Directing
Junji Sakamoto
- Titles
- 36movies1TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19892025
- Directed
- 33titles as director
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Okiku and the World71/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Violence5.9average 4.3
- Crime4.9average 3.7
- Catharsis6.2average 5.1
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
- Coming of Age3.9average 2.9
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Wholesome1.9, average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay2.5, average 3.7
- Physical Comedy1.6, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Character-Driven 4
- Melancholy Tone 2
- Character Study 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Comeback Story 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Norimichi KasamatsuCinematographerClimbing for Life, KT, Another Battle, Zatoichi: The Last, Okiku and the World, +10 more
Koichi SatoActorClimbing for Life, KT, Children of the Dark, Face, Someday, +4 more
Renji IshibashiActorAnother World, Someday, The Human Trust, I Never Shot Anyone, Strangers in the City, +3 more
Etsushi ToyokawaActorAnother Battle, Face, The Human Trust, I Never Shot Anyone, Awakening, +1 more
Michiyo YasudaActorFace, Someday, I Never Shot Anyone, The Projects
Ittoku KishibeActorFace, The Human Trust, I Never Shot Anyone, The Projects
Yoshio HaradaActorKT, Zatoichi: The Last, Someday, Knockout- SShinichi FushimaEditorClimbing for Life, Another World, Ernesto, Winter Rose
- SShōichi MaruyamaWriterChameleon, I Never Shot Anyone, Strangers in the City, An Angel with Many Scars
Joe OdagiriActorOut of This World, The Human Trust, Ernesto
Jun KunimuraActorFace, Check, Tokarev- RRyo HayanoEditorOkiku and the World, The Human Trust, Joe, Tomorrow
Movies and TV shows
362020s
5 titles · average score 71
Climbing for Life (2025)
Director
71
Okiku and the World (2023)
Screenplay, Director
Winter Rose (2022)
Director, Screenplay
My Brother, The Android And Me (2022)
Director, Screenplay
I Never Shot Anyone (2020)
Director
2010s
9 titles · average score 60
Another World (2018)
Director, Screenplay
Ernesto (2017)
Screenplay, Director
The Projects (2016)
Director, Screenplay
Joe, Tomorrow (2015)
Director
The Human Trust (2013)
Director, Screenplay
66
A Chorus of Angels (2012)
Director
Someday (2011)
Director, Writer
53
Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
Director
Strangers in the City (2010)
Director
2000s
10 titles · average score 60
63
Children of the Dark (2008)
Writer, Director
Chameleon (2008)
Director
Awakening (2007)
Screenplay, Director
48
Aegis (2005)
Director
Out of This World (2004)
Director, Screenplay
My House (2003)
Director
59
KT (2002)
Director
70
Face (2000)
Screenplay, Director
Another Battle (2000)
Director
1990s
8 titles · average score 29
The Goofball (1998)
Screenplay, Director
An Angel with Many Scars (1997)
Director
Billiken (1996)
Writer, Director
Boxer Joe (1995)
Director, Screenplay
Tokarev (1994)
Writer, Director
Tôhôkenbunroku (1993)
Writer
Check (1991)
Director, Writer
29
Tekken (1990)
Director, Writer
1980s
4 titles · average score 61
Knockout (1989)
Director, Screenplay
Dangerous Stories (1989)
Screenplay
The Second Is a Christian (1985)
Assistant Director
61
Burst City (1982)
Art Direction, Editor