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Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Producer · Born December 4, 1954 (71) · Ehime, Japan

Kazuyoshi Okuyama was born on December 4, 1953 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a producer and director, known for Rampo (1994), Violent Cop (1989) and Sonatine (1993).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 4, 1954 (71)
From
Ehime, Japan
Works as
Producer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 60 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 25% in 30 days

What are Kazuyoshi Okuyama's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies

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

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Morality
26%
Self
17%
Power
9%
Society
7%
Bonds
7%
Ideas
2%
Violence5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 6 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 7

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
6
Absurd
5
Dread
3
Cold
3
Other
8

How their films linger

Haunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous4

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 Kazuyoshi Okuyama's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Kazuyoshi Okuyama'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

60 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Reveal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Ransom(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Labyrinth of Cinema(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Erica 38 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • Kurosu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Hee(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sayonara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Producer

  • Oh! Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • R100(2013)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Jellyfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Executive Producer

  • The Idiots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • Tokyo Soda Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Izo(2004)

    Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • クラッシュ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Producer

  • Gun Crazy: Beyond the Law(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • My Father's Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Producer

  • Moonlight Serenade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Producer

  • The Eel(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The President's Christmas Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Adaptation

  • Gonin 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Producer

  • Kagerô 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Executive Producer

  • Black Jack: The Movie(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Score (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer

  • The Five(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • East Meets West(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Good Men, Good Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Executive Producer

  • 119 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • The Mystery of Rampo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Executive Producer

  • Sonatine(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • Yearning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Executive Producer

  • Erotic Liaisons(1992)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Sosuke Loses His Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Faraway Sunset (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer

  • The Oil-Hell Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer

  • Basara: The Princess Goh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Gekashitsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Mr. Moonlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • Seven Days War 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • Goodbye Mama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Executive Producer

  • Heat Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Executive Producer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Boiling Point(1990)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Violent Cop(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Four Days of Snow and Blood(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Shiro and Marilyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Executive Producer

  • This Story of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Executive Producer

  • The Story of Hachikō(1987)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Women Who Do Not Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Producer

  • South to the Horizon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Executive Producer

  • Beyond the Shining Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Executive Producer

  • Love Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer

  • Kids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Production Design

  • Go for Broke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer

  • No More God, No More Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Executive Producer

  • Village of Doom(1983)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Kyôdan(1982)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 56 titles from 1982 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Story of Hachikō (1987)

$14M worldwide

Highest rated

The Story of Hachikō (1987)

Midcredits 97th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 56: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting5 of 56: 1 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting3 of 56: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing51 of 56: 49 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thOther crew1 of 56: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

56 titles, 4 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s14 · crew1990s27 · 1 acting · 26 crew2000s3 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s4 · crew

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 Kazuyoshi Okuyama's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of the 18 of 19 with a score; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Hee (2015)

76th percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Story of Hachikō (1987)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

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 Kazuyoshi Okuyama's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 87 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 63 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Kazuyoshi Okuyama work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kazuyoshi Okuyama's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Takeshi Kitano shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers