Portrait of Mai Sakai

Directing

Mai Sakai

Career

Active from 2016 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Beautiful Man: Eternal
My Beautiful Man: Eternal
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mai Sakai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    0.8, average 3.5
  • Violence
    1.5, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.3, average 4.7
  • Historical
    0.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Relationship Dynamics 3
  • Melancholy 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Emotional Complexity 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Japanese Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

9
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles ยท average score 73
Part-time Death Angel
Part-time Death Angel (2026)

Director

Strawberry Moon
Strawberry Moon (2025)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

Cha-Cha
Cha-Cha (2024)

Writer, Director

We Don't Know Love Yet
We Don't Know Love Yet (2024)

Director

My Beautiful Man: Eternal
My Beautiful Man: Eternal (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

You Made My Dawn
You Made My Dawn (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay, Director

2010s

3 titles
Witch-Which
Witch-Which (2018)

Director

Opening Night
Opening Night (2017)

Director, Writer

Sweet-Smelling Movie: Be a Light to the World
Sweet-Smelling Movie: Be a Light to the World (2016)

Screenplay, Director