Directing
Masao Adachi
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2025, with a break from 1976 to 1994, busiest in 1969 with 8 main titles.
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Death by Hanging82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Wholesome0.7, average 3.4
- Family Dynamics2.6, average 4.8
- Nostalgia1.9, average 3.9
- Contemporary Realism3.6, average 5.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese New Wave 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Social Critique 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Slow Burn 3
- Historical Context 3
- Experimental Cinema 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Surreal 3
- Grotesque 3
- Cult Film 3
- Non-Linear Narrative 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kōji WakamatsuActorSex Family, Go, Go Second Time Virgin, Ecstasy of the Angels, Violated Angels, Perfect Education 6, +28 more- HHideo ItōCinematographerSex Family, Go, Go Second Time Virgin, Ecstasy of the Angels, Violated Angels, Sex Zone, +26 more
- FFumio MiyataEditorSex Family, Violated Angels, Abortion, The Embryo Hunts in Secret, New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon, +2 more
Ken YoshizawaActorEcstasy of the Angels, Gushing Prayer, New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon, Running in Madness, Dying in Love, Sexual Play, +1 more- IIsamu NakajimaEditorThe Woman Who Wanted to Die, Gushing Prayer, A Woman in Revolt, Secret Flower, Shinjuku Mad, +1 more
Hatsuo YamayaActorSex Zone, Birth Control Revolution, The Embryo Hunts in Secret, Running in Madness, Dying in Love, Sexual Play
Atsushi YamatoyaActorViolent Virgin, Birth Control Revolution, A Woman in Revolt, Black Narcissus of Lust
Kazuo KomizuActorGo, Go Second Time Virgin, Backside of 17, Sexual Play, Love Technique: Kamasutra
Mikio TerashimaActorAbortion, Birth Control Revolution, Sex Jack, Love Technique: Kamasutra
Yoshihide OtomoComposerArtist of Fasting, REVOLUTION+1, Escape, Prisoner/Terrorist
Mamoru SasakiWriterDeath by Hanging, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Three Resurrected Drunkards, Kôkôsei burai hikae- KKansuke GuryûEditorGo, Go Second Time Virgin, Running in Madness, Dying in Love, Sexual Play, Black Narcissus of Lust
Movies and TV shows
58Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by
2020s
2 titles · average score 66
Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 66Director, Writer
2010s
5 titles
as Senda
Director, Screenplay
as Narrator
Director
Original Story
2000s
3 titles
Director, Writer
Screenplay
1990s
2 titles · average score 64
Writer
GoodWatch score 64Writer
1970s
16 titles · average score 60
GoodWatch score 62as Narrator (voice)
GoodWatch score 61as The February Army #1
Screenplay
Writer
GoodWatch score 54Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 63Writer, Editor
Screenplay
Screenplay
GoodWatch score 59Screenplay
GoodWatch score 62Screenplay
Screenplay, Director
1960s
30 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 69Writer
GoodWatch score 61Writer
GoodWatch score 69Screenplay
GoodWatch score 65as Village man
Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 61as Policeman
GoodWatch score 82as Chief of Guards
Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 67Screenplay
Screenplay
GoodWatch score 60Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 67as Narrator