Portrait of Masao Adachi

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
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Death by Hanging
Death by Hanging
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masao Adachi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    0.7, average 3.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.6, average 4.8
  • Nostalgia
    1.9, average 3.9
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, 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.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 66
Escape
Escape (2025)

Writer, Director

REVOLUTION+1
REVOLUTION+1 (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

2010s

5 titles
Random Lives
Random Lives (2017)

as Senda

Artist of Fasting
Artist of Fasting (2016)

Director, Screenplay

The Ugly One
The Ugly One (2013)

as Narrator

Lettre vidéo
Lettre vidéo (2011)

Director

Embryo
Embryo (2010)

Original Story

2000s

3 titles
Prisoner/Terrorist
Prisoner/Terrorist (2007)

Director, Writer

Perfect Education 6
Perfect Education 6 (2004)

Screenplay

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw (2004)

Writer

1990s

2 titles · average score 64
Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell (1999)

Writer

Endless Waltz
Endless Waltz (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

1970s

16 titles · average score 60
A.K.A. Serial Killer
A.K.A. Serial Killer (1975)
GoodWatch score 62

as Narrator (voice)

Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
Secret High School Girl: After School Activity (1973)

Writer

Ecstasy of the Angels
Ecstasy of the Angels (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as The February Army #1

Backside of 17
Backside of 17 (1972)

Screenplay

Sex Family
Sex Family (1971)

Writer

Gushing Prayer
Gushing Prayer (1971)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Writer

Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War
Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Editor

The Woman Who Wanted to Die
The Woman Who Wanted to Die (1971)

Screenplay

Secret Flower
Secret Flower (1971)

Screenplay

Sex Jack
Sex Jack (1970)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Shinjuku Mad
Shinjuku Mad (1970)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

A Woman in Revolt
A Woman in Revolt (1970)

Screenplay, Director

1960s

30 titles · average score 67
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

Violent Virgin
Violent Virgin (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Running in Madness, Dying in Love
Running in Madness, Dying in Love (1969)
GoodWatch score 65

as Village man

Female Student Guerrilla
Female Student Guerrilla (1969)

Writer, Director

Three Resurrected Drunkards
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
GoodWatch score 61

as Policeman

Death by Hanging
Death by Hanging (1968)
GoodWatch score 82

as Chief of Guards

Sex Zone
Sex Zone (1968)

Screenplay, Director

Violated Angels
Violated Angels (1967)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Vagabond of Sex
Vagabond of Sex (1967)

Screenplay

Abortion
Abortion (1966)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Director

The Embryo Hunts in Secret
The Embryo Hunts in Secret (1966)
GoodWatch score 67

as Narrator