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The battle has never been depicted in its entirety on screen, however, until Masato Harada tackled it for his new epic "Sekigahara," based on Ryotaro Shiba's classic three-volume historical...
Masato Harada (原田 眞人, Harada Masato, born July 3, 1949) is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless.
Aug 19, 2017 · Amply aided by today’s computer graphic wizardry, but on a far smaller budget than either Kurosawa or Hollywood would require, Masato Harada has managed to create battle scenes in Sekigahara that deploy several hundred extras and just 30 horses to convincingly epic-scale effect.
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Aug 27, 2015 · Weekender spoke with Harada to find out more about the genesis of the project, the challenges of presenting complex history to a foreign audience, and what we can still learn from the end of World War II today.
Masato Harada's "Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi" ("The Emperor in August"), released almost a week before the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, presents an entirely different image of...
Aug 15, 2001 · Robin Gatto in an in-depth talk with Masato Harada, one of Japan's most versatile and unique filmmakers.: 'What we need in Japan right now, in every sense, is taboo breakers.'
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2017 | 149 min | with English Subtitles | Directed by Masato Harada Supported by Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco. A film adaptation of Ryotaro Shiba’s best-selling novel which depicts a new interpretation of The Battle of Sekigahara, the greatest conflict of the Warring States Period in Japanese history. Daimyo Ishida Mitsunari ...
