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name: "Kazutami Hara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kazutami-hara"
fi1m_id: "kazutami-hara"
imdb_id: "nm0361673"
tmdb_id: 1197591
wikidata_id: "Q11409366"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "11 December 1931"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-28T20:49:43.900347+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kazutami Hara

## Identity

Kazutami Hara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kazutami-hara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kazutami-hara
- **IMDb ID:** nm0361673
- **TMDB ID:** 1197591
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11409366
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11409366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197591

Cinematographer. Born 11 December 1931 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 11 December 1931, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 1963–1984
- **Also known as:** Kazumi Hara
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 90 (1), 1980s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11409366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197591

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55)

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## Biography

Kazutami Hara, also credited as Kazumi Hara, is a Japanese cinematographer born on 11 December 1931 in Shinjuku, Tokyo. He began his career in the camera department, working as first assistant camera on several films including *High and Low* (1963).

Hara later became a director of photography on numerous features. His credits include *The Vampire Doll* (1970), *Evil of Dracula* (1974), *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), *Godzilla 1985* (1985), *Bye Bye Jupiter* (1984) and *Dreams* (1990).

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, First Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Ode to Joy* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Last Friends* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Dreams* (1990), as Other
- *Oración* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Murder on the Sanriku Coast* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Souvenir Shop* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Director of Photography — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Shinobu's Tomorrow* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Sayonara Jupiter* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Eternal Monument* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Blue Jeans Memory* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Faraway Tomorrow* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Rika* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Brother and Sister* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Stars and Storms* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Main Line to Terror* (1975), Director of Photography
- *ESPY* (1974), Director of Photography
- *The Last Swordsman* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Evil of Dracula* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Kandagawa* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Long Journey into Love* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Little Adventurer* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Hairpin Circus* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Red Target* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Love Forsaken* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Vampire Doll* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Terror in the Streets* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Creature Called Man* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Tigers - Hi! London* (1969), Cinematography
- *Too Young to Die* (1969), Director of Photography
- *High and Low* (1963), First Assistant Camera — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)
- *Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa* (1961), Camera Department Production Assistant
- *Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep* (1961), Camera Production Assistant

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