---
name: "Masato Hara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/masato-hara"
fi1m_id: "masato-hara"
imdb_id: "nm0361683"
tmdb_id: 70128
wikidata_id: "Q11409670"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 November 1931"
died: "17 March 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:25:35.316798+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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# Masato Hara

## Identity

Masato Hara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/masato-hara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** masato-hara
- **IMDb ID:** nm0361683
- **TMDB ID:** 70128
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11409670
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11409670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361683/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70128

Producer. Born 18 November 1931 in Saitama Prefecture. Died 17 March 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 November 1931, Saitama Prefecture
- **Died:** 17 March 2021
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11409670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361683/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70128

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Masato Hara was a Japanese film producer and executive. Born on 18 November 1931 in Saitama Prefecture, he graduated from Waseda University before entering the industry. In 1958 he joined the distributor Nippon Herald, later moving into production and distribution.

Hara produced Akira Kurosawa’s *Ran* (1985) and served as executive producer on Nagisa Ōshima’s *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983). He was also involved in *Ring* (1998) and its sequels, as well as earlier Kurosawa projects including *Dersu Uzala* (1975). In 1981 he founded Herald Ace and later held senior roles at Asmik Ace until retiring in 2017. He died on 17 March 2021.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, grapeejapan.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *A Chair on the Plains* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Abacus and Sword* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Letter from the Mountain* (2002), Executive Producer
- *The Choice of Hercules* (2002), Producer
- *Inugami* (2001), Producer
- *After the Rain* (2000), Producer
- *Jubaku: Spellbound* (1999), Producer
- *Ring 2* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Shikoku* (1999), Producer
- *Sleepless Town* (1998), Producer
- *Lost Paradise* (1997), Producer
- *Suddenly Arriving* (1995), Actor
- *Sharaku* (1995), Producer
- *Getting Any?* (1995), Producer
- *The Dancer* (1989), Producer
- *Festival of Dreams* (1989), Producer
- *Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape* (1989), Producer
- *The Tale of Genji* (1987), Producer
- *Night on the Galactic Railroad* (1985), Producer
- *Ran* (1985), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *A. K.* (1985), Associate Producer
- *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983), Executive Producer
- *The Woman with the Red Hat* (1982), Producer

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1987: Best Film Not in the English Language (won), for *Ran*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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