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Portrait of Daishi Matsunaga

Directing

Daishi Matsunaga

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, with a break from 1983 to 2001, busiest in 2018 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pieta in the Toilet
Pieta in the Toilet
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Daishi Matsunaga Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.6, average 3.6
  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Politics
    0.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Melancholy 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Until That Day
Until That Day

Director

Gospel
Gospel

Director

2020s

5 titles Β· average score 64
Sleep No More
Sleep No More (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

GENERATIONS: The Documentary
GENERATIONS: The Documentary (2025)

Director

Egoist
Egoist (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Director

180 days of Heat
180 days of Heat (2023)

Director

Pure Japanese
Pure Japanese (2022)

Director

2010s

10 titles Β· average score 61
That Moment, My Heart Cried
That Moment, My Heart Cried (2019)

Director

Hanalei Bay
Hanalei Bay (2018)

Screenplay, Editor

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project (2018)

Director

Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey (2018)

Director, Screenplay

The Limit of Sleeping Beauty
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty (2017)
GoodWatch score 56

as Fancy Restaurant Guest

Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY
Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY (2017)

Director, Director of Photography

Pieta in the Toilet
Pieta in the Toilet (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Story, Screenplay

Hybrid
Hybrid (2013)

Director, Director of Photography

Pyuupiru 2001-2008
Pyuupiru 2001-2008 (2011)

Director

Boys
Boys (2011)

Director, Screenplay

2000s

3 titles Β· average score 66
Dependence
Dependence (2006)

as Hayato Tsukamoto

The Lost Virgin
The Lost Virgin (2002)

as Takashi Yamamoto

Hush!
Hush! (2001)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hiro's Boyfriend

1980s

1 title
Fifteen Boys Adrift
Fifteen Boys Adrift (1982)

as Doniphan (voice)