro author Suehiro Maruo . Due to the controversy of the film, Harada had trouble financing it and had to do most of the work on his own. Over the years it would become a cult film, as well as being one of the few (if not the only) anime of the ero-guro genre . For the rest of the 90s , Harada remained anonymous using pseudonyms such as Hisaaki Etsu. In 2006 he directed the Humanoid Monster Bem series, the highest-budget play of his career up to that point. In Latin America the series was released by Animax . In 2012 he directed 5 shorts for the anthological series Folktales from Japan which, as its name suggests, adapts popular tales from Japanese culture.

Known For

Director

Zashikiro

as Director

2020
Horizon Blue

as Director

2012
2006
Humanoid Monster Bem

as Series Director

2006
2004
2001
1994
My Love

as Director

1992
Midori

as Director

1985
The Death Lullaby

as Director

1982
1981
Limitless Paradise

as Director

1979
Akatsuki's Reward

as Director

Writer

Zashikiro

as Screenplay

2020
Horizon Blue

as Screenplay

2009
Hanasakeru Seishōnen

as Storyboard

2006
Humanoid Monster Bem

as Storyboard

2004
The Marshmallow Times

as Storyboard

1994
My Love

as Writer

1992
Midori

as Screenplay

1985
The Death Lullaby

as Screenplay

1985
1981
1979

Crew

Zashikiro

as Cinematography

2020
Water, Water

as Thanks

2020
Horizon Blue

as Cinematography

1994
My Love

as Cinematography

1985
1985
The Death Lullaby

as Cinematography

1982
Phantasmagoria Theater

as Cinematography

1981
My Brother Became A Sheep

as Cinematography

1979
Akatsuki's Reward

as Cinematography

Editor

Zashikiro

as Editor

2020
Horizon Blue

as Editor

1994
My Love

as Editor

1985
1981
1979

Camera

Zashikiro

as Director of Photography

2020
Horizon Blue

as Director of Photography

1994
My Love

as Director of Photography

1985
The Death Lullaby

as Director of Photography

1981
Limitless Paradise

as Director of Photography

1981
My Brother Became A Sheep

as Director of Photography

1979
Akatsuki's Reward

as Director of Photography

Visual Effects

1994
My Love

as Animation

1992
Midori

as Animation

1984
Noozles

as Key Animation

1982
1981
Limitless Paradise

as Animation

1979
Akatsuki's Reward

as Animation

Sound

Zashikiro

as Original Music Composer

Zashikiro

as Musician

1994
My Love

as Music

1985
1981

Producer

2021
I Remember

as Producer

2017
Lights of Kyoto

as Producer

2013
About the Pink Sky

as Producer

2005
Raw Summer

as Producer

1992
Midori

as Executive Producer

Art

2007
Blue Dragon

as Storyboard Artist