Masato Harada
Masato Harada | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 3, 1949 Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | December 8, 2025 (aged 76) |
| Occupations | Film director, film critic, actor |
| Years active | 1979–2025 |
| Spouse |
Mizuho Fukuda (m. 1976) |
| Children | Eugene Harada |
Masato Harada (原田 眞人, Harada Masato; July 3, 1949 – December 8, 2025) was a Japanese film director, critic and occasional actor; he was best known to foreign audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless. In both his acting roles, he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westernize under the Meiji Restoration in the meantime trying to remove the old ways.