Yuichi Satoh (Director)
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Works
Absolute Zero
Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.
Release Date2010-04-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count10
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Release Date1990-10-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count13
Vote Count2
City Hunter
An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death.
Release Date2024-04-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count239
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special
Release Date2016-05-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition
Release Date2010-10-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Six Lying University Students
The setting is a recruitment examination for an IT company, there are six finalists who are given the task to build a team and hold a discussion in one month's time. So, they deepen their interaction with each other so that all to receive offers. But soon they will find that the assignment has been changed and there will be only one succeosor. 6 envelopes are found in the discussion room which contain accusations of the "crimes" of each of the six. Who is the liar? The ultimate psychological battle begins.
Release Date2024-11-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count8
Attention Please
Yoko, a sort of modern tomboy, almost by chance gets her sights set stubbornly on becoming a Cabin Attendant (CA), a type of woman the men are all fond of, but a role which is completely out of character for her. (This is a drama about young people including a girl who wishes to work on the stage of big sky) The headstrong Yoko Misaki (Aya Ueto) is a boyish girl who loves rock’n roll but hates dishonesty and has never once worn high heels. A chance comment by one of her friends causes her to aim for the job of a cabin attendant on an airline, which is completely out of character. Although she also feels the work is not up her alley, Yoko starts to prepare for the entrance examination with vigor, exhibiting her inborn never-say-die spirit and miraculously passing the examination. Naively assuming that she would immediately become a cabin attendant upon passing the test, Yoko of course has stiff training awaiting her.
Release Date2006-04-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count7
Strawberry Night
Reiko Himekawa is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work and gain the respect of the policeman.
Release Date2012-01-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count12
The End of the Tiny World
Kida and Makoto grew up together because they have it in common that they don't have parents. And a transfer student, Yotchi, also gets along with them because she has a similar background, which is that they come from not such a good home environment. They spent their school life supporting each other. But, at the age of 20, Yotchi disappeared. Then Lisa, the daughter of a politician and a top model, appears in front of the two men. Makoto takes an unusual romantic interest in Lisa, who lives in a different world from them, and asked her out to dinner, but she does not take him up on it at all. Kida warns Makoto to give up on her because they live in different worlds, but Makoto quits his job and vanishes without a trace.
Release Date2021-01-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is not attractive. She has a hard time due to her unattractiveness. Kasane has a lipstick left behind by her late mother. The lipstick holds a strange power. Whenever Kasane applies the lipstick and kisses someone, she takes that person's face. Meanwhile, Nina Tanzawa is a beautiful actress with poor acting skills. She meets Kasane Fuchi and their fates change.
Release Date2018-09-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count28
Strawberry Night
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case ...
Release Date2013-01-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count24
Simsons
Four Japanese girls, 3 totally inept at the sport, come together to form a curling team in Northern Japan. The town is famous for scallops and curling, and peoples' status in this little fishing village is based on their curling abilities. The girls do little, until a seemingly inept coach teaches them about the game, and about themselves. In the end, they pull it all together to become an adequate team. In the process, they discover the true meaning of friendship, effort, shame and puppy love.
Release Date2006-02-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Poison Berry in my Brain
Ichiko is a 30-year-old unemployed woman. She meets Ryoichi at a drinking establishment. Even though he is a lot younger than her, she can't forget him. Meanwhile, Ichiko has 5 different characters in her brain that governs her actions. The 5 characters are Yoshida, Ishibashi, Ikeda, Hatoko and Kishi. These 5 character then have a fierce meeting. Yoshida presides over the meeting as the chairman. Ishibashi is the optimist. Ikeda is the pessimist. Hatoko is the character that lives in the moment and Kishi thinks about the past.
Release Date2015-05-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count11
Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
Release Date2013-01-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
Water Boys
Water Boys is a Japanese television drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2003. There is a fairly large cast due to the amount of members in each team. There were 32 swimmers in this drama who were carefully chosen to fit their roles, but none of them had ever done synchronized swimming before.
Release Date2003-07-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count23
Vote Count5
Genkai in a Black Company
After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for overworking their employees.
Release Date2009-11-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a child, but now gets by as a part-time worker. The unexpected story unfolds when one day, the daughter of a yakuza boss asks him to plan a make-believe kidnapping. Sato Ryuta plays Shotaro's co-worker who helps him with the kidnapping. Kanjiya Shihori plays Satsuki, the eldest daughter of the Hanazono yakuza clan, while Narimiya Hiroki plays Satsuki's college senpai who joined the Hanazono clan after graduation. Takahashi Katsumi plays the head of a rival organization who has fallen in love with Satsuki. Kitaoji Kinya plays Satsuki's father and the head of the Hanazono clan.
