Kazuo Hara (原一ç"·, Hara Kazuo) 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.
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.
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