Portrait of Nobuo Mizuta

Directing

Nobuo Mizuta

Career

Active from 1988 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mother
Mother
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nobuo Mizuta Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.3, average 3.6
  • Nostalgia
    1.9, average 3.8
  • Mystery
    2.0, average 3.9
  • Wonder
    1.9, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Thought-Provoking 5
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Contemporary Realism 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Japanese Social Drama 2
  • Social Satire 2
  • Slice-of-Life Drama 2
  • Subtle Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

14
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles
RYUJI ⻯⼆
RYUJI ⻯⼆ (2026)

Director

We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie (2023)

Director

Confess to Your Crimes
Confess to Your Crimes (2023)

Director

I Am Makimoto
I Am Makimoto (2022)

Director

JOKE - 2022 Panic Haishin!
JOKE - 2022 Panic Haishin! (2020)

Director

2010s

5 titles · average score 64
Sing My Life
Sing My Life (2016)

Director

Hana's Miso Soup
Hana's Miso Soup (2014)

Director

The Apology King
The Apology King (2013)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

Tug of War!
Tug of War! (2012)

Director

Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten (2011)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

2000s

4 titles · average score 59
No More Cry
No More Cry (2009)

Director

252: Signal of Life
252: Signal of Life (2008)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Screenplay

Maiko Haaaan!!!
Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel (2006)

Director