Kazuo Hara ( Jap. 原 一 男 , June 8, 1945 , Ube ) - Japanese documentary filmmaker, actor.
| Kazuo Hara | |
|---|---|
| 原 一 男 | |
| Date of Birth | June 8, 1945 ( 74) |
| Place of Birth | Ube |
| Citizenship |  Japan |
| Profession | director, actor |
| Career | 1972 - to the present time |
| Direction | Documentary film |
| Awards | Berlin IFF Award, Rotterdam IFF Award |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creative manner
- 3 Filmography
- 4 Interesting Facts
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Biography
He grew up without a father. In his youth, he experienced the strongest influence of Japanese and world protest movements of the late 1960s - early 1970s. He graduated from the Higher Technical School of Photography in Tokyo . Together with his wife he was engaged in producing films.
Creative manner
Hara creates movies of marginal heroes and extreme situations.
Filmography
- 1972 : Goodbye CP (on Cerebral Palsy Patients)
- 1974 : “Extremely Personal Relationships: A Love Song 1974”
- 1987 : “The Emperor’s naked army goes forward” (on customs in the Japanese army during World War II ; Berlin International Film Festival award, Tokyo International Film Festival award Blue Ribbon , European Film Festival in Yokohama , Rotterdam International Film Festival award)
- 1994 : “The writer with all his body and soul” (on the last days of the writer Mitsuharu Inoue ; special prize of the Japanese Academy)
Interesting Facts
Susan Sontag included Kazuo Hara's film “The Emperor’s Naked Army Goes Forward” among the 12 films most relevant to modern cinema (see: [1] ).
Literature
- Camera Obtrusa: The Action Documentaries of Hara Kazuo. New York: Kaya Press, 2009 ISBN 97818