Portrait of Kensaku Watanabe

Directing

Kensaku Watanabe

Titles
15movies1TV show
Career

Active from 1998 to 2025, with up to 1 main title a year.

Directed
9
titles as director
Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Great Passage
The Great Passage
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Kensaku Watanabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    2.1, average 4.7
  • Coming of Age
    0.4, average 2.9
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
TypeAllMovies15
RoleAnyDirecting10Writing5Acting3Production1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1990s22000s72010s42020s2
GenreAnyDrama8Comedy4Crime2History1Thriller1Music1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

2 titles
Poster for Yes, I Can't Swim

Writer, Director

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 78
Poster for Prison 13

Writer, Director

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 68
GoodWatch68
Poster for Loved Gun

Screenplay, Director

Poster for Wave

Producer

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 72
Poster for The Story of PuPu

Writer, Director

GoodWatch72
Poster for Yumeji

Assistant Director

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