
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.
- Known ForDirecting
- Born8 June 1945 (age 80)
- Place of BirthUbe, Yamaguchi, Japan
Kazuo Hara

- Known ForDirecting
- Born8 June 1945 (age 80)
- Place of BirthUbe, Yamaguchi, Japan
Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
2023

Minamata Mandala
2021

Reiwa Uprising
2019

Sennan Asbestos Disaster
2016

Shin Godzilla
2016

How Much Is a Life Worth?
2013

The Many Faces of Chika
2005

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002

A Painful Pair
2002

My Mishima
1999

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
1996

A Dedicated Life
1994

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
1987

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
1974
