Masato Hara
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.
Cast
Crew
SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
Director, Writer
MI • TA • RI!
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
A Man Who Became Cinema
Original Music Composer
The First Emperor
Music, Sound, Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Writer, Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Screenplay
The Eternal Traveller
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
Futago Rekki
Director of Photography, Music, Writer, Editor, Director
Yakeato Chronicle
Director
20th Century Nostalgia
Director, Screenplay
Never Ending Summer
Director
Funeral Parade of Roses
Assistant Director