Kazuo Hara
Directing
- Born
- June 8, 1945 (age 81) · Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
August 1, 1987
The Sea and Poison
October 17, 1986
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
June 25, 1974
Death of a Tea Master
October 7, 1989
Goodbye CP
March 1, 1972
Pig-Chicken Suicide
October 30, 1981
Poruno repōto: Sex shikakenin
November 22, 1975
Deep River
April 1, 1995
A Dedicated Life
September 22, 1994
Shikibu monogatari
October 6, 1990
My Mishima
November 13, 1999
The Many Faces of Chika
January 5, 2005
Behind the camera23
- 2023Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art Director
- 2021Minamata Mandala Producer, Director
- 2019Reiwa Uprising Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Cinematography
- 2016Sennan Asbestos Disaster Director, Director of Photography
- 2013How Much Is a Life Worth? Director
- 2010The Duckling Executive Producer
- 2005The Many Faces of Chika Director
- 1999My Mishima Director
- 1995Deep River First Assistant Director
- 1994