Portrait of Jōji Matsuoka

Directing

Jōji Matsuoka

Career

Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 2009 and 2016 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score78/100
Highest rated
Poster for Midnight Diner
Midnight Diner
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 2.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jōji Matsuoka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.8, average 4.8
  • Tension
    3.1, average 6.0
  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Melancholic Warmth 2
  • Quiet Intimacy 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

17
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 75
Midnight Diner 2
Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Screenplay

Midnight Diner
Midnight Diner (2014)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay, Director

2000s

6 titles · average score 75
Snow Prince
Snow Prince (2009)

Art Direction, Director

Double Trouble
Double Trouble (2008)

Screenplay, Director

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

Farewell, Kuro
Farewell, Kuro (2003)

Screenplay, Director

Quartet for Two
Quartet for Two (2001)

as Cook

Acacia Walk
Acacia Walk (2001)

Director, Screenplay

1990s

4 titles
The Things We Liked
The Things We Liked (1997)

Director

Phantom of the Toilet
Phantom of the Toilet (1995)

Screenplay, Director

Twinkle
Twinkle (1992)

Director, Writer

Swimming Upstream
Swimming Upstream (1990)

Director, Screenplay

1980s

5 titles · average score 59
Lesbian Harem
Lesbian Harem (1987)

Screenplay

いとしの配偶者
いとしの配偶者 (1985)

Script, Director

THE RURAL RULE
THE RURAL RULE (1984)

Producer, Director

Burst City
Burst City (1982)
GoodWatch score 59

Assistant Director

March
March (1980)

Script, Director