Writing
Daisuke Tengan
- Titles
- 21movies
- Career
Active from 1990 to 2026, with a break from 2012 to 2024, busiest in 1998 and 2002 with 2 main titles each.
- Directed
- 7titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
13 Assassins84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.9average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism6.9average 5.2
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
- Dark Humor4.0average 2.9
- Violence5.4average 4.3
- Uncanny3.4average 2.5
- Scare3.5average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age1.4, average 2.9
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
- Wholesome2.2, average 3.3
- Family Dynamics3.8, average 4.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Slow Burn 2
- Mystery 2
- Character Study 2
- Intrigue 2
- Yokohama Setting 2
- Noir 2
- Melancholic 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Shiro SanoActorThe Trap, The Stairway to the Distant Past, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, Detective Office 5
Kaizo HayashiWriterThe Trap, The Stairway to the Distant Past, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, Detective Office 5- NNobuko TomitaEditorThe Trap, The Stairway to the Distant Past, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, Detective Office 5
Shōhei ImamuraDirectorThe Eel, September 11, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dr. Akagi
Hajime OkayasuEditorThe Eel, September 11, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dr. Akagi
Akira EmotoActorThe Eel, Dr. Akagi, The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Misa ShimizuActorThe Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dr. Akagi
Masatoshi NagaseActorThe Trap, The Stairway to the Distant Past, The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Koji YakushoActor13 Assassins, The Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Mitsuko BaishoActorThe Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Dendera
Kiyotaka NanbaraActorThe Trap, The Stairway to the Distant Past, The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Joe ShishidoActorThe Stairway to the Distant Past, The Most Terrible Time in My Life, Detective Office 5
Movies and TV shows
212020s
2 titles
Meet Me at Angie’s Bar (2025)
Screenplay
2010s
2 titles · average score 84
Dendera (2011)
Director, Screenplay
84
13 Assassins (2010)
Screenplay
2000s
8 titles · average score 70
The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)
Director, Writer
77
Waiting in the Dark (2006)
Director, Screenplay
68
Imprint (2006)
Teleplay
66
September 11 (2002)
Writer
Aiki (2002)
Writer, Director
72
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
Screenplay
70
Audition (2000)
Screenplay
1990s
9 titles · average score 71
82
Dr. Akagi (1998)
Writer
Blood (1998)
Screenplay
64
The Eel (1997)
Screenplay
67
The Trap (1996)
Screenplay
Muteki no Handicap (1993)
Director
Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (1991)
Director, Screenplay
My Sister And Izuna (1990)
Director, Script