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.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
Director 7
self 2
Writer 1
Director
Yakeato Chronicle (2022)
Movie
Self / Original Music Composer
A Man Who Became Cinema (2018)
Movie
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Writer / Music
Futago Rekki (2018)
Movie
Director
SOAR: I Wish You Were Here (2015)
Movie
Tanzan session (2012)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Director of Photography
MI • TA • RI! (2002)
Movie
Director
20th Century Nostalgia (1997)
Movie
Director
The Eternal Traveller (1995)
Movie
Self
The First Emperor (1973)
Movie
Writer
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
Movie
Masataka Hara
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Movie
Director
A Sad Yet Funny Ballad (1968)
Movie
Ratings
Average 3.09
Based on 8.34 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1968
1973
2002
2018
2022
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1950-07-15 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceMeguro-ku, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As原將人
AwardsDirectors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
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