Portrait of Shimako Satō

Directing

Shimako Satō

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 2004 and 2006 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 6.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shimako Satō Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Family Dynamics
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Mystery 3
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Action-Packed 2
  • Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

17
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 60
The Yin Yang Master Zero
The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Director

2010s

5 titles · average score 56
UNFAIR: the end
UNFAIR: the end (2015)

Screenplay, Director

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection (2015)

Director

UNFAIR: the answer
UNFAIR: the answer (2011)

Director, Screenplay

Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Ghost
Ghost (2010)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

2000s

7 titles · average score 58
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Director

UNFAIR: the movie
UNFAIR: the movie (2007)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle (2007)

Writer

Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee (2006)

Screenplay

Unfair: Code Breaking
Unfair: Code Breaking (2006)

Screenplay

八つ墓村
八つ墓村 (2004)

Writer

Kosuke Kindaichi: Inugami Family
Kosuke Kindaichi: Inugami Family (2004)

Screenplay

1990s

4 titles · average score 55
The Messiah from the Future
The Messiah from the Future (1997)

Screenplay

Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer, Director

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
GoodWatch score 58

Story, Director

Tale of a Vampire
Tale of a Vampire (1993)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Screenplay