Portrait of Kosuke Mukai

Writing

Kosuke Mukai

Career

Active from 1999 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Man
A Man
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kosuke Mukai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Character Study 6
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Thought-Provoking 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Melancholy 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Slice of Life 2
  • Melancholic Atmosphere 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Social Outcasts 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles ยท average score 74
The Swan and the Bat
The Swan and the Bat (2026)

Screenplay

BAKA's Identity
BAKA's Identity (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

A Bad Summer
A Bad Summer (2025)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

A Moon in the Ordinary
A Moon in the Ordinary (2025)

Screenplay

A Man
A Man (2022)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay

My Broken Mariko
My Broken Mariko (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project
Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project (2021)

Screenplay

My Name Is Yours
My Name Is Yours (2020)

Screenplay

2010s

13 titles ยท average score 60
Hard-Core
Hard-Core (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Traces of Sin
Traces of Sin (2017)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake (2015)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Crows Explode
Crows Explode (2014)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

Girls in the Psychic Club
Girls in the Psychic Club (2014)

Screenplay

The Girl in the Sun
The Girl in the Sun (2013)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Tamako in Moratorium
Tamako in Moratorium (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

Just Another Live Tape
Just Another Live Tape (2013)

Writer

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Bungo: Stories of Desire
Bungo: Stories of Desire (2012)

Screenplay

My Back Page
My Back Page (2011)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

2000s

13 titles ยท average score 65
Oh, My Buddha!
Oh, My Buddha! (2009)

Screenplay

Counterfeit
Counterfeit (2009)

Screenplay

Ain't No Tomorrows
Ain't No Tomorrows (2008)

Screenplay

The Matsugane Potshot Affair
The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Prodigy
Prodigy (2007)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Documentaries Tell Lies
Documentaries Tell Lies (2006)

Writer

Linda Linda Linda
Linda Linda Linda (2005)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer

Cream Lemon
Cream Lemon (2004)

Screenplay

A Blue Automobile
A Blue Automobile (2004)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Ramblers
Ramblers (2003)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

No One's Ark
No One's Ark (2003)

Writer, Producer

Ryuko, in the Unfaithful Evening
Ryuko, in the Unfaithful Evening (2001)

Writer

1990s

1 title
Hazy Life
Hazy Life (1999)

Editor, Writer