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Kôzô Kusuba

Director and writer · Died March 20, 2018, aged 70 · Uwajima, Ehime, Japan

Kōzō Kusuba was a Japanese anime screenwriter and director. He joined Tokyo Movie in 1971, which he left in 1981 and joined Nippon Animation. After that, he was in charge of the mid-to-late works of the World Masterpiece Theater series. He became freelance in 2004 and worked on many storyboards and direction on Doraemon.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 11, 1947
Died
March 20, 2018 (aged 70)
From
Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all

What are Kôzô Kusuba's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Warm
5
Thrilling
3
Hopeful
3
Melancholic
2
Other
4

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1

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 Kôzô Kusuba's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Kôzô Kusuba'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

26 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006(2006)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • On-chan, Dream Power Big Adventure! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Pollyanna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Lassie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Stage Director

  • World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Little Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Visiting Marco(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Locomotive Teacher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Remy, Nobody's Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 26 episodes · Series Director

  • Romeo's Blue Skies(1995)

    Show 33 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Tico and Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 39 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Little Women II : Jo's Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 40 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Trapp Family Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 40 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Shin Karate Jigokuhen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • Bucchigiri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Adventures of Peter Pan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 43 episodes · Series Director

  • Princess Sarah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 46 episodes · Storyboard

  • Story of the Alps: My Annette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • Fuusen no Doratarou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Screenplay

  • Ruy, the Little Cid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 26 episodes · Writer

  • Anne of Green Gables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 14 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles from 1979 to 2012.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing16 of 24: 8 only directing, 8 with another roleWriting6 of 24: 3 only writing, 3 with another roleOther crew12 of 24: 5 only other crew, 7 with another role

24 titles, 8 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s7 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s6 · crew2010s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Kôzô Kusuba's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 4 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 Kôzô Kusuba work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kôzô Kusuba's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fujio F. Fujiko shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

  • Fujio F. Fujiko6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Fujio F. Fujiko
  • Yûichi Shinpo3 titles
    See all 3 shared titles with Yûichi Shinpo

Actors

  • Megumi Ôhara6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Megumi Ôhara
  • Subaru Kimura6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Subaru Kimura
  • Tomokazu Seki6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Tomokazu Seki
  • Wasabi Mizuta6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Wasabi Mizuta

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Kan Sawada6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Kan Sawada
  • Katsuyoshi Kishi4 titles
    See all 4 shared titles with Katsuyoshi Kishi
  • Toshihiko Kojima4 titles
    See all 4 shared titles with Toshihiko Kojima
  • Hajime Okayasu2 titles
    See all 2 shared titles with Hajime Okayasu

Producers

  • Noboru Sugiyama6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Noboru Sugiyama
  • Sôjirô Masuko6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Sôjirô Masuko
  • Takumi Fujimori5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Takumi Fujimori
  • Kumi Ogura5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Kumi Ogura