Portrait of Junji Sakamoto

Directing

Junji Sakamoto

Career

Active from 1989 to 2025, busiest in 2008 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Chorus of Angels
A Chorus of Angels
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Junji Sakamoto Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.5, average 3.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 7
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2
  • Comeback Story 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
다마코
다마코

Director

2020s

5 titles · average score 47
Climbing for Life
Climbing for Life (2025)

Director

Okiku and the World
Okiku and the World (2023)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay, Director

Winter Rose
Winter Rose (2022)

Director, Screenplay

My Brother, The Android And Me
My Brother, The Android And Me (2022)

Director, Screenplay

I Never Shot Anyone
I Never Shot Anyone (2020)

Director

2010s

9 titles · average score 61
Another World
Another World (2018)

Screenplay, Director

Ernesto
Ernesto (2017)

Screenplay, Director

The Projects
The Projects (2016)

Director, Screenplay

Joe, Tomorrow
Joe, Tomorrow (2015)

Director

The Human Trust
The Human Trust (2013)

Director, Screenplay

A Chorus of Angels
A Chorus of Angels (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Someday
Someday (2011)

Director, Screenplay

Zatoichi: The Last
Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Strangers in the City
Strangers in the City (2010)

Director

2000s

10 titles · average score 62
Children of the Dark
Children of the Dark (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Director

Chameleon
Chameleon (2008)

Director

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children (2008)

Director

Awakening
Awakening (2007)

Screenplay, Director

Aegis
Aegis (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

Out of This World
Out of This World (2004)

Director, Screenplay

Bokunchi - My House
Bokunchi - My House (2003)

Director

KT
KT (2002)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Face
Face (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Director

Another Battle
Another Battle (2000)

Director

1990s

8 titles · average score 49
The Goofball
The Goofball (1998)

Screenplay, Director

An Angel with Many Scars
An Angel with Many Scars (1997)

Director

Billiken
Billiken (1996)

Writer, Director

Boxer Joe
Boxer Joe (1995)

Director, Screenplay

Tokarev
Tokarev (1994)

Writer, Director

Tôhôkenbunroku
Tôhôkenbunroku (1993)

Writer

Check
Check (1991)

Writer, Director

Tekken
Tekken (1990)
GoodWatch score 49

Director, Writer

1980s

5 titles · average score 59
Knockout
Knockout (1989)

Director, Screenplay

Dangerous Stories
Dangerous Stories (1989)

Screenplay

The Second Is a Christian
The Second Is a Christian (1985)

Assistant Director

Ryuji
Ryuji (1983)

Assistant Director

Burst City
Burst City (1982)
GoodWatch score 59

Art Direction, Editor