Shôzô Ichiyama
Producer · Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Shozo Ichiyama (born 1963), also known as Shozo Ichikawa, is a Japanese film producer. He has worked on films by directors such as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Jia Zhangke. Born in 1963 in Shinnanyo City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (now Shunan City). After graduating from Yamaguchi Prefectural Tokuyama High School, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo. In 1987, he joined Shochiku. In 1998, he left Shochiku to join T-Mark. In 2000, he launched Tokyo FILMeX. In 2008, he produced Song of Sichuan, directed by Jia Zhangke. He has been the programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival since April 2021. From 2024, he will be a professor in the Film Production Department at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2019, he received the 37th Kawakita Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shozo Ichiyama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Producer
- 17 on MovieCove · 36 credits in all
What are Shôzô Ichiyama's films like?
Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 13
Light 3 · Serious 3 · Dark 10
Grounded 6 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3
Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 8
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
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 Shôzô Ichiyama's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Shôzô Ichiyama's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits 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
36 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Diary of a Mad Old Man(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Kuang wang jing tan(2026)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
A Light in the Harbor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Diamonds in the Sand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Dear Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Transcending Dimensions(2025)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Caught by the Tides(2024)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Black Ox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Sidonie in Japan(2023)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Spirit World(2024)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Tracing Her Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Bargain(2021)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Calming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Spring Tide(2019)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Ash Is Purest White(2018)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Lovers on Borders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Mr. Long(2017)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Mountains May Depart(2015)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Chasuke's Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
A Touch of Sin(2013)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Cold Bloom(2012)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
24 City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Big River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Unknown Pleasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Platform (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Delbaran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Blackboards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Flowers of Shanghai(1998)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Good Men, Good Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Nowhere Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Violent Cop(1989)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 32 titles from 1989 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Highest rated
A Touch of Sin (2013)
Most popular right now
Diary of a Mad Old Man (2026)
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 Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Shôzô Ichiyama's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; 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 Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove 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 Shôzô Ichiyama's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Shôzô Ichiyama work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shôzô Ichiyama's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matthieu Laclau shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Zhangke JiaShared titles: Caught by the Tides (2024), Ash Is Purest White (2018), Mountains May Depart (2015), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Zhangke Jia
- SabuShared titles: Kuang wang jing tan (2026), Mr. Long (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Sabu
Actors
- Tao ZhaoShared titles: Caught by the Tides (2024), Ash Is Purest White (2018), Mountains May Depart (2015), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Tao Zhao
- Takumi SaitôShared titles: Diary of a Mad Old Man (2026), Spirit World (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Takumi Saitô
- Haruomi HosonoShared titles: Spirit World (2024), They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Haruomi Hosono
- Masatoshi NagaseShared titles: Last Shadow at First Light (2023), They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Masatoshi Nagase
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Matthieu LaclauShared titles: Kuang wang jing tan (2026), Caught by the Tides (2024), Spirit World (2024), Ash Is Purest White (2018), Mountains May Depart (2015), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 6 shared titles with Matthieu Laclau
- Kôichi FuruyaShared titles: Diary of a Mad Old Man (2026), Mr. Long (2017), Cold Bloom (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Kôichi Furuya
- Giong LimShared titles: Caught by the Tides (2024), Ash Is Purest White (2018), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Giong Lim
- Nelson Lik-wai YuShared titles: Caught by the Tides (2024), Mountains May Depart (2015), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Nelson Lik-wai Yu
Producers
- Yuka KobayashiShared titles: Diary of a Mad Old Man (2026), Kuang wang jing tan (2026), Spirit World (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Yuka Kobayashi
- Dong ZhangShared titles: Ash Is Purest White (2018), Mountains May Depart (2015), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Dong Zhang
- Shiyu LiuShared titles: Ash Is Purest White (2018), Mountains May Depart (2015), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Shiyu Liu
- Zhonglun RenShared titles: Ash Is Purest White (2018), Mountains May Depart (2015), A Touch of Sin (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Zhonglun Ren