Futoshi Sato

Director

March 19, 1968 (58 years)

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Biography

No biography available.

Filmography

9.2

Ultraman Max

Ultraman Max was an Ultraman TV series which started airing on 7 July 2005, and produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.. The show tried to return to the true formula of new monsters every week and being a fast paced show like previous series with the exception of Ultraman Nexus. The show is full of homages to past series by having three of the original cast members from the first Ultraman series being featured in an episode, updated versions of classic monsters like Red King, Eleking and Pigmon among others. One unusual episode revolves around the filming of the 1964 program Ultra Q which was the predecessor to the first Ultraman show in 1966. Two actors from that show appear as themselves.

7.1

Godzilla: Final Wars

Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

7.6

Holyland

High school student, Kamishiro Yu doesn't fit in and is constantly bullied; fed up with the abuse Yu secretly trains in boxing and takes revenge on those who once bullied him. Eventually Yu's defeats call the attention of the local thugs, and Yu soon finds himself forced to keep fighting in order to keep his place, his holyland.

7.5

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.

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Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun

The mega-hit video game series "Nekketsu Kunio-kun" series has now been adapted into a hot-blooded live-action drama. The game's original settings, such as dodgeball, soccer, and a big athletic meet, are all recreated to bring back the rich variety from the "Kunio-kun" game world. Kunio, a delinquent student, is transferred to Nekketsu High School and dons the sacred "White Uniform", making him a target for all the other delinquent gangs in town.

7.2

Deceiving Idol

The story revolves around the 38-year-old Shijimi Usa (Watanabe), who is a high school classical literature teacher. Her students are mean to her, but they do not realize that she has another identity. Outside of school, she lies about her age to be active as the super popular 17-year-old Idol Singer Mayu Watanabe, whom the students adore. The show aired on TV Tokyo on Fridays starting from January 13, 2012 to April 7, 2012 with 12 episodes.

4.3

Samurai Angel Wars

Japan is at war in the samurai era some 440 years ago. A high school student time travels to the era alongside class-mates who are all uniformly weak at history. They know next to nothing about the time period. They come across many problems and want to help solve the issues, but can they when they know nothing? Could they make things worse?

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Goodbye Enari-kun

Dreaming of pure love, Kiriyama Saori meets an ikemen company president, Shimotsuke Kura, at a match-making party. She agrees to a platonic relationship with him. But Kura limits their dates to 2 hours each time. He tries to touch her by giving various reasons, and Saori’s friend Mura-chan becomes suspicious of Kura’s lady-killer ways. Before long, Saori realizes Kura's true nature..!?

6.6

The Seal Of The Sun

At 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experiences a black out due to the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The cooling system fails at the nuclear power plant and the temperature of the nuclear reactor rises. The worst case is coming. Scientists face an unexpected situation and government officials are confused by lack of information. Residents says goodbye to their hometown before evacuating.

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The Women Who Slept With IT Bubble

This erotic love story depicts the love and downfall of a couple at the mercy of the IT bubble. Aoi, who moves to Tokyo from the countryside with dreams of becoming an actress, meets Odajima, the young owner and president of an IT venture, at a group date she is invited to by a friend. Eventually, Aoi falls in love with Odajima and enjoys the celebrity lifestyle of her dreams, but...

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Hangure vs Yakuza

After his boss died while he was in prison, Eiji gave up his gangster business. He comes to his senses when he learns that his brother Nagaoka, who entrusted the group to him, was killed by young people called Hangure. The main culprit, Kagetora, sees the yakuza as hostile to Eiji. Old fashioned yakuza Eiji takes action

6.8

Junk Story

A look back at the life and career of Japanese guitarist hide, who died under questionable circumstances in 1998.

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COLD BLOOD: Three-Way Conflict

In this era where the Anti-Organized Crime Law has made life difficult for yakuza, a semi-criminal group of young people called "RED CROW" was running rampant in the city. Looking down on this chaotic city from a rooftop was Hideki Yagi (Hideo Nakano), an officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Community Safety Division. He and his junior officer, Yanagida (Masaki Nakayama), were supposed to be cracking down on crime in the city... but Yagi was secretly connected to Yabuta (Hiroshi Shinagawa), a yakuza member of the Hayashida gang, and was even making deals with "RED CROW," effectively reigning as a dark ruler of the underworld. Fed up with the semi-criminal group, Yabuta used Hachisuka (Ryohei Abe), a former Hayashida gang member who had been expelled, to launch an attack on "RED CROW." However, Yagi's cruel and ruthless plan had already been set in motion...!

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Bakumatsu Kitan Shinsen5 Ni: Fuun Iga Goe

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COLD BLOOD: Three-Way Conflict 2

In the city, the Hayashida-gumi gang, led by boss Hayashida (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), and "RED CROW," led by Akazawa (Daisuke Uematsu), are engaged in a fierce conflict. Hayashida-gumi's second-in-command, Yabuta (Yu Shinagawa), fed up with the half-gangsters, unleashes Hachisuka (Ryohei Abe), a former Hayashida-gumi yakuza, who begins systematically eliminating members of "RED CROW." However, Hachisuka's target wasn't just "RED CROW"... Yabuta's affair with the Hayashida-gumi boss's woman is exposed by someone, leaving him in a desperate situation. Hayashida-gumi member Gokita (Kazuma Yamane), who was deeply in love with Yabuta, learns the truth and, in despair, decides to take shocking action... Yagi's subordinate, Yanagida, driven by his own ambition, independently infiltrates "RED CROW," only to discover his own madness... Could all of this be part of a "city-building game" orchestrated by Yagi...?

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