FILM DIRECTOR

Masato Harada

1949 - Today

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Masato Harada (原田 眞人, Harada Masato; born July 3, 1949) is a Japanese film director, film critic, and occasional actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westernize under the Meiji Restoration in the meantime trying to remove the old ways. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masato Harada is the 918th most popular film director (down from 911th in 2019), the 1,220th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,157th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Masato Harada ranks 918 out of 2,041Before him are Benjamin Christensen, Cristian Mungiu, Oldřich Lipský, Barry Ackroyd, Hasse Ekman, and Wayne Wang. After him are Sergey Obraztsov, Mimi Leder, Albert Capellani, Masoud Kimiai, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Hideo Nakata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Masato Harada ranks 397Before him are Marek Jędraszewski, Rubén Pagnanini, Natalia Kuchinskaya, Keto Losaberidze, Wayne Wang, and Julian Fellowes. After him are Manfred Burgsmüller, Jahn Teigen, Alexander Gradsky, Gates McFadden, Mohammed bin Hammam, and Emanuel Ax.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masato Harada ranks 1,220 out of 6,245Before him are Mitski (1990), Satoshi Miyauchi (1959), Nozu Michitsura (1840), Hiroshi Abe (1964), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), and Hashimoto Gahō (1835). After him are Chieko Homma (1964), Masayuki Mori (1911), Satoshi Oishi (1972), Itō Noe (1895), Junko Ishida (1966), and Miyoshi Umeki (1929).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Masato Harada ranks 39Before him are Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Rintaro (1941), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), and Yoshishige Yoshida (1933). After him are Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), Juzo Itami (1933), Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), and Sion Sono (1961).