Masato Harada

Masato Harada

Nacimiento : 1949-07-03, Numazu, Prefettura di Shizuoka, Giappone

Historia

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.

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Masato Harada

Películas

Bad Lands
Screenplay
Neri y Jo, su hermano pequeño, se ganan la vida defraudando a la gente. Una noche, consiguen defraudar cientos de millones de yenes. Desde ese momento, serán perseguidos por un grupo nefasto.
Bad Lands
Producer
Neri y Jo, su hermano pequeño, se ganan la vida defraudando a la gente. Una noche, consiguen defraudar cientos de millones de yenes. Desde ese momento, serán perseguidos por un grupo nefasto.
Bad Lands
Director
Neri y Jo, su hermano pequeño, se ganan la vida defraudando a la gente. Una noche, consiguen defraudar cientos de millones de yenes. Desde ese momento, serán perseguidos por un grupo nefasto.
Hell Dogs
Director
Shogo Kanetaka es un agente de policía que sufre un trauma tras el asesinato de su amada. Desde ese horrible momento, Shogo solo piensa en vengarse. Recibe entonces la orden de ir de incógnito como miembro de la yakuza. La policía encarga a Shogo que se pelee con Hideki Murooka, miembro de la yakuza, como trampolín para entrar en la organización. La policía tiene datos que demuestran que Shogo coincide con Hideki al 98 %. Mientras tanto, Hideki es hijo de un condenado a muerte. Tiene una condición física que le hace tener siempre hambre y comer constantemente. Además, ni él ni la yakuza pueden controlar sus emociones.
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Screenplay
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Director
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
Killing for the Prosecution
Screenplay
El Fiscal General de los Juzgados, Keiichiro Okino es asignado al departamento de la Fiscalía de Tokio, que se ocupa de casos violentos. Está encantado de trabajar con Takeshi Mogami a quien admira. Un día, un prestamista de dinero anciano es asesinado y Shigeo Matsukura es identificado como un sospechoso. Pedía prestado dinero a la víctima. En su pasado, Shigeo Matsukura testificó en un caso de asesinato de una escuela secundaria. Takeshi Mogami es consciente del dolor pesado llevado por la familia de la muchacha fallecida e intenta su mejor faceta para probar la culpabilidad de Shigeo Matsukura.
Killing for the Prosecution
Director
El Fiscal General de los Juzgados, Keiichiro Okino es asignado al departamento de la Fiscalía de Tokio, que se ocupa de casos violentos. Está encantado de trabajar con Takeshi Mogami a quien admira. Un día, un prestamista de dinero anciano es asesinado y Shigeo Matsukura es identificado como un sospechoso. Pedía prestado dinero a la víctima. En su pasado, Shigeo Matsukura testificó en un caso de asesinato de una escuela secundaria. Takeshi Mogami es consciente del dolor pesado llevado por la familia de la muchacha fallecida e intenta su mejor faceta para probar la culpabilidad de Shigeo Matsukura.
Sekigahara
Screenplay
La historia de "Sekigahara" tiene lugar en 1600 durante la Batalla de Sekigahara. Mitsunari Ishida (Junichi Okada) y Tokugawa (Koji Yakusho) se enfrentan con el destino de la nación colgando de un fino hilo. Hatsume (Kasumi Arimura) es enviada como un espía para matar a Mitsunari Ishida, pero se enamora de él. Está basada en la novela "Sekigahara" de Ryotaro Shiba que se publicó desde Julio de 1964 a Agosto de 1966 en Shukan sankei.
Sekigahara
Editor
La historia de "Sekigahara" tiene lugar en 1600 durante la Batalla de Sekigahara. Mitsunari Ishida (Junichi Okada) y Tokugawa (Koji Yakusho) se enfrentan con el destino de la nación colgando de un fino hilo. Hatsume (Kasumi Arimura) es enviada como un espía para matar a Mitsunari Ishida, pero se enamora de él. Está basada en la novela "Sekigahara" de Ryotaro Shiba que se publicó desde Julio de 1964 a Agosto de 1966 en Shukan sankei.
Sekigahara
Director
La historia de "Sekigahara" tiene lugar en 1600 durante la Batalla de Sekigahara. Mitsunari Ishida (Junichi Okada) y Tokugawa (Koji Yakusho) se enfrentan con el destino de la nación colgando de un fino hilo. Hatsume (Kasumi Arimura) es enviada como un espía para matar a Mitsunari Ishida, pero se enamora de él. Está basada en la novela "Sekigahara" de Ryotaro Shiba que se publicó desde Julio de 1964 a Agosto de 1966 en Shukan sankei.
The Emperor in August
Screenplay
In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
The Emperor in August
Director
In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
