Hiroshi Harada

Directing

Hiroshi Harada

Born

1962-06-13 (64)

Place of birth

Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Hiroshi Harada suffered from bullying during his childhood, a frequent theme in his films. His career as an entertainer began in 1976. Between 1987 and 1992 he worked on the adaptation of Midori: the girl with the camellias, a manga by ero-guro author Suehiro Maruo . Due to the controversy of the film, Harada had trouble financing it and had to do most of the work on his own. Over the years it would become a cult film, as well as being one of the few (if not the only) anime of the ero-guro genre . For the rest of the 90s , Harada remained anonymous using pseudonyms such as Hisaaki Etsu. In 2006 he directed the Humanoid Monster Bem series, the highest-budget play of his career up to that po…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Midori poster
6.0

After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.

Midori

1992

Midori poster
6.0

After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.

Midori

1992

Underground Labyrinth Secret Picture Book: BOO poster
NR

It is the story of BOO, a boy born with a rare and intractable disease in his head.

Underground Labyrinth Secret Picture Book: BOO

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The Death Lullaby poster
4.3

The story of child violence and the national violence. And the problem of the old Japanese environmental pollution.

The Death Lullaby

1985

The Death Lullaby poster
4.3

The story of child violence and the national violence. And the problem of the old Japanese environmental pollution.

The Death Lullaby

1985

Phantasmagoria Theater poster
NR

An 8mm animated short that was produced by Hiroshi Harada in his early college years.

Phantasmagoria Theater

1982

Phantasmagoria Theater poster
NR

An 8mm animated short that was produced by Hiroshi Harada in his early college years.

Phantasmagoria Theater

1982

Horizon Blue poster
NR

The latest from Hiroshi Harada, an adaptation of a Kondō Yōko’s manga, first conceived in 1995, but completed more than 20 years later.

Horizon Blue

2020

Akatsuki's Reward poster
NR

An 8mm animation produced by Hiroshi Harada in his high school years.

Akatsuki's Reward

1979

Akatsuki's Reward poster
NR

An 8mm animation produced by Hiroshi Harada in his high school years.

Akatsuki's Reward

1979

Limitless Paradise poster
NR

An 8mm animation that was produced by Harada during his high school years.

Limitless Paradise

1981

Limitless Paradise poster
NR

An 8mm animation that was produced by Harada during his high school years.

Limitless Paradise

1981

Closed Room Coarse Grain Dramatic Art: MAZE poster
NR

Description will appear in the future (movie in production).

Closed Room Coarse Grain Dramatic Art: MAZE

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My Love poster
NR

A multimedia animation (traditional paintings with digital effects) that Hiroshi Harada produced in the mid-90s.

My Love

1994

My Love poster
NR

A multimedia animation (traditional paintings with digital effects) that Hiroshi Harada produced in the mid-90s.

My Love

1994

Zashikiro poster
NR

Harada's current project based on true stories, including events the director went through himself.

Zashikiro

2025

Zashikiro poster
NR

Harada's current project based on true stories, including events the director went through himself.

Zashikiro

2025

My Brother Became A Sheep poster
NR

Said to draw inspiration from the writings of Sigmund Freud and European mythology, My Brother Became A Sheep was an 8mm animation produced at the time Harada was a sophomore in high school.

My Brother Became A Sheep

1981

My Brother Became A Sheep poster
NR

Said to draw inspiration from the writings of Sigmund Freud and European mythology, My Brother Became A Sheep was an 8mm animation produced at the time Harada was a sophomore in high school.

My Brother Became A Sheep

1981