Satoshi Miki

Born on Aug. 9, 1961 at Kanagawa Prefecture. He started out as a writer for the hit TV variety shows, some of which are legendary known in Japan. He then begun directing stages and has further expanded into TV dramas and films. His directing style has its good and urbane sense of humor, in which seemingly unnecessary episodes and dialogues are developed and interwoven into a story, incidentally making them indispensable parts in the story. His first film "In the Pool" ('05) and the second feature Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast were consecutively released theatrically in the year 2005.

Works

Time Limit Investigator

Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.

Release Date2006-01-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count7

Vote Count10

Aging Police / Resurrection Special

Release Date2019-09-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Atami's Police Investigators

The story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peaceful town.

Release Date2010-07-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count5

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.

Release Date2005-07-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count30

Adrift in Tokyo

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

Release Date2007-11-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count63

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed.

Release Date2022-02-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count21

Tonsure

Yabu is an unattractive and incompetent middle-aged publishing editor. Mika is a beautiful young author who debuted at 18 and has since written two best-sellers. When Yabu commissions some writing from Mika, she suddenly finds herself stricken with writer's block. Somehow, Yabu ends up being confined to Mika's home, resulting in a strange state of cohabitation for the mismatched pair.

Release Date2008-10-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko, a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.

Release Date2007-06-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

It's Me It's Me

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother and pretends to be her son. He then gets the mother to transfer money to his bank account. Soon, Hitoshi gets a lot more than he bargained for.

Release Date2013-05-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count13

State of Emergency

An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.

Release Date2020-08-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Instant Swamp

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique shopkeeper.

Release Date2009-05-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!

Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Sin meets Fūka, who is a street musician. When Fūka sings, her voice is so small. Due to Fūka, Sin looks back upon his past.

Release Date2018-10-12

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count11

Convenience Story

Kato is an up-and-coming scriptwriter in the middle of a severe slump. He submits ideas for potential movies but makes no headway whatsoever, and spends his days downhearted and distressed. When he heads out to buy "Dog Man," food for his lover's beloved pooch Cerberus, one thing leads to another and he stumbles into "Ideal Mart," a convenience store where he can find everything his heart desires. There, he encounters a mysterious married woman named Keiko, who gets his creative juices flowing again, but...

Release Date2022-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Damejin

An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When they hear 'in India one can live without working' they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money to go to India by doing anything but working, such as ripping off stamps from others' letters to sell, robbery at the bank which itself went bankrupt, etc.

Release Date2006-07-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

In the Pool

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.

Release Date2005-05-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Then Summer Came

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are unable to mature, unable to break the parent-child roles, have no sense of responsibility, and keep holding on to the past. The pair is overwhelmed by all the colorful characters around them telling them what to do. They go to strenuous and humorous efforts to make Tamio’s wedding an event to remember.

Release Date2008-07-19

Vote Count1