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Chiho Katsura

Chiho Katsura

Writer · Died August 13, 2020, aged 90 · Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Japanese screenwriter, novelist, translator, and film critic.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 27, 1929
Died
August 13, 2020 (aged 90)
From
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 12% in 30 days

What are Chiho Katsura's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
47%
Survival
24%
Bonds
17%
Morality
6%
Society
6%
Coming of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 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 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Contemplative
2
Thrilling
2
Dread
2
Absurd
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3

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 Chiho Katsura's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Chiho Katsura'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

79 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Hanagatami(2017)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Screenplay

  • Ki no ue no sogyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Screenplay

  • Goodbye for Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Screenplay

  • Fukuzawa Yukichi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Writer

  • Chizuko's Younger Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer · Writer

  • Der Lindenbaum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Screenplay

  • Saejima Nao: Akume kinenbi(1988)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Oishii Onna-tachi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Screenplay

  • Space Fantasia 2001 Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Screenplay

  • Ashiya reijô: Ikenie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Screenplay

  • Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Screenplay

  • Orgasm: Mariko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Screenplay

  • Female Bank Teller: Rape Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Screenplay

  • Flower and Snake 2: Sketch of Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Screenplay

  • Elder Sister's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Screenplay

  • Jun Marumo's Slut Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Screenplay

  • Kenya Boy(1984)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Deserted City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Writer

  • She Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • A Madcap Corporation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • Aiko 16-sai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • Legend of the Cat Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Writer

  • Empress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • Harmagedon(1983)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Koichiro Uno's Dirty Sisters' Barber Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • Attacked Female Teacher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • Hoteru hime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • Rope and Breasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay

  • Irezumi(1982)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Zokubutsu zukan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • Anne's Lullaby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • Blue Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • Pleasure in the Mirror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • Uno Koichiro no hitozuma ijime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • Kamikaze, the Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Writer

  • In the Cellar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Screenplay

  • Sea Prince and the Fire Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Writer

  • Love Beast: Flower of Vice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Screenplay

  • Zoom Up: The Beaver Book Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Screenplay

  • Momoe's Lips: Love Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Screenplay

  • Hell of Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Screenplay

  • Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Screenplay

  • Zoom In: Sex Apartments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Screenplay

  • Hell's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Screenplay

  • Detective Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Zoom Up: Rape Site (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Screenplay

  • Marital War in Kibogaoka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Screenplay

  • Woman of the Afternoon: Incite! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Screenplay

  • Invisible Man: Rape! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Raping! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Writer

  • Women in Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Koichiro Uno's Nurse's Dormitory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Friday Bedroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Lady Black Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Teacher Deer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Call Girl: Lust Cage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Queen Bee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Writer

  • Sins of Sister Lucia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Secret Honeymoon: Assault Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Screenplay

  • House(1977)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Hot & Sweaty Female College Students (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Screenplay

  • Sexual Assault at a Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Screenplay

  • Rape! 13th Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Screenplay

  • Lusty Wife: Temptation of Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay

  • Assault! Jack the Ripper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay

  • Lusty Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay

  • Apartment Wife: Flesh Financing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay

  • Nurses' Secret Chart: Randy White Uniforms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Screenplay

  • Maruhi ama Report: Monzetsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Screenplay

  • Rose and Whip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Screenplay

  • Sex Highway: Woman's Parking Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Screenplay

  • Seigôretsuden: Yoru no hinba narashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Screenplay

  • Legend of the Sex Thief in Edo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Screenplay

  • Teenage Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Screenplay

  • Overly-Ripe Breasts: Married Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Screenplay

  • Kage no tsume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Writer

  • Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay

  • Red Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 79 titles from 1972 to 2017.

Biggest box office

House (1977)

$227K worldwide

Highest rated

House (1977)

Midcredits 89th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing79 of 79: 78 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thProducing1 of 79: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s35 · crew1980s38 · crew1990s5 · crew2010s1 · 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 Chiho Katsura's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 6 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer

Kenya Boy (1984)

64th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

House (1977)

Midcredits 89th · 74% liked

Reviewers score the plot and story 35/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 52, detractors 13. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Chiho Katsura work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chiho Katsura's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nobuhiko Ōbayashi shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers