Writing
Daisuke Tengan
- Titles
- 21movies
- Career
Active from 1990 to 2025, with a break from 2012 to 2024, busiest in 1998 and 2002 with 2 main titles each.
- Directed
- 7titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Waiting in the Dark77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism6.5average 5.2
- Pathos6.5average 5.2
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
- Violence5.4average 4.3
- Dark Humor3.9average 2.9
- Uncanny3.2average 2.5
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age1.4, average 2.9
- Situational Comedy1.4, average 2.7
- Wholesome2.2, average 3.3
- Nostalgia2.7, average 3.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Yokohama Setting 2
- Intrigue 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Slow Burn 2
- Melancholic 2
- Mystery 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Shiro SanoActorThe Trap, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, The Stairway to the Distant Past, Detective Office 5
Shōhei ImamuraWriterThe Eel, 11’09”01—September 11, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dr. Akagi
Hajime OkayasuEditorThe Eel, 11’09”01—September 11, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dr. Akagi
Kaizo HayashiDirectorThe Trap, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, The Stairway to the Distant Past, Detective Office 5- NNobuko TomitaEditorThe Trap, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, The Stairway to the Distant Past, Detective Office 5
Masatoshi NagaseActorThe Trap, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, The Stairway to the Distant Past- KKiyotaka NanbaraActorThe Trap, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, The Stairway to the Distant Past
Koji YakushoActor13 Assassins, The Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Akira EmotoActorThe Eel, Dr. Akagi, The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Joe ShishidoActorThe Most Terrible Time in My Life, The Stairway to the Distant Past, Detective Office 5
Mitsuko BaishoActorThe Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dendera
Misa ShimizuActorThe Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dr. Akagi
Movies and TV shows
21Upcoming
1 title
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo
Writer
2020s
1 title
Meet Me at Angie’s Bar (2025)
Screenplay
2010s
2 titles · average score 74
Dendera (2011)
Screenplay, Director
74
13 Assassins (2010)
Screenplay
2000s
8 titles · average score 69
The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)
Writer, Director
77
Waiting in the Dark (2006)
Screenplay, Director
68
Imprint (2006)
Teleplay
Aiki (2002)
Director, Writer
66
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
Screenplay
71
Audition (2000)
Screenplay
1990s
9 titles · average score 69
69
Dr. Akagi (1998)
Writer
Blood (1998)
Screenplay
71
The Eel (1997)
Writer
The Trap (1996)
Screenplay
Muteki no Handicap (1993)
Director
Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (1991)
Director, Screenplay
My Sister And Izuna (1990)
Script, Director