Release Date2012-01-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
You, I Love
Rin, Yuu, Koyomi and Keita are friends in high school who live in the same apartment building. Rin and Yuu like each other, but they don’t tell each other, until Kazuma shows up.
Release Date2018-11-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count38
King of Sushi
A comic-based comedy about the young and talented Shota (Kashiwabara Takashi) who set a goal of becoming the no. 1 sushi chef in Japan to save his father's sushi shop. To learn the art of making sushi, he became an apprentice at the famous Otori Sushi. Each episode sees him picking up a new skill, and going a step towards his goal. However, many obstacles stood in his way, including a harsh and cold senior who was jealous of his talent.
Release Date1996-04-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count8
Vote Count4
Strawberry Night
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case.
Release Date2010-11-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
The Last Promise
"Saigo no Yakusoku" is described as a human suspense story involving the hijack of a major building. The members of Arashi play five young men who happen to be inside, and the story depicts their attempt to escape and their interactions with the other people caught up in the incident.
Release Date2010-01-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Kisaragi
The fanclub of a deceased Japanese idol gather together for the one year anniversary of her death. By combining forces they try to unearth the true circumstances surrounding her supposed suicide.
Release Date2007-06-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count34
The Family Game
Yoshimoto Koya becomes a tutor to a student, Numata Shigeyuki, an underachiever on the verge of dropping out of middle school. Expecting immediate results, Shigeyuki’s father makes a deal with Koya that if he could make Shigeyuki return to school within a week, he would receive a 100,000 yen bonus. Koya accepts the offer, replying that he would only need 5 days to complete the mission but demands that no one should interfere with his methodology in doing so.
Release Date2013-04-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count10
Frame of Mind
Hizuki Hiiragi, a detective with the unique ability to recall scenes like photographs, is known as the Ice Queen for her relentless pursuit of criminals. As she solves cases with a team of eccentric detectives, she must confront a painful past she’s determined to forget.
Release Date2025-01-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count1
Shibatora
No matter how you look at him, Taketora Shibata (Teppei KOIKE) is just a quiet, ordinary junior high student. He looks so vulnerable that bullies try to rip him off on the streets, but he is actually a police detective and an expert swordsman in kendo. Taketora has a special to see the "hands of death" around people whose life is nearing the end. One day, Taketora is assigned on undercover operations. He sneaks into a high school, a maid cafe and a juvenile detention center... With the cooperation from his various friends, he gets to the bottom of the matters.
Release Date2008-07-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count2
Guardian Angel
A low paid company slave, a cheap hoodlum, and a stay-at-home man. These three neer-do-well guys get together to save their angelic heroine, who is being tracked on a web site for sexual predators. Can they save the girl in the end?
Release Date2009-06-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The Ambassador's Chef
Release Date2015-01-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Maison de Police
Hiyori Makino is a rookie detective who is passionate about her work. One day, a video clip depicting a person being burned alive, is posted on the internet. Investigators believe this is a copycat crime of a murder that took place 5 years ago. Hiyori Makino visits ex-detective Soichiro Natsume who investigated the case 5 years ago. Soichiro Natsume lives is at a share house where only ex-police officers can live.
Release Date2019-01-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count4
Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
Born in an affluent family, Sakurako is grown beautiful but rather spirited and speaks roughly. As an osteologist, she reconstructs skeletal remains of animals in her atelier at home when receiving job offers from museums. Deeply inspired by the beauty and majesty of bodies, her eccentricity is remarkable. "Dead bodies speak eloquently." says Sakurako, at the events of examining incidents. She observes bodies and the crime scenes very carefully, and reveals the truth one by one. Kujo Sakurako, the beautiful osteologist, resolves the cases with her expertise hearing the "voice" of bones. How does this extraordinary heroine resolve cases?
Release Date2017-04-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count6
Dangerous Venus
Hakuro is single and works as a veterinarian. His father died when Hakuro was a child and his mother later remarried into the wealthy Yagami family. Although Hakuro was brought into the Yagami family through his mother's marriage, he does not feel like part of the Yagami family. Especially, when compared to his younger step-brother who possesses the same blood as his family. After the death of Hakuro's mother, Hakuro dropped Yagami from his name and broke off relations with that family. Hakuro has a strong sense of justice and sincerity in his actions. He is very susceptible to beautiful women. One day, he meets a woman. The woman introduces herself as the wife of his stepbrother and informs him that his stepbrother is missing. As Hakuro and the woman trace his stepbrother's whereabouts, Hakuro becomes involved in the Yagami family's fight over a three billion yen inheritance.
