Portrait of Masato Katō

Writing

Masato Katō

Career

Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 1986 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hibana: Spark
Hibana: Spark
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: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masato Katō Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Crime
    2.5, average 3.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Eroticism
    0.8, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 8
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Crime 3
  • Mystery 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Exploitation 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Bittersweet 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 47
No Matter What, I Love You
No Matter What, I Love You (2025)

Screenplay

Bushido
Bushido (2024)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

Shinpei: Uta Koso Subete
Shinpei: Uta Koso Subete (2024)

Writer

G-Men
G-Men (2023)

Screenplay

The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment (2022)

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2010s

11 titles · average score 64
Sea of Revival
Sea of Revival (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Midnight Bus
Midnight Bus (2018)

Screenplay

Choosing Spouse by Lottery
Choosing Spouse by Lottery (2018)

TV show · as Hiroki Kujirai

Side Job
Side Job (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Everest: The Summit of the Gods
Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Cape Nostalgia
Cape Nostalgia (2014)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Nobody's Perfect
Nobody's Perfect (2013)

Writer

A Chair on the Plains
A Chair on the Plains (2013)

Screenplay

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

The Lightning Tree
The Lightning Tree (2010)

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A Lone Scalpel
A Lone Scalpel (2010)

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2000s

9 titles · average score 55
Climber's High
Climber's High (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Japan Sinks
Japan Sinks (2006)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

Portrait of the Wind
Portrait of the Wind (2005)

Writer

What the Snow Brings
What the Snow Brings (2005)

Screenplay

Locomotive Teacher
Locomotive Teacher (2004)

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Okite
Okite (2003)

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High School Girl's Friend
High School Girl's Friend (2001)

Writer

Otoko Michi
Otoko Michi (2000)

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Otoko Michi 3
Otoko Michi 3 (2000)

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1990s

26 titles
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 6
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 6 (1998)

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XX: Graceful Beautiful Beast
XX: Graceful Beautiful Beast (1997)

Screenplay

尻を撫でまわしつづけた男 痴漢日記5
尻を撫でまわしつづけた男 痴漢日記5 (1997)

Writer

Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 4
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 4 (1996)

Screenplay

Heisei Zankeiden: Battered Slash!
Heisei Zankeiden: Battered Slash! (1996)

Screenplay

Mitabi no kaikyô
Mitabi no kaikyô (1995)

Screenplay

Gerende ga tokeru hodo koishitai
Gerende ga tokeru hodo koishitai (1995)

Screenplay

Forever with You
Forever with You (1995)

Screenplay

Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass (1995)

Writer

Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 2
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 2 (1995)

Screenplay

800 Two Lap Runners
800 Two Lap Runners (1994)

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Cho abnormal sex: hentai mamire
Cho abnormal sex: hentai mamire (1993)

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1980s

18 titles
Kiyoshi juku onna
Kiyoshi juku onna (1988)

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Women in Heat Behind Bars
Women in Heat Behind Bars (1987)

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Nurse Girls' Dorm: Shamed Angel
Nurse Girls' Dorm: Shamed Angel (1987)

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Newaza Gal: Straight From Behind
Newaza Gal: Straight From Behind (1987)

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Waka okusama no nama shitagi
Waka okusama no nama shitagi (1987)

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Love Slave Doll: Make Me Come
Love Slave Doll: Make Me Come (1986)

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Akai kinryōku: haado koa no yoru
Akai kinryōku: haado koa no yoru (1986)

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SM kyoshitsu: shikkin
SM kyoshitsu: shikkin (1986)

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Hatsujô musume: Guri-guri asobi
Hatsujô musume: Guri-guri asobi (1986)

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Tōsatsu mania: Furaidē no on'na
Tōsatsu mania: Furaidē no on'na (1986)

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Koichiro Uno's Caressing the Peach
Koichiro Uno's Caressing the Peach (1985)

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Debauchery: Salome's Lips
Debauchery: Salome's Lips (1984)

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