Shin'ya Egawa

Producer and writer

Works as: Producer and writer
Titles: 7 on Motif · 9 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 174% in 30 days

What are Shin'ya Egawa's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

55%

Bonds

22%

Morality

18%

Self

5%

Survival2 Trauma3

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Intense

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread

3

Tense

3

Melancholic

2

Romantic

1

Hopeful

1

Other

3

How their films linger

Unsettling3 Haunting3

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 Shin'ya Egawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Also on these channels

Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy

Subscription and free streaming for Shin'ya Egawa's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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

9 credits, 7 with a Motif page.

Temple(2017)
Producer · Story
Motif score: 1st percentile of all films
Sword of Desperation(2010)
Producer
Motif score: 82nd percentile of all films
One Missed Call(2008)
Executive Producer
Motif score: 4th percentile of all films
Dream Cruise (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
Executive Producer
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006)
Executive Producer
Motif score: 96th percentile of all films
MAIL (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
Executive Producer
Ju-On: The Grudge 2(2003)
Producer
Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
Red Shadow(2001)
Producer
Motif score: 33rd percentile of all films
Dance with Me(1998)
Producer
Motif score: 53rd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 1998 to 2017.

Biggest box office

One Missed Call (2008)

$46M worldwide

Highest rated

Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003)

Motif 58^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Writing1 of 9Producing9 of 9 · 53^rd

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s6 · crew2010s2 · 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 Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Shin'ya Egawa's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 53^rd percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32^nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

26^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

85^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Motif score across 7 titles, by percentile

75^th and up2
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th1
Below 25^th2

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved1
Universally Panned2
Crowd Pleaser3
Mixed1

Most divisive · producer

Red Shadow (2001)

68^th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Motif 96^th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 27/100 and the plot and story 25/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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 Shin'ya Egawa's work okay for kids?

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

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 33 · mild

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

Who does Shin'ya Egawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shin'ya Egawa's Motif titles; Lauren Weissman shares the most, 2.

Lauren Weissman2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Lauren Weissman