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Masato Hara

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Masato Hara

Born July 15, 1950 (age 76)

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. F…

Known For

Funeral Parade of RosesFuneral Parade of Roses · 1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
★ 7.51969
MovieDrama
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.
The Man Who Left His Will on FilmThe Man Who Left His Will on Film · 1970
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
★ 5.81970
MovieDramaMystery
When a man chases down his stolen movie camera, the thief commits suicide by jumping off a building. But after the police take the camera as evidence, it becomes unclear if there was ever a thief in the first place.
SOAR: I Wish You Were HereSOAR: I Wish You Were Here · 2015
SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2015
MovieDrama
A tragic love story set in a mountain village in the Showa era, waiting for a fiancé who died in the war, but it is more than that. It breaks through the existing concept of a film with a beginning, middle, and end, and like Fellini or Godard... Hara Masato's cosmic film philosophy on the theme of "human history and media" unfolds like a symphony.
20th Century Nostalgia20th Century Nostalgia · 1997
20th Century Nostalgia
★ 7.11997
MovieDramaRomance
A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.
A Sad Yet Funny BalladA Sad Yet Funny Ballad · 1968
A Sad Yet Funny Ballad
1968
Movie
A young man sets out to make a Super 8 film, but isn't sure what the film should be about.
Tanzan sessionTanzan session · 2012
Tanzan session
2012
Movie
Tanzan Shrine, also known as the Danzan Shrine.
A Man Who Became CinemaA Man Who Became Cinema · 2018
A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
MovieDocumentary
Masato Hara made his directorial debut in high school in 1968 and achieved a reputation as a young prodigy. Many years later, he continues to make films and show his old experimental 'live-screening' films, but is saddled with massive debts. This film follows eight years in his life.
Yakeato ChronicleYakeato Chronicle · 2022
Yakeato Chronicle
2022
MovieDocumentary
Hara's new film 「焼け跡クロニクル」 is a documentary film about Hara's attempt to rebuild his life from scratch after his house burned down in 2018 and he lost all his household goods and film equipment. Co-produced with Maori Hara, his partner in both public and private life, the film combines 8mm film salvaged from the ruins of the fire with digital footage shot on an iPhone to tell the story of his recovery from the fire.

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