Kakekomi
Screenplay
Situado en el período Edo, durante una época en el que la tasa de divorcios era más del doble que en el día de hoy. Una ordenanza de austeridad ha sido proclamada por el gobierno y la vida de la gente común empeora. Durante este tiempo, muchas mujeres que quieren divorciarse se refugian en Tokei-ji, un templo budista en Kamakura, Japón. El Tokei-ji ayuda a las mujeres que son maltratadas por sus maridos y les ayudan a divorciarse si así lo desean.
Kakekomi
Director
Situado en el período Edo, durante una época en el que la tasa de divorcios era más del doble que en el día de hoy. Una ordenanza de austeridad ha sido proclamada por el gobierno y la vida de la gente común empeora. Durante este tiempo, muchas mujeres que quieren divorciarse se refugian en Tokei-ji, un templo budista en Kamakura, Japón. El Tokei-ji ayuda a las mujeres que son maltratadas por sus maridos y les ayudan a divorciarse si así lo desean.
Chronicle of My Mother
Producer
Basada en la autobiografía del escritor japonés Yasushi Inoue, la historia se centra en un famoso escritor que debe cuidar de su madre, la cual sufre demencia, y con la que no mantiene una buena relación. La hija menor del escritor intercederá para mejorar la relación entre su padre y su abuela.
Chronicle of My Mother
Screenplay
Basada en la autobiografía del escritor japonés Yasushi Inoue, la historia se centra en un famoso escritor que debe cuidar de su madre, la cual sufre demencia, y con la que no mantiene una buena relación. La hija menor del escritor intercederá para mejorar la relación entre su padre y su abuela.
Chronicle of My Mother
Director
Basada en la autobiografía del escritor japonés Yasushi Inoue, la historia se centra en un famoso escritor que debe cuidar de su madre, la cual sufre demencia, y con la que no mantiene una buena relación. La hija menor del escritor intercederá para mejorar la relación entre su padre y su abuela.
Climber's High
Adaptation
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
Climber's High
Director
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
The Shadow Spirit
Writer
A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.
The Shadow Spirit
Director
A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.
The Suicide Song
Writer
Original story by Yasushi AKIMOTO, writer of the mega hit movie One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) series. As the project was in development with an idea of an "infectious song (Densen-Uta)", one of the staff called out..."There was a real Densen-Uta!" He discovers on the internet of a song back in 1933, Hungary, which caused mysterious deaths of many people. In "Densen-Uta", high school girls get mixed up in the Japanese version of this infectious song, and with the help of third rate gossip magazine reporter, tries to solve the mystery and horror behind the song. They come to know just how real, an urban legend can become.
The Suicide Song
Director
Original story by Yasushi AKIMOTO, writer of the mega hit movie One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) series. As the project was in development with an idea of an "infectious song (Densen-Uta)", one of the staff called out..."There was a real Densen-Uta!" He discovers on the internet of a song back in 1933, Hungary, which caused mysterious deaths of many people. In "Densen-Uta", high school girls get mixed up in the Japanese version of this infectious song, and with the help of third rate gossip magazine reporter, tries to solve the mystery and horror behind the song. They come to know just how real, an urban legend can become.
Fearless - Sin miedo
Mita
China durante la primera década del siglo XX. El país sufre de corrupción y de la invasión extranjera. Huo Yuanjia es un legendario maestro de artes marciales. Profundamente humillado por la muerte de su padre en un duelo público, el joven Huo decide convertirse en el mejor luchador posible. Pero muy pronto pierde a dos de sus seres más queridos, por culpa de sus increíbles habilidades, cuando matan a su familia por venganza. Loco de dolor y de vergüenza, Huo Yuanjia huye sin importarle la muerte ni la vida...
Beat Kids
Writer
A school brass band gets a new member.
Bluestockings
Writer
Basada en una novela de Iwai Shimako, Jiyuu Renai (también conocida como Bluestockings) se desarrolla durante los días de la Era Taisho en Japón (1912-1926), cuando era difícil para las mujeres tener tanto el amor como una carrera profesional.
Bluestockings
Director
