Kazuo Hara

Born: 1945-06-08

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.


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Shin Godzilla

as Biology Professor
Released: 2016-07-29

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government...

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Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

as Kato
Released: 1996-03-23

There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka...

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Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

as Himself
Released: 1974-06-25

When his wife, the outspoken feminist Miyuki Takeda, announced that she was leaving him in order...

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Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

as himself
Released: 2002-01-26

Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed...

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A Painful Pair

as uncredited
Released: 2002-12-07

Ryo and Natsu love each other immensely. They are also able to feel each other's pain. Their...

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National Kid

as Tomohiro
First aired: 1960-08-04

National Kid is a Japanese TV series produced by Toei Company in 1960. Created by mangaka Daiji...

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