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Directing

Kenji Imura

Career

Active from 2002 to 2024, with a break from 2003 to 2012, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score81/100
Highest rated
Poster for Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan
GoodWatch score93/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 6.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 8.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kenji Imura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    0.9, average 3.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Dark Humor
    1.5, average 2.8
  • Eroticism
    0.7, average 1.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      15
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      2020s

      4 titles · average score 75
      My Oni Girl
      My Oni Girl (2024)
      GoodWatch score 62

      Second Unit Director

      Suzume
      Suzume (2022)
      GoodWatch score 84

      Second Unit Director

      Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death
      Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death (2022)

      Director

      Pompo the Cinephile
      Pompo the Cinephile (2021)
      GoodWatch score 79

      Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist

      2010s

      7 titles · average score 81
      Weathering with You
      Weathering with You (2019)
      GoodWatch score 81

      Second Unit Director

      Your Name.
      Your Name. (2016)
      GoodWatch score 88

      Second Unit Director

      The Wind Rises
      The Wind Rises (2013)
      GoodWatch score 83

      Production Assistant

      From Up on Poppy Hill
      From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
      GoodWatch score 77

      Production Assistant

      Arrietty
      Arrietty (2010)
      GoodWatch score 83

      Second Assistant Director

      Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
      Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)
      GoodWatch score 71

      Assistant Director

      A Sumo Wrestler's Tail
      A Sumo Wrestler's Tail (2010)

      Assistant Director

      2000s

      4 titles · average score 73
      Ponyo
      Ponyo (2008)
      GoodWatch score 84

      Assistant Director

      Tales from Earthsea
      Tales from Earthsea (2006)
      GoodWatch score 50

      Assistant Director

      Howl's Moving Castle
      Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
      GoodWatch score 85

      Production Assistant

      Koro's Big Day Out
      Koro's Big Day Out (2002)
      GoodWatch score 74

      as Father (voice)