Kazuo Hara

Kazuo Hara

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.

  • Popularity : 3.604
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1945-06-08
  • Place of Birth : Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Kazuo Hara Movies

  • 1996
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    Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
    Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

    6 1996 HD

    There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived,...

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  • 2016
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    Shin Godzilla
    Shin Godzilla

    7.2 2016 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

    7.4 1974 HD

    When his wife, the outspoken feminist Miyuki Takeda, announced that she was leaving him in order to find herself, Kazuo Hara began this raw,...

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  • 2002
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    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    1 2002 HD

    Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30...

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  • 2002
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    A Painful Pair
    A Painful Pair

    6 2002 HD

    Ryo and Natsu love each other immensely. They are also able to feel each other's pain. Their relationship is troubled when Ryo allows himself to be...

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  • 1987
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    The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
    The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

    7.465 1987 HD

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  • 1972
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    Goodbye CP
    Goodbye CP

    7.2 1972 HD

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  • 1999
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    My Mishima
    My Mishima

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1974
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    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

    7.4 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

    7.4 1974 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Many Faces of Chika
    The Many Faces of Chika

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1994
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    A Dedicated Life
    A Dedicated Life

    5.2 1994 HD

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  • 1980
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    Child of the Sun
    Child of the Sun

    1 1980 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Duckling
    The Duckling

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
    The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

    7.465 1987 HD

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  • 2021
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    Minamata Mandala
    Minamata Mandala

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1975
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    Sex Document: Serial Rapists
    Sex Document: Serial Rapists

    2 1975 HD

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  • 1974
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    Wet and Sweet Pussies
    Wet and Sweet Pussies

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1985
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    Mattemashita tenkousei!
    Mattemashita tenkousei!

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1995
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    Deep River
    Deep River

    7.2 1995 HD

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  • 1990
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    Shikibu monogatari
    Shikibu monogatari

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1989
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    Death of a Tea Master
    Death of a Tea Master

    5.3 1989 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Sea and Poison
    The Sea and Poison

    6.917 1986 HD

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  • 2016
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    Sennan Asbestos Disaster
    Sennan Asbestos Disaster

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2023
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    Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
    Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2016
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    Sennan Asbestos Disaster
    Sennan Asbestos Disaster

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1972
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    Goodbye CP
    Goodbye CP

    7.2 1972 HD

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  • 1974
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    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
    Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

    7.4 1974 HD

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  • 1994
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    A Dedicated Life
    A Dedicated Life

    5.2 1994 HD

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  • 1981
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    Pig-Chicken Suicide
    Pig-Chicken Suicide

    6.2 1981 HD

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  • 2019
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    Reiwa Uprising
    Reiwa Uprising

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Reiwa Uprising
    Reiwa Uprising

    1 2019 HD

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  • 1975
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    Poruno repōto: Sex shikakenin
    Poruno repōto: Sex shikakenin

    6.2 1975 HD

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  • 2019
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    Reiwa Uprising
    Reiwa Uprising

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2021
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    Minamata Mandala
    Minamata Mandala

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2019
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    Reiwa Uprising
    Reiwa Uprising

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2013
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    How Much Is a Life Worth?
    How Much Is a Life Worth?

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1977
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    Groper Night Train
    Groper Night Train

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1960
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    National Kid
    National Kid

    7 1960 HD

    National Kid is a Japanese TV series produced by Toei Company in 1960. Created by mangaka Daiji Kazumine, it was commissioned by Panasonic, then...

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