Portrait of Kentaro Otani

Directing

Kentaro Otani

Career

Active from 1988 to 2024, busiest in 2011 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nana
Nana
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kentaro Otani Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.5, average 2.5
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Slice of Life 2
  • Shoujo Anime 2
  • Emotional Drama 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Romantic Entanglements 2
  • Feel-Good 2
  • Music-Focused 2
  • Sweet & Heartwarming 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 71
Tea for Three
Tea for Three (2024)

Screenplay, Director

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie
If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

My Graduation Vol. 1
My Graduation Vol. 1 (2020)

Director

Discord
Discord (2020)

Director

2010s

10 titles ยท average score 62
You Are Brilliant Like a Spica
You Are Brilliant Like a Spica (2019)

Director

Haru-san โ€“ The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
Haru-san โ€“ The Bride's Father is a Great Detective (2017)

Director

Mystery Trilogy Special
Mystery Trilogy Special (2015)

Director, Screenplay

Black Butler
Black Butler (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Gajimaru Restaurant's Love
Gajimaru Restaurant's Love (2014)

Director

This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer (2014)

Director

Go, Masao!
Go, Masao! (2012)

Director

Runway Beat
Runway Beat (2011)

Director

Gene Waltz
Gene Waltz (2011)

Director

Young Black Jack
Young Black Jack (2011)

Director

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 61
Nana 2
Nana 2 (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer, Director

Rough
Rough (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Nana
Nana (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Director

Thirty Lies or So
Thirty Lies or So (2004)

Director, Screenplay

Travail
Travail (2002)

Director, Screenplay

1990s

2 titles
Avec mon Mari
Avec mon Mari (1999)

as Mitsuko's brother

My Ex-Lover and I
My Ex-Lover and I (1991)

Producer, Director

1980s

2 titles
Rape Trial: Wet Cherry Paper
Rape Trial: Wet Cherry Paper (1989)

Screenplay

Blue Green
Blue Green (1988)

Producer, Director of Photography