Masato Hara

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1950-07-15 (74 years old)

Masato Hara

Biography

While still in secondary school, Hara Masato (1950) won several prizes with his 16mm film A Sad Yet Funny Ballad. In 1970, he wrote the script for Oshima Nagasi's film The Man Who Left His Will on Film. In 1973, he completed The First Emperor, a film on which he worked for three years. The film was selected by the magazine Kinema Jumpo as one of the most important films in Japanese film history. From the 1980s on, Hara focused increasingly on television documentaries. In his work, he makes use of various media, mainly animation and laser disk images and he often combines the screening of his films with live performances.

Known For

Director

2022
Yakeato Chronicle

as Director

2018
Futago Rekki

as Director

2002
MI • TA • RI!

as Director

1997
1997
1995
1973
The First Emperor

as Director

1969
Funeral Parade of Roses

as Assistant Director

1968

Writer

2018
Futago Rekki

as Writer

2002
MI • TA • RI!

as Screenplay

1997
1995
1973

Camera

2018
Futago Rekki

as Director of Photography

2015
SOAR: I Wish You Were Here

as Director of Photography

2002
MI • TA • RI!

as Director of Photography

1995
The Eternal Traveller

as Director of Photography

Sound

2018
A Man Who Became Cinema

as Original Music Composer

2018
Futago Rekki

as Music

1973
1973

Editor

2018
Futago Rekki

as Editor

1995
1973

Producer

1973
The First Emperor

as Producer

Crew

1973
The First Emperor

as Cinematography