Masato Harada

Masato Harada
Born	July 3, 1949 (1949-07-03) Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Occupation	Film director, critic, actor

Masato Harada (原田眞人 Harada Masato, alt. 原田真人 Harada Masato, born July 3, 1949 in Numazu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese film director, critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to Western 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.

Directing filmography

1. Chronicle of My Mother (2011)
2. Climber's High (2008)
3. Mōryō no Hako (2008)
4. Densen Uta (2007)
5. Bluestockings (2005)
6. The Choice of Hercules (2002)
7. Inugami (2001)
8. Spellbound (1999)
9. Bounce ko gals (1997)
10. Rowing Through (1996)
11. Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
12. Painted Desert (1993)
13. Tuff 5 (1992)
14. Gunhed (1989)
15. The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987)
16. Paris/Dakar 1500 (1986)
17. Uindii (1984)
18. Farewell, Movie Friend: Indian Summer (1979)

Acting filmography

1. Fearless (2006) as Mr. Mita
2. The Last Samurai (2003) as Mr. Omura

External links

• Masato Harada at the Internet Movie Database
• Masato Harada's JMDb Listing
• Interview at Midnight Eye