Basada en una novela de Iwai Shimako, Jiyuu Renai (también conocida como Bluestockings) se desarrolla durante los días de la Era Taisho en Japón (1912-1926), cuando era difícil para las mujeres tener tanto el amor como una carrera profesional.
El último samurái
Omura
1870. El capitán Nathan Algren es un hombre a la deriva. Las batallas que libró en otro tiempo parecen ahora lejanas e inútiles. Una vez arriesgó su vida por el honor y por la patria, pero, en los años transcurridos desde la Guerra de Secesión estadounidense, el mundo ha cambiado. El pragmatismo ha reemplazado al valor, el interés personal ha ocupado el lugar del sacrificio y el honor no se encuentra en ninguna parte, especialmente en el Oeste, donde su papel en las campañas contra los indios acabó en desilusión y tristeza. En algún lugar de las implacables llanuras junto a la ribera del río Washita, Algren perdió su alma. En un mundo completamente distinto, otro soldado ve como su modo de vida está a punto de desintegrarse.
The Choice of Hercules
Writer
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
The Choice of Hercules
Director
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
Inugami
Screenplay
Akira, un profesor de Tokio, acaba de llegar a una pequeña ciudad rural para comenzar su nuevo trabajo. Poco después de su llegada, se enamora de Miki, hija de una familia que se dedica a la fabricación de papel. En el pueblo oye comentarios acerca de una leyenda antigua que habla de la maldición del Inugami, que lleva la familia de Miki. Él no se lo toma en serio, considerándolo como simples rumores. Poco después, comienzan a ocurrir asesinatos en el pueblo...
Inugami
Writer
Akira, un profesor de Tokio, acaba de llegar a una pequeña ciudad rural para comenzar su nuevo trabajo. Poco después de su llegada, se enamora de Miki, hija de una familia que se dedica a la fabricación de papel. En el pueblo oye comentarios acerca de una leyenda antigua que habla de la maldición del Inugami, que lleva la familia de Miki. Él no se lo toma en serio, considerándolo como simples rumores. Poco después, comienzan a ocurrir asesinatos en el pueblo...
Inugami
Director
Akira, un profesor de Tokio, acaba de llegar a una pequeña ciudad rural para comenzar su nuevo trabajo. Poco después de su llegada, se enamora de Miki, hija de una familia que se dedica a la fabricación de papel. En el pueblo oye comentarios acerca de una leyenda antigua que habla de la maldición del Inugami, que lleva la familia de Miki. Él no se lo toma en serio, considerándolo como simples rumores. Poco después, comienzan a ocurrir asesinatos en el pueblo...
Jubaku: Spellbound
Director
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank's top executives continue to vacillate, a quartet of middle-management reformers, led by straight-arrow Kitano (Koji Yakusho), decide to stage a boardroom coup and install a new, clean management team. With the aid of a hotshot news anchor (Miho Wada) and a hard-nosed prosecutor (Kenichi Endo), heads begin to roll.
The ring 2 (El círculo 2)
Producer
Una mujer está investigando la misteriosa muerte de su novio, cuando le llegan los rumores de una cinta de video maldita según la cual toda aquella persona que la ve muere una semana después. La pista la lleva hacia la ex esposa del fallecido y a su hijo, pero hay un problema: están desaparecido
Ring: The Spiral
Producer
Adaptación de la novela de Kôji Suzuki. El profesor Ryuji Takayama (el ex marido de Asakawa) ha muerto. Éste poseía extraños poderes de telepatía y premonición. En la investigación descubrirán que el profesor murió por un ataque al corazón producido por un tumor en la garganta. ¿Qué será lo que propaga el virus que provoca los mortales tumores?
Bounce Ko Gals
Writer
Filmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Jonko runs a group of high school girls involved in paid dating, Raku is a street dancer, and Togo was brought up in the US and back in Japan for one year wants to escape to New York. Their contact with the world of talent scouts and yakuza places them in danger.
Bounce Ko Gals
Director
Filmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Jonko runs a group of high school girls involved in paid dating, Raku is a street dancer, and Togo was brought up in the US and back in Japan for one year wants to escape to New York. Their contact with the world of talent scouts and yakuza places them in danger.
The President's Christmas Tree
Adaptation
Rowing Through
Director
