Portrait of Shintarō Ishihara

Writing

Shintarō Ishihara

Career

Active from 1956 to 2013, with a break from 1974 to 1997, busiest in 1956 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Crazed Fruit
Crazed Fruit
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shintarō Ishihara Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.0, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Stylish Cinematography 2
  • Japanese New Wave 2
  • Existential Angst 2
  • Japanese Noir 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Aokigahara
Aokigahara (2013)

Story

2000s

2 titles · average score 61
Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection
Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Story

For Those We Love
For Those We Love (2007)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Executive Producer

1990s

1 title
The Hidden Festival
The Hidden Festival (1998)

Original Story, Screenplay

1980s

1 title
The Terrifying Man-eating Shark Woman
The Terrifying Man-eating Shark Woman (1980)

Short Story

1970s

2 titles · average score 66
Tree of Youth
Tree of Youth (1977)

Original Story

The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest (1973)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

1960s

19 titles · average score 74
Song of Vengeance
Song of Vengeance (1968)

Screenplay

Captive's Island
Captive's Island (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Production Design

This Is Youth!
This Is Youth! (1966)

Screenplay

Samurai Spy
Samurai Spy (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

as Saizo Kirigakure

おゝい雲!
おゝい雲! (1965)

Novel

Pale Flower
Pale Flower (1964)
GoodWatch score 86

Novel

Prince of Wolves
Prince of Wolves (1963)

Novel

Love at Twenty
Love at Twenty (1962)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Writer

Tokyo
Tokyo (1962)

Director

Challenge to Live
Challenge to Live (1961)

Original Story

The Dangerous Kiss
The Dangerous Kiss (1960)

Novel

The Day of Youth
The Day of Youth (1960)

Original Story

1950s

16 titles · average score 73
Woman from the Sea
Woman from the Sea (1959)

Novel, Screenplay

Rusty Knife
Rusty Knife (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

Story, Screenplay

The Perfect Game
The Perfect Game (1958)

Story

The Young Beast
The Young Beast (1958)

Screenplay, Original Story

I Am Waiting
I Am Waiting (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

A Dangerous Hero
A Dangerous Hero (1957)

as Akira Fuyuki

Hole in One
Hole in One (1957)

as Writer

Crazed Fruit
Crazed Fruit (1956)
GoodWatch score 87

Screenplay, Novel

Punishment Room
Punishment Room (1956)
GoodWatch score 69

Novel

Season of the Sun
Season of the Sun (1956)

Novel

Engagement Ring
Engagement Ring (1956)

as Tokio Kawaguchi

Summer in Eclipse
Summer in Eclipse (1956)

as Naoki Mishima