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Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Writer · Born September 6, 1949 (77) · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

Born
September 6, 1949 (77)
From
Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Writer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 26% in 30 days

What are Hiroshi Kashiwabara's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Bonds.

Genres

Animation14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Action 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
Power
25%
Bonds
22%
Morality
14%
Survival
12%
Ideas
11%
Self
10%
Society
5%
Greed6 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTechnology4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 13 · Serious 5 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 3 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 7

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 13 · Intense 7

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 5

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 15 · 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 8 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
21
Tense
11
Joyful
9
Absurd
3
Warm
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Fun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

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 Hiroshi Kashiwabara's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hiroshi Kashiwabara'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

68 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • Detective is hard. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Case Closed: Episode One - The Great Detective Turned Small(2016)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Saraba Abunai Deka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer

  • 25 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Screenplay

  • June 6th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Straight to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure(2007)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody(2006)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem(2006)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Madamada Abunai Deka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Writer

  • Lupin the Third: Operation Return the Tresure(2003)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Jingi 32: The Price of Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Screenplay

  • Jingi 31: Boryokudan Re-armed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Screenplay

  • Jingi 30: In-law Cemetery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Screenplay

  • Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection(2001)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus(2000)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar(2000)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Godzilla 2000(1999)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Abunai Deka Forever The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer

  • Abunai Deka Forever TV Special '98 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Screenplay

  • Gun Breath A Perfect Night to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Be-Bop High School 2-2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Screenplay

  • Be-Bop High School 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Screenplay

  • Be-Bop High School 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Screenplay

  • Be-Bop High School 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Screenplay

  • Son of a Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Be-Bop High School 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Screenplay

  • Abunai Deka Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Writer

  • Be-Bop High School 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Screenplay

  • Be-Bop High School 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Screenplay

  • Detective Conan(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Lupin III: Dead or Alive(1996)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Carnival of Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Screenplay

  • Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure(1995)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus(1995)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Beautiful Target(1995)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla(1994)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Shizukanaru Don (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Screenplay

  • New York Cop(1993)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Voyage to Danger(1993)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Bastard LAST DOWN TEN (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Screenplay

  • Lupin the 3rd: From Siberia with Love(1992)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • さらわれたい女 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Screenplay

  • The Man With No Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Screenplay

  • Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary(1991)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers(1990)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Crime Hunter 2 - Bullets of Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Writer

  • Beppin Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Writer

  • Roppongi Banana Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Screenplay

  • Gunhed(1989)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Mottomo Abunai Deka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Writer

  • Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty(1989)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Break Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Screenplay

  • Dangerous Cops Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Screenplay

  • 墓場から生きかえった男 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Screenplay

  • Dangerous Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Screenplay

  • Young Lady Detectives: Heart Beat!(1987)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dangerous Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 51 episodes · Screenplay

  • Cat's Eye(1983)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Pro Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 5 episodes · Screenplay

  • Keishi-K (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 13 episodes · Writer

  • Detective Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

  • Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 40 episodes · Writer

  • The Great Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 26 episodes · Writer

  • Wounded Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Renkan Brothers Get Money! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

  • 名探偵コナン (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 64 titles, 62 of them dated from 1974 to 2019.

Biggest box office

Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Cat's Eye (1983)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 64: 3 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting61 of 64: 58 only writing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

64 titles, 3 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1970s4 · crew1980s13 · crew1990s29 · crew2000s11 · crew2010s5 · 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 Hiroshi Kashiwabara's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · writer

Beautiful Target (1995)

75th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Detective Conan (1996)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 47/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Hiroshi Kashiwabara work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hiroshi Kashiwabara's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Monkey Punch shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Eiko Masuyama12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Eiko Masuyama
  • Gorô Naya12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Gorô Naya
  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Kiyoshi Kobayashi
  • Makio Inoue12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Makio Inoue

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Yuji Ohno11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Yuji Ohno
  • Masatoshi Tsurubuchi9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
  • Hajime Hasegawa7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Hajime Hasegawa
  • Katsuo Ōno2 titles    See all 2 shared titles with Katsuo Ōno

Producers