Kazuo Hara
Directing
Kazuo Hara (原一男 Hara Kazuo, born 8 June 1945) is a Japanese documentary film director. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work Goodbye CP about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Hochi Film Award and at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. That film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 2017 he released the documentary Sennan Asbestos Disaster which received the 2017 Audience Award at the Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival and the 2017 BIFF Mecenat Award at the Busan International Film Festival. His documentary works often depict people who push against the boundaries of propriety and obedience in Japanese society.
Known for
Directing18
movieMinamata Mandala
2021
Director
movieReiwa Uprising
2019
Director
movieThe Many Faces of Chika
2005
Director
movieMy Mishima
1999
Director
movieDeep River
1995
First Assistant Director
movieA Dedicated Life
1994
Director
movieShikibu monogatari
1990
Assistant Director
movieDeath of a Tea Master
1989
Assistant Director
movieThe Sea and Poison
1986
Assistant Director
Mattemashita tenkousei!
1985
Assistant Director
movieChild of the Sun
1980
Assistant Director
Groper Night Train
1977
Assistant Director
movieGoodbye CP
1972
Director
Camera10
movieReiwa Uprising
2019
Director of Photography
movieSennan Asbestos Disaster
2016
Director of Photography
movieA Dedicated Life
1994
Director of Photography
movieThe Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
1987
Director of Photography
moviePig-Chicken Suicide
1981
Director of Photography
moviePoruno repōto: Sex shikakenin
1975
Director of Photography
Sex Document: Serial Rapists
1975
Director of Photography
Wet and Sweet Pussies
1974
Director of Photography
movieExtreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
1974
Director of Photography
movieGoodbye CP
1972
Director of Photography
Acting7
Production3
movieMinamata Mandala
2021
Producer
movieReiwa Uprising
2019
Producer
movieThe Duckling
2010
Executive Producer
Crew1
movieReiwa Uprising
2019
Cinematography