Takeshi Fukunaga is a Japanese filmmaker based in New York. His first film, Out of My Hand, premiered in Berlinale Panorama in 2015, was released through Ava DuVernay’s Array, and was nominated for the John Cassavetes Independent Spirit Award. Fukunaga was selected by the Cannes Cinéfondation to develop his second film.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 10, 1982 (44)
- Date, Hokkaido, Japan
- Director, writer, editor and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Takeshi Fukunaga's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
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 Takeshi Fukunaga's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Takeshi Fukunaga'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
12 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Letters from Fukushima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Ainu Puri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Happyend(2024)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Shōgun(2024)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Yama Onna(2022)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Mirrorliar Films Season 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Tokyo Vice(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Shirumashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Ainu Mosir(2020)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Out of My Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Birth of Sake(2015)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 2015 to 2025.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2015–2016.
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated
- Berlinale award, nominated
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Takeshi Fukunaga's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser4
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.
Who does Takeshi Fukunaga work with?
People who share at least 2 of Takeshi Fukunaga's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tôko Miura shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Tôko MiuraShared titles: Yama Onna (2022), Ainu Mosir (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Tôko Miura
Producers
- Chikako NakabayashiShared titles: Yama Onna (2022), Ainu Mosir (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Chikako Nakabayashi
- Eric NyariShared titles: Yama Onna (2022), Ainu Mosir (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Nyari
- Harue MiyakeShared titles: Yama Onna (2022), Ainu Mosir (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Harue Miyake