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Directing

Ken Iizuka

Career

Active from 2002 to 2026, busiest in 2018 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for GTO
GTO
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ken Iizuka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    2.1, average 3.9
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.5
  • Politics
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Showbiz
    0.3, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Quirky 2
  • Found Family 2
  • Unconventional Romance 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 56
Swim on Vacation
Swim on Vacation (2025)

Director, Writer

In a Closed Snowy Mountain Villa
In a Closed Snowy Mountain Villa (2024)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Writer

My Brother, the Alien
My Brother, the Alien (2023)

Screenplay, Director

A Bouquet for the Baseball Club
A Bouquet for the Baseball Club (2022)

Director, Screenplay

JUMP!!:The Heroes Behind the GOLD
JUMP!!:The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021)

Director

Funny Bunny
Funny Bunny (2021)

Director, Screenplay

Step
Step (2020)

Director, Editor

2010s

9 titles · average score 63
Rainbow Days
Rainbow Days (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Enokida Trading Co.
Enokida Trading Co. (2018)

Screenplay, Director

The Blue Hearts
The Blue Hearts (2017)

Director

Laughing Lucky Cats
Laughing Lucky Cats (2017)

Director, Writer

Unrequited Love
Unrequited Love (2016)

Director, Writer

Adult Drop
Adult Drop (2014)

Screenplay, Director

My Life Changed When I Went to a Sex Parlor
My Life Changed When I Went to a Sex Parlor (2013)
GoodWatch score 43

Director, Screenplay

Like Father, Like Son
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

Sound Assistant

Arakawa Under the Bridge
Arakawa Under the Bridge (2012)

Screenplay, Director

2000s

5 titles
Sairen
Sairen (2007)

Writer, Director

Throws Out My Hometown
Throws Out My Hometown (2006)

Director, Screenplay

Have a Nice Day
Have a Nice Day (2006)

Director

Summer Nude
Summer Nude (2003)

Director, Writer

Legend of the Flowing Kunoichi Amakusa Shiro Stories ~Demon Sword Evening~
Legend of the Flowing Kunoichi Amakusa Shiro Stories ~Demon Sword Evening~ (2002)

Director of Photography