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Chiemi Karasawa

Chiemi Karasawa

Producer and director · Born January 1, 1968 (58)

Born
January 1, 1968 (58)
Works as
Producer and director
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 103% in 30 days

What are Chiemi Karasawa's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
40%
Society
27%
Ideas
15%
Survival
13%
Morality
5%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAging2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
9
Warm
7
Hopeful
4
Melancholic
4
Bittersweet
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Hopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous3

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 Chiemi Karasawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Chiemi Karasawa'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

30 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

  • AKA Jane Roe(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Amazing Grace(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Love, Gilda(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • 95 and 6 to Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • Do You Dream in Color?(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Seeds of Time(2013)

    Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me(2013)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Elevate(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Love Etc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • Public Speaking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Script Supervisor

  • The Lazarus Effect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Co-Producer

  • Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak(2009)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Taking of Pelham 123(2009)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Out Of Our Minds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Co-Producer

  • Billy the Kid(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Romance & Cigarettes(2005)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Coffee and Cigarettes(2003)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Adaptation.(2002)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Chinese Coffee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Script Supervisor

  • High Fidelity(2000)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Big Kahuna(1999)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • 200 Cigarettes(1999)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Spitfire Grill(1996)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Kids(1995)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Party Girl(1995)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Last Good Time(1994)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Art 21: Christine Sun Kim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles, 25 of them dated from 1994 to 2018.

Biggest box office

Amazing Grace (2018)

$7.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 26: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing11 of 26: 10 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score91stOther crew14 of 26: 14 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1990s7 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s9 · 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 Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Chiemi Karasawa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

Do You Dream in Color? (2015)

97th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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.

Who does Chiemi Karasawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chiemi Karasawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shane Sigler shares the most, 3.

Directors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers