Portrait of Seicho Matsumoto

Writing

Seicho Matsumoto

Career

Active from 1958 to 2025, busiest in 1983 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Demon
The Demon
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Seicho Matsumoto Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.4, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Japanese Drama 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Japanese Crime Drama 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Japanese Mystery 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Ambitious Protagonist 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Moral Corruption 2
  • Moral Decay 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

93
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Matsumoto Seichō no Ekiro
Matsumoto Seichō no Ekiro

Novel

2020s

4 titles
Amagi Goe
Amagi Goe (2025)

Novel

Glass Castle
Glass Castle (2024)

Original Story

Face
Face (2024)

Book

Black Art Collection -Testimony-
Black Art Collection -Testimony- (2020)

Original Concept

2010s

27 titles
Castle of Sand
Castle of Sand (2019)

Novel

Giwaku
Giwaku (2019)

Original Story

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (2016)

Original Story

Deep Sea of Tree
Deep Sea of Tree (2016)

Original Story

The Housekeeper Saw!
The Housekeeper Saw! (2015)

Original Story

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel (2014)

Original Story

Delivery of Death
Delivery of Death (2014)

Original Story

300 Million Yen Robbery
300 Million Yen Robbery (2014)

Original Story

Kiri no Hata
Kiri no Hata (2014)

Original Story

The Housekeeper
The Housekeeper (2012)

Original Story

Shichou Shisu
Shichou Shisu (2012)

Original Story

Pro Bono
Pro Bono (2010)

Novel

2000s

15 titles · average score 62
Zero Focus
Zero Focus (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Story

Ekiro
Ekiro (2009)

Original Story

Giwaku
Giwaku (2009)

Original Story

Black Current
Black Current (2009)

Original Story

Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face
Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face (2009)

Original Story

中央流沙
中央流沙 (2009)

Novel

Hi to Shio
Hi to Shio (2009)

Original Story

Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers
Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers (2006)

Original Story

Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower
Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower (2006)

Original Story

The Black Leather Notebook Special: White Darkness
The Black Leather Notebook Special: White Darkness (2005)

Novel

The Passed Scene
The Passed Scene (2005)

Original Story, Novel

Kichiku
Kichiku (2002)

Novel

1990s

4 titles
Amagi Pass
Amagi Pass (1998)

Original Story

The Central Quicksand
The Central Quicksand (1998)

Original Story

Kazu no Fūkei
Kazu no Fūkei (1991)

Novel

ゼロの焦点
ゼロの焦点 (1991)

Novel

1980s

11 titles · average score 69
「松本清張サスペンス 隠花の飾り」足袋
「松本清張サスペンス 隠花の飾り」足袋 (1986)

Writer

The Street of Desire
The Street of Desire (1984)

Novel

Amagi Pass
Amagi Pass (1983)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel

The Politicians
The Politicians (1983)

Novel

Dansen
Dansen (1983)

Novel

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi (1983)

Novel

Cold Current
Cold Current (1983)

Novel

松本清張のかげろう絵図
松本清張のかげろう絵図 (1983)

Novel

The Tale of Saikaido
The Tale of Saikaido (1983)

Novel

Suspicion
Suspicion (1982)
GoodWatch score 70

Novel

The Wicked
The Wicked (1980)

Novel

1970s

10 titles · average score 72
The Demon
The Demon (1978)
GoodWatch score 77

Story

Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge (1977)

Original Story

Without Complaint
Without Complaint (1975)

Novel

The Accident
The Accident (1975)

as The man at the amusement park (uncredited)

松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙
松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙 (1975)

TV show · as 病院の雑役夫

The Castle of Sand
The Castle of Sand (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

Novel

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (1973)

Original Story

Cross-Currents
Cross-Currents (1972)

Original Story

Shadow of Deception
Shadow of Deception (1971)

Novel

The Shadow Within
The Shadow Within (1970)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel

1960s

13 titles · average score 68
Bonds of Love
Bonds of Love (1969)

Original Story

A Trap
A Trap (1965)
GoodWatch score 71

Novel

Beast Alley
Beast Alley (1965)

Novel

The Forest of No Escape
The Forest of No Escape (1965)

Novel

The Hidden Profile
The Hidden Profile (1963)

Novel

Escape from Hell
Escape from Hell (1963)

Short Story

Zero Focus
Zero Focus (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel

Death on the Mountain
Death on the Mountain (1961)

Novel

The Yellow Climate
The Yellow Climate (1961)

Novel

Structure of Hate
Structure of Hate (1961)

Novel

Towering Waves
Towering Waves (1960)

Novel

The Lost Alibi
The Lost Alibi (1960)

Original Story

1950s

8 titles · average score 67
Stop the Old Fox
Stop the Old Fox (1959)

Novel

Kikenna onna
Kikenna onna (1959)

Original Story

Points and Lines
Points and Lines (1958)

Novel

Voice Without a Shadow
Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

Novel

The Invisible Wall
The Invisible Wall (1958)

Novel

Stakeout
Stakeout (1958)
GoodWatch score 71

Short Story

Accomplice
Accomplice (1958)

Short Story

The Face
The Face (1957)

Original Story