About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1945-06-08
Place of birth:
Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Website:
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Kazuo Hara

Overview

Kazuo Hara (原一男 Hara Kazuo, born 8 June 1945) is a Japanese documentary film director. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work Goodbye CP about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Hochi Film Award and at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. That film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 2017 he released the documentary Sennan Asbestos Disaster which received the 2017 Audience Award at the Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival and the 2017 BIFF Mecenat Award at the Busan International Film Festival. His documentary works often depict people who push against the boundaries of propriety and obedience in Japanese society.

Known for

Acting
2016 Shin Godzilla Actor Biology Professor 68
Fair
2002 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions Actor himself N/A
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1996 Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment Actor Kato 59
Average
1974 Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 Actor Himself 59
Average
1960 National Kid Actor Tomohiro 70
Good

Directing
2023 Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art Directing Director N/A
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2021 Minamata Mandala Directing Director N/A
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2019 Reiwa Uprising Directing Director N/A
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2016 Sennan Asbestos Disaster Directing Director N/A
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2013 How Much Is a Life Worth? Directing Director N/A
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2005 The Many Faces of Chika Directing Director N/A
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1999 My Mishima Directing Director N/A
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1995 Deep River Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1994 全身小説家 Directing Director N/A
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1994 A Dedicated Life Directing Director 58
Average
1990 Shikibu monogatari Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1989 Death of a Tea Master Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1987 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On Directing Director 60
Fair
1986 The Sea and Poison Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1985 Mattemashita tenkousei! Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1980 Child of the Sun Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1974 Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 Directing Director 59
Average
1972 Goodbye CP Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
1974 Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
2021 Minamata Mandala Production Producer N/A
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2019 Reiwa Uprising Production Producer N/A
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2010 The Duckling Production Executive Producer N/A
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Camera
2019 Reiwa Uprising Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2016 Sennan Asbestos Disaster Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1994 A Dedicated Life Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1987 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1981 Pig-Chicken Suicide Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1975 Poruno repōto: Sex shikakenin Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1975 Sex Document: Serial Rapists Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1974 Wet and Sweet Pussies Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1974 Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1972 Goodbye CP Camera Director of Photography 59
Average

Crew
2019 Reiwa Uprising Crew Cinematography N/A
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