Kazuo Hara

Director

Born: June 8, 1945 (age 81)
From: 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…

Filmography (16)

The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky (2025)
man in bar
Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art (2023)
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Minamata Mandala (2021)
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Reiwa Uprising (2019)
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Shin Godzilla (2016)
Biology Professor
Sennan Asbestos Disaster (2016)
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How Much Is a Life Worth? (2013)
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The Many Faces of Chika (2005)
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A Painful Pair (2002)
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)
himself
My Mishima (1999)
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Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996)
Kato
A Dedicated Life (1994)
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The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
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Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (1974)
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Goodbye CP (1972)
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