Directing
Masao Adachi
- Titles
- 66movies
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2025, with a break from 1976 to 1994, busiest in 1969 with 8 main titles.
- Directed
- 18titles as director
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Death by Hanging81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Uncanny5.4average 2.5
- Psychological8.3average 5.6
- Social Commentary7.6average 4.9
- Violence6.8average 4.2
- Eroticism4.3average 1.8
- Dark Humor5.2average 2.8
- Tension7.7average 6.0
- Absurdist Humor3.7average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Wholesome0.7, average 3.3
- Family Dynamics2.1, average 4.8
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.4
- Nostalgia1.7, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese New Wave 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Social Critique 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Experimental Cinema 3
- Surreal 3
- Grotesque 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Slow Burn 3
- Historical Context 3
- Cult Film 3
- Exploitation Film 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kōji WakamatsuActorPerfect Education 6, Endless Waltz, The Hateful Beast, Abnormal Blood, Shinjuku Mad, +28 more- HHideo ItōCinematographerThe Hateful Beast, Abnormal Blood, Shinjuku Mad, Go, Go Second Time Virgin, Violent Virgin, +26 more
- FFumio MiyataEditorNew Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon, Abortion, Sex Crimes, The Embryo Hunts in Secret, Violated Angels, +2 more
Ken YoshizawaActorNew Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon, Running in Madness, Dying in Love, Sexual Play, Ecstasy of the Angels, Gushing Prayer, +1 more- IIsamu NakajimaEditorShinjuku Mad, Gushing Prayer, A Woman in Revolt, The Woman Who Wanted to Die, Love Technique: Kamasutra, +1 more
Hatsuo YamayaActorRunning in Madness, Dying in Love, The Embryo Hunts in Secret, Sex Zone, Sexual Play, Birth Control Revolution
Mikio TerashimaActorAbortion, Sex Jack, Birth Control Revolution, Love Technique: Kamasutra
Kazuo KomizuActorGo, Go Second Time Virgin, Sexual Play, Love Technique: Kamasutra, Backside of 17
Atsushi YamatoyaActorViolent Virgin, A Woman in Revolt, Birth Control Revolution, Black Narcissus of Lust- KKansuke GuryûEditorGo, Go Second Time Virgin, Running in Madness, Dying in Love, Sexual Play, Black Narcissus of Lust
Mamoru SasakiWriterDeath by Hanging, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Three Resurrected Drunkards, Kôkôsei burai hikae
Yoshihide OtomoComposerREVOLUTION+1, Escape, Prisoner/Terrorist, Artist of Fasting
Movies and TV shows
58Type
2020s
2 titles
Writer, Director
Director, Writer
2010s
5 titles
as Senda
Screenplay, Director
as Narrator
Director
Original Story
2000s
3 titles
Director, Writer
Screenplay
1990s
2 titles
Writer
Writer
1970s
16 titles · average score 59
as Narrator (voice)
as The February Army #1
Editor, Writer
Director, Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
1960s
30 titles · average score 67
Screenplay
as Village man
as Policeman
as Chief of Guards
Screenplay, Director
Screenplay
as Adachi (Peddler)
as Narrator
Art Direction, Screenplay