Release Date2020-10-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count4
Pretty in Pink Flamingo
Gimura, Zenji, Ryuhei, Kakuzaimo, and Bonzo form a punk band called The Armortellus, and they're about to get their chance to debut in the big city. One day, Gimura's sister-in-law, Yuki, moves to Tokyo. She starts living with Gimura's girlfriend, Kyoko, rent free, but she seems to be hiding something. Meanwhile, The Armortellus start recording under the supervision of the director of Sunny Records, Shiro Okida. Shiro speaks highly of Gimura's talent, but Gimura is planning to drop the band and start a solo career one day. Shiro tells Gimura, "If you want The Armortellus to get a major label debut, you have to win a battle of the bands competition and sell out every seat for a performance at Zepp." This was a film collected on a special DVD for Japanese pop-rock band, Beat Crusaders, who all play original characters.
Release Date2009-06-10
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
Six months ago, life went dark for the underworld negotiator Kida when his lifelong friend and fellow former outcast Makoto became embroiled in a deadly plot. Makoto had risen to become the head of a powerful trading firm, but the events that unfolded on Christmas Eve put an end to all that. Since then, Kida has continued to drift through life without a single bright spark to light up his life. Nobody cares if he lives or dies except his underworld boss, who values Kida’s inimitable skills.
Release Date2021-01-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
Kichijoji Losers
6 people considered "losers" in life begin to live together in a mysterious share house. Abiko Satoshi is a high school teacher. His life went by smoothly, until a case changed his life. Oba Sakura is the chief editor of a fashion magazine. She is finalizing a divorce with her husband. Hata Manta is a retail employee involved with product demonstrations. He considers himself an entertainer, but he is not popular at all. Mochizuki Mai moved to Tokyo from Hakata. She works at a hostess bar. Kurumizawa Midori is a civil servant. She is diligent at her job, but she is in mired in debt due to her gambling addiction. Ikegami Ryuji worked at an advertising agency. He did his job very well, but he was dismissed from his job.
Release Date2022-04-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
Vote Count1
Abarenbo Mama
22-year old Kawano Ayu was brought up way out in the country. She's a rough-mannered tomboy. When she meets Tetsu, a divorced beautician, the two fall in love and get married. Immediately after their happy new life begins, they are visited by a 5-year old boy, Yuki, who claims to be Tetsu's son. Ayu reluctantly becomes the boy's mother, but has no idea how to raise a child. What's more, at kindergarten, she must confront the elegant mothers of the neighborhood. Ayu's humorous life as a rookie mother begins.
Release Date2007-10-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Hanayome to Papa
Ishihara plays a new 20-year-old OL working in the apparel company of her dreams. Her father, played by Tokito, loves his daughter excessively to the point that he compels her to follow his house rules: 7:00pm curfew, no socialising with the opposite sex. Nevertheless, she falls in love with her colleague, played by Taguchi, and begins a mission to "graduate" from her father..
Release Date2007-04-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
Vote Count3
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Adaptation of the novel of the same name.
Release Date1994-02-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count1
Best Friend
Kouhei asks his girlfriend Kaede to marry him. He also reveals that his company going to transfer him to London office and that he would like his bride-to-be to come along. As Kaede walks home she bumps into Yuuko, a girl from far-off Yaizu who has come to town for meeting with her ex-boyfriend's buisiness partner. The girls inadvertently swap addresses books in the confusion, leading Kaede to discover that Yuuko has meeting planned with Kouhei. She immediately expects the worse.
Release Date1995-10-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count9
Shi no Zōki
Release Date2015-07-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count5
Vote Count2
The Way I Live
Boku no Ikiru Michi is a 2003 Japanese television drama series.
Release Date2003-01-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
ヤンドク！
An ex-delinquent girl dramatically transforms into a highly skilled neurosurgeon, challenging the outdated and bureaucratic medical establishment to fiercely advocate for her patients.
Release Date2026-01-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Someone in this town
Release Date2024-12-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count4
Vote Count4
Pray
Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The problem is, that when they call to make ransom demands, the people state that their daughter died a year ago, so who the hell do they have in their custody? The kidnappers are holed up in an old school, turns out it was the school that Mitsuru used to go to and it's now abandoned. Or, SEEMINGLY abandoned.
Release Date2005-10-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count9