

Writing
Shintarō Ishihara
- Titles
- 41movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1956 to 2013, with a break from 1974 to 1997, busiest in 1956 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 4top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Crazed Fruit87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Melancholy6.9average 4.7
- Crime5.3average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.7
- Eroticism3.2average 1.8
- Violence5.4average 4.2
- Psychological6.5average 5.6
- Coming of Age3.8average 3.0
Rarely in their work
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Wholesome1.9, average 3.3
- Contemporary Realism4.0, average 5.4
- Physical Comedy1.4, average 2.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Stylish Cinematography 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Melancholy 2
- Japanese New Wave 2
- Existential Angst 2
- Japanese Noir 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tōru TakemitsuComposerLove at Twenty, Crazed Fruit, Pale Flower, The Petrified Forest, Captive's Island, +1 more- MMasanori TsujiiEditorCrazed Fruit, Rusty Knife, The Perfect Game, Season of the Sun, Prince of Wolves
Toshio MasudaWriterLunar Eclipse, Why Are We Young?, Rusty Knife, The Perfect Game, Prince of Wolves
Masaru SatōComposerCrazed Fruit, Woman from the Sea, Rusty Knife, I Am Waiting, Season of the Sun
Yūjirō IshiharaActorCrazed Fruit, Why Are We Young?, Rusty Knife, I Am Waiting
Masahiro ShinodaDirectorPale Flower, The Petrified Forest, Captive's Island, Samurai Spy
Mie KitaharaActorCrazed Fruit, Rusty Knife, I Am Waiting
Seiji MiyaguchiActorPale Flower, A Dangerous Hero, Samurai Spy
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerThe Young Beast, The Eternal Life, The Dangerous Kiss- TTaku ShinjoWriterFor Those We Love, Aokigahara, The Hidden Festival
Yōko TsukasaActorA Dangerous Hero, Summer in Eclipse
Ryōji HayamaActor死の壁の脱出, The Perfect Game
Movies and TV shows
41Type
Upcoming
1 title
Original Story
2010s
1 title
Story
2000s
2 titles · average score 61
Original Story
Executive Producer, Writer
1990s
1 title
Screenplay, Original Story
1980s
1 title
Short Story
1970s
2 titles · average score 66
Original Story
1960s
18 titles · average score 74
Screenplay
Screenplay, Production Design
Screenplay
as Saizo Kirigakure
Novel
Novel
Writer, Director
Director
Original Story
Original Story
1950s
15 titles · average score 73
Novel, Screenplay
Screenplay, Story
Director, Screenplay
Screenplay
as Akira Fuyuki
as Writer
Novel, Screenplay
as Tokio Kawaguchi
as Naoki Mishima
































