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Kōzō Shibazaki

Career

Active from 1992 to 2023, busiest in 2002 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Close-Knit
Close-Knit
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kōzō Shibazaki Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.8, average 3.6
  • Eroticism
    1.1, average 1.8
  • Biographical
    0.4, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 10
  • Coming-of-Age 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Family 2
  • Nostalgic Drama 2
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Community Spirit 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • World War II 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

37
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 73
Godzilla Minus Zero
Godzilla Minus Zero (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

Camera Operator

Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

Ghost Book
Ghost Book (2022)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

Love, Life and Goldfish
Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)

Director of Photography

2010s

11 titles · average score 71
The Great War of Archimedes
The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Family of Strangers
Family of Strangers (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Our Departures
Our Departures (2018)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Close-Knit
Close-Knit (2017)
GoodWatch score 88

Director of Photography

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

Ogawacho Serenade
Ogawacho Serenade (2014)

Director of Photography

The Eternal Zero
The Eternal Zero (2013)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Oba: The Last Samurai
Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

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

Director of Photography

2000s

15 titles · average score 65
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

Three for the Road
Three for the Road (2007)

Director of Photography

Check It Out, Yo!
Check It Out, Yo! (2006)

Director of Photography

Always - Sunset on Third Street
Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

Scrap Heaven
Scrap Heaven (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

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69 (2004)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

Returner
Returner (2002)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

Laundry
Laundry (2002)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Out
Out (2002)

Director of Photography

The Laughing Frog
The Laughing Frog (2002)

Director of Photography

Juvenile
Juvenile (2000)

Director of Photography

1990s

7 titles · average score 58
Begging for Love
Begging for Love (1998)

Director of Photography

Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

Haunted School 3
Haunted School 3 (1997)

Director of Photography

Haunted School
Haunted School (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)

Director of Photography

The Games Teachers Play
The Games Teachers Play (1992)

Director of Photography

Detective Story
Detective Story (1992)

Director of Photography