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Chikashi Makiura

Cinematographer

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
17 on Motif · 47 credits in all
Links
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Known for

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

What are Chikashi Makiura's films like?

Across their 17 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their Motif 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
Morality
32%
Bonds
27%
Survival
13%
Self
13%
Power
11%
Society
3%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 5

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 9 · Intense 8

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 5 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
7
Thrilling
6
Absurd
4
Warm
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Bittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

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 Chikashi Makiura's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 17 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (11).

Subscription and free streaming for Chikashi Makiura's titles on Motif; 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

47 credits, 17 with a Motif page.

  • The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • Shogun Assassin(1980)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Murderer! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Cinematographer

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell(1974)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?(1974)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Zatoichi's Conspiracy(1973)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice(1972)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades(1972)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx(1972)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance(1972)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Kumo no Yuna (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Cinematographer

  • Kaoyaku (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Cinematographer

  • The Gift of the Fox (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Cinematographer

  • Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman(1971)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Ghost of Kasane Swamp (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • Born Fighter (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • Blood End (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • Broken Swords (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • 手錠無用 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • Secrets of a Woman's Temple (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • Kanto Woman Yakuza (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1968)

    Cinematographer

  • The Bride from Hades(1968)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Snow Woman(1968)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Zatoichi Challenged(1967)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Homely Sister (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)

    Cinematographer

  • Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)

    Cinematographer

  • Assignment Dragon No. 3 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)

    Cinematographer

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • Dynamite Doctor Returns (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • The Betrayal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • ほんだら捕物帖 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • The Virgin Witness (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • Zatoichi and the Chess Expert(1965)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Sword Devil (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)

    Cinematographer

  • Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Cinematographer

  • Fight, Zatoichi, Fight(1964)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Cinematographer

  • On the Road Forever (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Cinematographer

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Cinematographer

  • Ken (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Cinematographer

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Cinematographer

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Zatoichi the Fugitive(1963)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • New Tale of Zatoichi(1963)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Tale of Zatoichi(1962)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Straw hat of Itako (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1961)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 47 titles from 1961 to 1981.

Highest rated

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Midcredits 97th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography47 of 47: 47 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score90th

By decade

1960s31 · crew1970s14 · crew1980s2 · 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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Chikashi Makiura's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 90th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 17 titles divides audiences: 13 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser13

Most loved · cinematographer

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 77/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Midcredits 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 Chikashi Makiura's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 Motif titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 66 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Chikashi Makiura work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chikashi Makiura's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shintarō Katsu shares the most, 14.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers