Directing
Shinji Imaoka
- Titles
- 125movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 2021 with 7 main titles.
- Directed
- 67titles as director
- Average score
56/100
- Highest rated
Ghost Cat Anzu64/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Uncanny5.1average 2.5
- Eroticism4.1average 1.8
- Fantasy3.7average 1.8
- Dark Humor4.7average 2.9
- Absurdist Humor3.7average 2.0
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism6.6average 5.2
- Psychological6.9average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Historical1.0, average 2.6
- Politics1.2, average 2.6
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
- Nostalgia2.6, average 3.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 7
- Japanese Cinema 6
- Melancholy 5
- Contemporary Realism 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Family Dynamics 3
- Contemporary Setting 3
- Japanese Erotica 2
- Marital Frustration 2
- Contemporary 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
- Japanese Indie Film 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kazuhiro SuzukiCinematographerUncle's Paradise, Kaerenai san'nin: Kaikan wa owaranai, New Bus Guide's Sweaty Tour of Secret Places, Despite All That, Cute Devil, +4 more- TTomoko HirutaEditorShape of My Heart, Kagi, Grim Reaper Barber, Kaerenai san'nin: Kaikan wa owaranai, Long Goodbye: Tantei Furui Kurinosuke, +4 more
- MMinoru SatōWriterHalf End, Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It, Kaerenai san'nin: Kaikan wa owaranai, Odd Final, Unlucky Woman's Blues, +3 more
- SShōji SakaiEditorUncle's Paradise, Sex Friend Nurezakari, High School Female Teacher: Defiled Sex, Despite All That, Waiting for the Comet, +3 more
- HHiroshi SatoActorLunch Box, The Drudgery Train, Kaerenai san'nin: Kaikan wa owaranai, Boys Hitting the Road, Hoshi's Long Day, +1 more
Yohta KawaseActorThe Woman of Brother, Lunch Box, Hana-Dama: Phantom, Frog Song, Demeking, +1 more
Toshiki SatōDirectorPerfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete, Empty Room, Newly Appointed Female Teacher: Past Exposed, Psycho Doctor, The Lost Virgin, +1 more
Mutsuo YoshiokaActorGhost Cat Anzu, Uncle's Paradise, Underwater Love, Lunch Box, Frog Song
Takeshi ItōActorEmpty Room, Lunch Box, High School Female Teacher: Defiled Sex, Frog Song, Demeking- TTaku UnamiComposerShape of My Heart, Seaside Lover, Kagi, Far Away, Further Away, With Love from Koshu Highway
- HHiroshi KirihataEditorSeaside Lover, Deep Story, Setsuna: Vampire's Love of 100 Days, Far Away, Further Away, Love Me for Hundreds of Years
- SSatoshi ShimomotoCinematographerMarried Female Teacher: A Mature After-School Life, High School Female Teacher: Defiled Sex, The Temptation of the Rear Window: The Alluring Scent of a Married Woman, I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada, Little Sister: Young Sexual Urges
Movies and TV shows
1262020s
28 titles · average score 64
Shape of My Heart (2024)
Screenplay, Director
64
Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)
Screenplay
Seaside Lover (2023)
Director
Twilight Cinema Blues (2023)
Screenplay
Two on the Road (2023)
Writer, Director
One Way Love (2023)
as Kenichi
67
Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
TV show
Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It (2021)
Director, Screenplay
2010s
29 titles · average score 59
Let Me Hear Your Voice (2019)
Screenplay, Director
Cute Devil (2018)
Writer
Deep Story (2017)
Screenplay, Director
Boys Hitting the Road (2017)
Director
Hana-Dama: Phantom (2016)
Screenplay
The Temptation Came at Stormy Night (2016)
Director, Writer
Hana-Dama (2014)
Screenplay
Unlucky Woman's Blues (2014)
Director
Girls in the Psychic Club (2014)
Screenplay
59
The Drudgery Train (2012)
Screenplay
Setsuna: Vampire's Love of 100 Days (2012)
Director, Screenplay
52
Underwater Love (2011)
Writer, Director
2000s
25 titles · average score 55
Daydream (2009)
Director
Isaac (2009)
Director
47
Uncle's Paradise (2006)
Director
Frog Song (2005)
Writer, Director
62
Rampo Noir (2005)
Assistant Director
52
Lunch Box (2004)
Director, Screenplay
60
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (2002)
Screenplay
The Lost Virgin (2002)
Writer
Empty Room (2001)
Screenplay
High School Female Teacher: Defiled Sex (2001)
Director, Screenplay
1990s
43 titles · average score 54
Despite All That (1999)
Screenplay, Director
Lustful Wife (1999)
Screenplay, Director
Demeking (1998)
Director, Screenplay
Meet Me in the Dream: Wonderland (1996)
Assistant Director
Waiting for the Comet (1995)
Director, Screenplay
55
Love − Zero = Infinity (1994)
Assistant Director
Chikan densha: Iyarashii kôi (1993)
Assistant Director
54
An Aria on Gazes (1992)
First Assistant Director
Chikan Densha: OL Kando Kurabe (1991)
Assistant Director
Turtle Vision (1991)
as Groper
1980s
1 title
Sweaty Destroyer (1987)
Writer, Director