Portrait of Seiji Hoshikawa

Writing

Seiji Hoshikawa

Career

Active from 1953 to 1983, with up to 7 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zatoichi Monogatari
Zatoichi Monogatari
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Seiji Hoshikawa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.7, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Tragedy 3
  • Action 3
  • Samurai Film 3
  • Sword Fighting 2
  • Revenge 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Samurai 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Stylized Violence 2
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Hakuchū no shinnyūsha
Hakuchū no shinnyūsha

Screenplay

1980s

6 titles
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl (1983)

Screenplay

Curse of the Seven flutes
Curse of the Seven flutes (1983)

Screenplay

Secret of the Forbidden Valley
Secret of the Forbidden Valley (1983)

Screenplay

Baian Mayoibashi
Baian Mayoibashi (1982)

Screenplay

Kenkaku Shōbai: Tsujigiri
Kenkaku Shōbai: Tsujigiri (1982)

Screenplay

The Woman
The Woman (1980)

Writer

1970s

3 titles
Naked Ambition
Naked Ambition (1970)

Screenplay

Haunted Samurai
Haunted Samurai (1970)

Screenplay

Easy Money
Easy Money (1970)

Screenplay

1960s

53 titles · average score 68
The Betrayal
The Betrayal (1966)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

The School of Spies
The School of Spies (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess (1966)

Screenplay

Sword Devil
Sword Devil (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Zatoichi the Fugitive
Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Shinsengumi Chronicles
Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

The Third Shadow Warrior
The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay

Everything Goes Wrong
Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

1950s

16 titles
The Person I Chose
The Person I Chose (1959)

Writer

Tasogare no Tokyo Tower
Tasogare no Tokyo Tower (1959)

Writer

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1959)

Screenplay

White Jeep Patrol
White Jeep Patrol (1958)

Screenplay

Tokyo Eyes
Tokyo Eyes (1958)

Screenplay

Handcuffs
Handcuffs (1958)

Adaptation

Wakaretatte ī janai ka
Wakaretatte ī janai ka (1958)

Screenplay

Nine Hours of Terror
Nine Hours of Terror (1957)

Screenplay

Tale of a Dog: Bark, Shane
Tale of a Dog: Bark, Shane (1957)

Screenplay

Kosui monogatari
Kosui monogatari (1957)

Adaptation

Tsuma koso waga inochi
Tsuma koso waga inochi (1957)

Screenplay

Burning Youth
Burning Youth (1954)

Screenplay