Portrait of Shigeru Saiki

Acting

Shigeru Saiki

Career

Active from 1973 to 2026, with a break from 1974 to 1987, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole
GoodWatch score58/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shigeru Saiki Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Social Commentary
    2.2, average 4.9
  • Historical
    0.2, average 2.6
  • Politics
    0.3, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Absurdist Comedy 2
  • Pop Culture Homage 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Slice-of-Life 2
  • Quirky Characters 2
  • Body Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 77
Living Corpse
Living Corpse (2026)

as (voice)

No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger
No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Old Genji Kaku

Hirayasumi
Hirayasumi (2025)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Uno

Give My Regards to Kenshirō
Give My Regards to Kenshirō (2023)

TV show · as Osamu Noda

Bicycling Mellow Love
Bicycling Mellow Love (2022)

TV show · as Soji Takahashi

How to be Likable in a Crisis
How to be Likable in a Crisis (2021)

TV show

2010s

18 titles · average score 71
Oh My Jump!: Shonen Jump Saves the World
Oh My Jump!: Shonen Jump Saves the World (2018)

TV show · as Choyaku Tsuchida

GARO: Fang of God
GARO: Fang of God (2018)

as TBC

March Comes In Like a Lion
March Comes In Like a Lion (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

as Sakutaro Yanagihara

Mother Lake
Mother Lake (2016)

as Yukitaka Otomo

Kanpai Senshi After V
Kanpai Senshi After V (2014)

TV show · as Commander

Great Selection Taxi
Great Selection Taxi (2014)

TV show · as Yuichiro Takahashi

Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story (2013)

as Shukichi Kinoshita

Suzuki Sensei
Suzuki Sensei (2013)

as Principal

Summer Nude
Summer Nude (2013)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Fumihiro Kominami

Solitary Gourmet
Solitary Gourmet (2012)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

Paikaji Nankai Sakusen
Paikaji Nankai Sakusen (2012)

as Gitasan

Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge
Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Ryosuke Kamoshida

2000s

12 titles · average score 74
Wasted Land
Wasted Land (2009)

TV show · as Haruhiko Matsumoto

Yamagata Scream
Yamagata Scream (2009)

as Gondakageyori Fujimoto

Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection
Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection (2009)

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger
Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger (2008)

as Morio Makino

Hanagoromo Yumegoromo
Hanagoromo Yumegoromo (2008)

TV show

The Japanese Tradition
The Japanese Tradition (2007)

TV show

Detective School Q
Detective School Q (2007)

TV show · as Detective Monohoshi

GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai
GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai (2007)

as Morio Makino

GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious
GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious (2006)

as Morio Makino

The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia
The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia (2006)

TV show · as Morio Makino

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show · as Naohiko Daimonji

Audition
Audition (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

as Toastmaster

1990s

7 titles · average score 79
Alice 6
Alice 6 (1995)

TV show · as Kano Hikozaemon

Who stole my heart
Who stole my heart (1992)

TV show

Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose
Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose (1991)

TV show · as Kenzo Nakajima

The 101st Proposal
The 101st Proposal (1991)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Tachibana

! [ai-ou]
! [ai-ou] (1991)

as Doctor

La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine (1990)

TV show · as Hayato Murakami

鳴門秘帖
鳴門秘帖 (1990)

TV show

1980s

3 titles · average score 58
Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema!
Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema! (1989)

TV show · as Yukio Takayama

奇妙な出来事
奇妙な出来事 (1989)

TV show · as 主持人

Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole (1988)
GoodWatch score 58

as The Artist

1970s

1 title
Apartment Wife: Scent of a Woman
Apartment Wife: Scent of a Woman (1973)

as Yasuo