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Takahiro Satô

Producer · Born April 26, 1970 (56) · Yamanashi, Japan

Born
April 26, 1970 (56)
From
Yamanashi, Japan
Works as
Producer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 24% in 30 days

What are Takahiro Satô's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Crime 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
Morality
25%
Self
22%
Survival
21%
Bonds
16%
Power
13%
Society
3%
Identity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 8

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 7

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2

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

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 4

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 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 6

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Thrilling
6
Dread
4
Melancholic
5
Contemplative
4
Other
3

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Takahiro Satô's films?

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

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Takahiro Satô'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

33 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

  • Strawberry Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Production Supervisor

  • About a Place in the Kinki Region(2025)

    Production Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise(2025)

    Show 24 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Apocalypse Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer

  • I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!(2025)

    Show 24 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Flower and Asura(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · Other

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Production Supervisor

  • 劇場版ACMA:GAME 最後の鍵 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Production Supervisor

  • Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • That Person Has Disappeared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Production Supervisor

  • A Conviction of Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Production Supervisor

  • The Apothecary Diaries(2023)

    Show 48 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Two Office Workers Who Are Too Poisonous for One's Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 25 episodes · Executive Producer

  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime(2018)

    Show 24 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • A Living Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • Death Note: Light Up the New World(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Strayer's Chronicle(2015)

    Development Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Parasyte: Part 2(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Parasyte: Part 1(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Akumu Chan the Movie(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Monsterz(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Tug of War! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Producer

  • The Kirishima Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Producer

  • Dog × Police: The K-9 Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Development Producer

  • Gantz: Perfect Answer(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Gantz(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Yatterman(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • 252: Signal of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Producer

  • Death Note: L Change the World(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

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

    Producer

  • Death Note: The Last Name(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Death Note(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles from 2006 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

$48M worldwide

Highest rated

Death Note (2006)

Midcredits 87th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing22 of 29: 22 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thOther crew7 of 29: 7 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s6 · crew2010s10 · crew2020s13 · 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 Takahiro Satô's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 19 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · producer

Akumu Chan the Movie (2014)

77th percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Apothecary Diaries (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 93% 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 Takahiro Satô's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Takahiro Satô work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takahiro Satô's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ken'ichi Matsuyama shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers