Portrait of Ken Ochiai

Directing

Ken Ochiai

Career

Active from 2009 to 2024, busiest in 2015 and 2018 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Kensuke's Kingdom
Kensuke's Kingdom
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ken Ochiai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    2.7, average 3.8
  • Family Dynamics
    3.9, average 4.8
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0
  • Melancholy
    4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Situational Humor 2
  • Japanese Cinema 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

6 titles · average score 73
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? (2026)
GoodWatch score 69

Producer

Blood Moon Rite 8
Blood Moon Rite 8 (2026)
GoodWatch score 72

Producer

My Fireworks
My Fireworks (2025)

Producer

Kensuke's Kingdom
Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

as Nagasaki Announcer (voice)

Strange
Strange (2023)

Director, Producer

Tokyo Vice
Tokyo Vice (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Mr. Maeda

2010s

14 titles · average score 47
Daddy Issues
Daddy Issues (2018)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Cinema Fighters
Cinema Fighters (2018)

Director, Writer

SWAN SONG
SWAN SONG (2018)

Director

Saigon Bodyguards
Saigon Bodyguards (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Story

NINJA THE MONSTER
NINJA THE MONSTER (2015)
GoodWatch score 35

Director

Sumo Road - The Musical
Sumo Road - The Musical (2015)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Writer

Uzumasa Limelight
Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Dance! Dance! Dance!
Dance! Dance! Dance! (2014)

Director

Tiger Mask
Tiger Mask (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Screenplay

Memory Sculptor
Memory Sculptor (2013)
GoodWatch score 27

Writer, Director

A Moment of Youth
A Moment of Youth (2011)
GoodWatch score 21

Director

Frog in the Well
Frog in the Well (2010)
GoodWatch score 39

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

1 title · average score 27
Half Kenneth
Half Kenneth (2009)
GoodWatch score 27

Screenplay, Director