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Kazuo Hara

Name in Native Language: "原一男" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director | * 06/08/1945 (78) | Ube, Yamaguchi (Japan)
Kazuo Hara (Japanese: 原一男, Hepburn: Hara Kazuo, 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. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Horror

Known for these Movies & Shows

Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of the New Guinea campaign in World War II, sets out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives to find the truth behind atrocities committed while the Jap ...

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

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1987 | 3.7/5 | 2h 2min
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This film is about a lawsuit seeking state compensation for asbestos-related damage in the Sennan area of Osaka. Filmmaker Hara Kazuo records the eight-year struggle of the plaintiffs and their lawyer ...

Sennan Asbestos Disaster

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2016 | 3h 35min
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A profile of the controversial novelist Mitsuharu Inoue, filmed during the last years of his life. ...

A Dedicated Life

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1994 | 2.6/5 | 2h 37min
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When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover t ...

Shin Godzilla

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2016 | 3.5/5 | 2h
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Awards & Nominations for Kazuo Hara

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
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Movies with Kazuo Hara as Actor(4)

as Biology Professor2016 Shin Godzilla
as himself2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Kato1996 Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
as himself1974 Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

TV Shows/Series with Kazuo Hara as Actor(1)

as Tomohiro1960 National Kid

Movies with Kazuo Hara as Crew(27)

Directing/Director2020 Minamata Mandala
Camera/Director of Photography2019 Reiwa Uprising
Crew/Cinematography2019 Reiwa Uprising
Directing/Director2019 Reiwa Uprising
Production/Producer2019 Reiwa Uprising
Camera/Director of Photography2016 Sennan Asbestos Disaster
Directing/Director2016 Sennan Asbestos Disaster
Directing/Director2005 The Many Faces of Chika
Directing/Director1999 My Mishima
Directing/Co-Director1995 Deep River
Camera/Director of Photography1994 A Dedicated Life
Directing/Director1994 A Dedicated Life
Directing/Co-Director1990 Shikibu monogatari
Directing/Co-Director1989 Death of a Tea Master
Camera/Director of Photography1987 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Directing/Director1987 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Directing/Co-Director1986 The Sea and Poison
Directing/Assistant Director1985 Mattemashita tenkousei!
Camera/Director of Photography1981 Pig-Chicken Suicide
Directing/Assistant Director1980 Child of the Sun
Camera/Director of Photography1975 Poruno repōto: Sex shikakenin
Camera/Director of Photography1975 Sex Document: Serial Rapists
Camera/Director of Photography1974 Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Directing/Director1974 Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Camera/Director of Photography1974 Wet and Sweet Pussies
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Goodbye CP
Directing/Director1972 Goodbye CP

Additional Information

Official websites:
docudocu.jp
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 06/08 1945 (June) in Ube, Yamaguchi (Japan) (current age: 78 years + 323 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Other names for Kazuo Hara (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"原一男"
"はら かずお" (Kana/Japanese)
Kazuo Hara frequently works together with these people:
Sachiko Kobayashi (9x, Crew)
Kei Kumai (7x, Crew)
Hideaki Anno (6x, Crew)
Masao Tochizawa (6x, Crew)
Shinji Higuchi (5x, Crew)
Jun Nabeshima (4x, Crew)
Eiji Okuda (4x, Actor)
Teizô Matsumura (4x, Crew)
Osamu Inoue (4x, Crew)
Takeo Kimura (4x, Crew)
Katsuro Onoue (3x, Crew)
Shika Saito (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1044818, Added: 12/01/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024