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Portrait of Jirō Shōno

Directing

Jirō Shōno

Career

Active from 1986 to 2018, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Beautiful Life
Beautiful Life
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 1.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 6.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jirō Shōno Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    0.0, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    0.0, average 3.9
  • Crime
    0.0, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    1.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Slice of Life 4
  • Japanese Drama 4
  • Slice-of-Life 3
  • Emotional Complexity 3
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Overcoming Adversity 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Japanese Television 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

7
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Eating Women
Eating Women (2018)

Director

2000s

2 titles · average score 66
Time Lost, Time Found
Time Lost, Time Found (2009)

Director, Screenplay

The Letters
The Letters (2006)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

1990s

2 titles
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga (1998)

Director

Dotchi mo dotchi
Dotchi mo dotchi (1990)

Director

1980s

2 titles
Stay or go?
Stay or go? (1988)

Director

Best Friend
Best Friend (1987)

Director