Based on the real-life story of American rower Tiff Wood (Colin Ferguson), an athlete determined to realize his goal of winning gold at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Wood's dream is shattered when the U.S. boycotts the games, and he must refocus his life towards making the team four years later, with the odds against him.
Kamikaze Taxi
Writer
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.
Kamikaze Taxi
Director
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.
The Painted Desert
Producer
In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paralysed friend Barbara, runs the Desert Rose Cafe. Things liven up with the arrival of a mafia henchman (whose boss is hiding out at a nearby ranch), a battered Japanse man (who turns out to be a terrific chef, but who also triggers Barbara's memories of internment during WWII), and an attack on the mob boss' camp.
The Painted Desert
Writer
In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paralysed friend Barbara, runs the Desert Rose Cafe. Things liven up with the arrival of a mafia henchman (whose boss is hiding out at a nearby ranch), a battered Japanse man (who turns out to be a terrific chef, but who also triggers Barbara's memories of internment during WWII), and an attack on the mob boss' camp.
The Painted Desert
Director
In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paralysed friend Barbara, runs the Desert Rose Cafe. Things liven up with the arrival of a mafia henchman (whose boss is hiding out at a nearby ranch), a battered Japanse man (who turns out to be a terrific chef, but who also triggers Barbara's memories of internment during WWII), and an attack on the mob boss' camp.
Tuff Part V
Screenplay
Tuff Part V
Director
Tuff Part IV
Screenplay
Tuff Part IV
Director
Tuff Part III
Screenplay
Tuff Part III
Director
Tuff Part II
Screenplay
Tuff Part I
Screenplay
Tuff Part I
Director
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
Writer
A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a murderous demon is unleashed in the headquarters office. Can the slow witted son of the company founder and a punk rock band of monsters (don’t ask) stop the evil forces before the employees are butchered?
Gunhed
Writer
Año 2038, trece años después de la gran guerra de Robots, un grupo de cazatesoros, en la busca de valiosos chips de ordenadores, entra en la zona de guerra prohibida en la isla 8J0 del Pacífico. La tan inoportuna visita coincide con el resurgir de la perversa supercomputadora Kyron5, la responsable de la guerra de la humanidad en el año 2025.
Gunhed
Director
Año 2038, trece años después de la gran guerra de Robots, un grupo de cazatesoros, en la busca de valiosos chips de ordenadores, entra en la zona de guerra prohibida en la isla 8J0 del Pacífico. La tan inoportuna visita coincide con el resurgir de la perversa supercomputadora Kyron5, la responsable de la guerra de la humanidad en el año 2025.
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Screenplay
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Director
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Director
The story revolves around a hardcore Onyanko Club fanatic who decides he wants to kill the girls to prevent the young, cute idols from getting old and married - in a sense, to preserve their youth for eternity.
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Screenplay
The story revolves around a hardcore Onyanko Club fanatic who decides he wants to kill the girls to prevent the young, cute idols from getting old and married - in a sense, to preserve their youth for eternity.
Paris/Dakar 1500
Writer
Plot missing
Paris/Dakar 1500
Director
Plot missing
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Writer
Six year old Momoko and Motoharu are turned suddenly into High school students. And more than that they have now psychic powers.
Out of Focus
Director
A magazine publisher called Out Of Focus hires a new female camerawoman. This company is located in Tokyo. The new photographer moves from outside the city to Tokyo and upon arrival and on her first day is tasked with immediately snapping pictures. Her boss sends her on a mission with a senior colleague. The senior cameraman uses rogue ways surprising his new colleague. A new assignment related to a former Japanese Prime Minister falls on her lap. The court does not look fondly at photography of this kind.
Windy Story
Writer
Windy Story
Director
Goodbye, Flickmania
Screenplay
Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.
Goodbye, Flickmania
Director
Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.