List of the best Satoshi Tsumabuki movies: Waterboys(2001), Dororo(2007), Smuggler(2011), Traces of Sin(2016), Tokyo Family(2013), Tono, Risoku De Gozaru!(2016), Tomie: Re-birth(2001), Lorelei I-507(2005), The World of Kanako(2014), The Assassin(2015), Detective Chinatown 3(2020), Ikari(2016) ... ...
Comedy
Japan
2001
90 Minutes
Suzuki
Satoshi Tsumabuki Hiroshi Tamaki Akifumi Miura Takatoshi Kaneko Kaori Manabe Aya Hirayama Naoto Takenaka Tetta Sugimoto Akira Emoto
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In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
Fantasy, Horror, Action
Japan
2007
139 Minutes
Hyakkimaru
Satoshi Tsumabuki Kou Shibasaki Kiichi Nakai Yoshio Harada Eita Mieko Harada Katsuo Nakamura Kumiko Aso
A female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.
Drama
2011
114 Minutes
Kinuta Ryôsuke
Satoshi Tsumabuki Masatoshi Nagase Yasuko Matsuyuki Hikari Mitsushima Tatsuya Gashuin Fumiyo Kohinata Tsuyoshi Abe Masanobu Andô Hitoshi Kiyokawa
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A failed actor works as a contraband and body smuggler in a world filled with crazed fashionistas and yakuza killers.
Drama
2016
120 Minutes
Tanaka
Satoshi Tsumabuki Hikari Mitsushima Keisuke Koide Asami Usuda Yui Ichikawa Tomoya Nakamura Wakana Matsumoto Hidekazu Mashima Mari Hamada Mitsuru Hirata
Tanaka engrosses himself with the cold case of a shocking murder, in which a perfect family was brutally murdered. As Tanaka interviews the family's friends, the idyllic image of the family changes when the interviewees reveal their hidden agendas.
Drama
Japan
2013
146 Minutes
Yû Aoi Satoshi Tsumabuki Yui Natsukawa Kazuko Yoshiyuki Jun Fubuki Nenji Kobayashi
In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.
Comedy
Japan
2016
130 Minutes
Yuko Takeuchi Satoshi Tsumabuki Ryuhei Matsuda Tsutomu Yamazaki Eita Yûdai Chiba
It is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a ... See full summary »
Horror
Japan
2001
101 Minutes
Takumi Aoyama
Miki Sakai Satoshi Tsumabuki Kumiko Endou Masaya Kikawada Shûgo Oshinari Yuri Hachisu
An art student disappears after murdering his model. Now his friends and family are being haunted by the resurrected woman, Tomie.
Sci-Fi, Drama, Action
Japan
2005
128 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Satoshi Tsumabuki Toshirô Yanagiba Masatô Ibu Ken Ishiguro Yû Kashii Shinichi Tsutsumi Colter Allison David Austin Isao Hashizume
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A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Japan
2014
119 Minutes
Detective Asai
Koji Yakusho Nana Komatsu Satoshi Tsumabuki Jô Odagiri Fumi Nikaidô Ai Hashimoto Jun Kunimura Miki Nakatani
As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life.
Drama, Action, Sports & Fitness
Taiwan|China|Hong Kong|France
2015
105 Minutes
The Mirror Polisher
Qi Shu Chang Chen Satoshi Tsumabuki Sheu Fang-yi Dahong Ni Zhen Yu Lei
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A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
China
2020
136 Minutes
Noda hiroshi
Wang Baoqiang Liu Haoran Tony Jaa Satoshi Tsumabuki Tadanobu Asano Masami Nagasawa Zi-feng Zhang Tomokazu Miura
A major crime occurs in Tokyo when detectives Tang Ren and Qin Feng are invited to investigate the crime. A battle between the strongest detectives in Asia is about to break out with bursts of laughter.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
Japan
2016
142 Minutes
Yuma Fujita
Ken Watanabe Hikari Mitsushima Mirai Moriyama Aoi Miyazaki Satoshi Tsumabuki Gô Ayano Suzu Hirose Chizuru Ikewaki Mitsuki Takahata Takahiro Miura Pierre Taki
A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.