Tsuyoshi Imai
Editor · Born September 12, 1969 (57)
- September 12, 1969 (57)
- Editor
- 53 on MovieCove · 102 credits in all
Known for
What are Tsuyoshi Imai's films like?
Across their 38 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 31
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 12 · Dark 18
Grounded 8 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 6
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 13 · Intense 20
Steady 13 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 3
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 4
Casual 4 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 8
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 9
A split, not a type: Resolved 19 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 7
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet18
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous13
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tsuyoshi Imai's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 53 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (13).
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) · editor
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014) · editor
- Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021) · editor
- Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) · editor
- Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021) · editor
- Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (2024) · editor
- Alice in Borderland (2020) · editor
- Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (2023) · editor
- Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022) · editor
- Kingdom (2019) · editor
- Bleach (2018) · editor
- River's Edge (2018) · editor
- +1 more
- Crunchyroll
Subscription and free streaming for Tsuyoshi Imai's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
102 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page.

Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Kaede (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Kokuho(2025)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Silent Service(2023)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Revolver Lily(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Legend & Butterfly(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Kingdom 2: Far and Away(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Wandering Moon(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Cube(2021)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Pompo: The Cinéphile(2021)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Alice in Borderland(2020)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Theater(2020)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
AI Amok(2020)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Parallel World Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Kingdom(2019)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Utsukushii hito saba? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Bleach(2018)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Inuyashiki(2018)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
River's Edge(2018)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Ingress: The Animation(2018)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
The Road Not Taken(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Spark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Narratage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Museum(2016)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Rage(2016)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Death Note: New Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
If Cats Disappeared from the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

I Am a Hero(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all filmsThe Gift of Memory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Pink and Gray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Library Wars: The Last Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Journey to the Shore(2015)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
God Eater(2015)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Round Table (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Black Butler(2014)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Unforgiven(2013)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Library Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Platinum Data (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Before the Vigil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Be My Slave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack(2012)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Gantz: Perfect Answer(2011)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Another Gantz(2011)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Gantz(2010)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Villain(2010)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
What a Wonderful Life!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Women Play Twice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

A Good Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Code (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Counterfeit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Sand Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Flowers in the Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Ghost in the Shell 2.0(2008)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Little DJ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Boy Meets Pusan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Closed Note (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Into the Faraway Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Tokyo Serendipity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Say Hello for Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Hula Girls(2006)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Yubisaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Coyote Ragtime Show(2006)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Spring Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Scrap Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Prayers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Kita no zeronen(2005)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
69(2004)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
A Day on the Planet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Jam Films(2002)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Sinking into the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

電光超特急ヒカリアン (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

The Lonely Affair of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Go(2001)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Luxurious Bone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Sunflower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
DOG FOOD (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

St. Luminous Mission High School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Serial Experiments Lain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Initial D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Ghost in the Shell(1995)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Love Letter(1995)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
My Wife Is Filipina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Career shape
A full career of 97 titles from 1994 to 2026.

Biggest box office
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

Highest rated
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Tsuyoshi Imai's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 48; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up23
- 50th to 74th18
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
23 of their 53 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved12
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser23
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed14
Reviewers score the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 32 reviewed titles; fans 54, detractors 24. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Tsuyoshi Imai's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Tsuyoshi Imai work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tsuyoshi Imai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shinsuke Satô shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Shinsuke SatôShared titles: Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022), Kingdom (2019), Bleach (2018), Inuyashiki (2018), I Am a Hero (2015), Another Gantz (2011), Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011), Gantz (2010), Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009)See all 9 shared titles with Shinsuke Satô

- Keishi OtomoShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Museum (2016), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 8 shared titles with Keishi Otomo

- Sang-il LeeShared titles: The Wandering Moon (2022), Rage (2016), Hula Girls (2006), 69 (2004)See all 4 shared titles with Sang-il Lee

- Isao YukisadaShared titles: Revolver Lily (2023), River's Edge (2018), Jam Films (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Isao Yukisada

Writers
- Nobuhiro WatsukiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Nobuhiro Watsuki

- Hiroya OkuShared titles: Inuyashiki (2018), Another Gantz (2011), Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011), Gantz (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Hiroya Oku
- Kiyomi FujiiShared titles: Museum (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Kiyomi Fujii

- Yûsuke WatanabeShared titles: Another Gantz (2011), Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011), Gantz (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Yûsuke Watanabe
Actors
- Takeru SatohShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Inuyashiki (2018), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Takeru Satoh

- Yû AoiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Journey to the Shore (2015), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012), Hula Girls (2006)See all 6 shared titles with Yû Aoi

- Yôsuke EguchiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Yôsuke Eguchi

- Kanata HongôShared titles: Kingdom (2019), Inuyashiki (2018), Another Gantz (2011), Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011), Gantz (2010)See all 5 shared titles with Kanata Hongô

Composers and cinematographers
- Naoki SatôShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 7 shared titles with Naoki Satô

- Taro KawazuShared titles: Kingdom (2019), Bleach (2018), Inuyashiki (2018), I Am a Hero (2015), Another Gantz (2011), Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011), Gantz (2010)See all 7 shared titles with Taro Kawazu

- Takuro IshizakaShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Takuro Ishizaka
- Yutaka YamadaShared titles: Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022), Cube (2021), Kingdom (2019), Bleach (2018), Inuyashiki (2018)See all 5 shared titles with Yutaka Yamada

Producers
- Hiroyoshi KoiwaiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Bleach (2018), Museum (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 7 shared titles with Hiroyoshi Koiwai
- Satoshi FukushimaShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)See all 5 shared titles with Satoshi Fukushima

- Shinzô MatsuhashiShared titles: The Silent Service (2023), Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022), Kingdom (2019), Black Butler (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Shinzô Matsuhashi

- Masahiko IbarakiShared titles: Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Masahiko Ibaraki

