Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Shin Godzilla
Character: Biology Professor
MOVIE • 2016
A Painful Pair
Character:
MOVIE • 2002
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Character: himself
MOVIE • 2002
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Character: Kato
MOVIE • 1996
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1974
National Kid
Character: Tomohiro
TV • 1960
Crew
Crew Credits
Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
Minamata Mandala
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2021
Minamata Mandala
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
Reiwa Uprising
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2019
Reiwa Uprising
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Reiwa Uprising
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2019
Reiwa Uprising
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2019
Sennan Asbestos Disaster
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
Sennan Asbestos Disaster
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2016
How Much Is a Life Worth?
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
The Duckling
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2010
The Many Faces of Chika
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2005
My Mishima
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1999
Deep River
Role: Assistant Director
MOVIE • 1995
A Dedicated Life
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1994
A Dedicated Life
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1994
Shikibu monogatari
Role: Assistant Director
MOVIE • 1990
Death of a Tea Master
Role: Assistant Director
MOVIE • 1989
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1987