Masato Hara
Directing
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
Directing10
movieYakeato Chronicle
2022
Director
movieFutago Rekki
2018
Director
movieMI • TA • RI!
2002
Director
movie20th Century Nostalgia
1997
Director
movieThe First Emperor
1973
Director
movieFuneral Parade of Roses
1969
Assistant Director
movieA Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1968
Director
Writing8
movieFutago Rekki
2018
Writer
movieMI • TA • RI!
2002
Screenplay
movie20th Century Nostalgia
1997
Screenplay
Acting4
Camera4
movieFutago Rekki
2018
Director of Photography
movieSOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2015
Director of Photography
movieMI • TA • RI!
2002
Director of Photography
The Eternal Traveller
1995
Director of Photography
Editing3
Sound3
movieA Man Who Became Cinema
2018
Original Music Composer
movieThe First Emperor
1973
Music, Sound
Crew1
movieThe First Emperor
1973
Cinematography
Production1
movieThe First Emperor
1973
Producer