Masato Hara
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.
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DirectingBirthday
July 15, 1950Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
15Also known as
原將人Cast credits
Crew credits
SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
Director, Writer, Director of PhotographyA Sad Yet Funny Ballad
Director, WriterMI • TA • RI!
Director, Screenplay, Director of PhotographyA Man Who Became Cinema
Original Music ComposerThe First Emperor
Producer, Editor, Music, Sound, Writer, Cinematography, DirectorThe Man Who Left His Will on Film
ScreenplayFutago Rekki
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Music, EditorYakeato Chronicle
Director20th Century Nostalgia
Director, Screenplay