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Yūji Nunokawa

Yūji Nunokawa

Producer · Died December 25, 2022, aged 75 · Sakata, Yamagata, Japan

Born
February 11, 1947
Died
December 25, 2022 (aged 75)
From
Sakata, Yamagata, Japan
Works as
Producer
Titles
23 on Motif · 48 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 8% in 30 days

What are Yūji Nunokawa's films like?

Across their 16 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
25%
Morality
17%
Survival
7%
Society
5%
Ideas
2%
Identity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 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 4 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 7

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 3

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 3

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 9 · 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 9 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Thrilling
6
Hopeful
7
Joyful
4
Melancholic
5
Other
10

How their films linger

Hopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous1

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 Yūji Nunokawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 23 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yūji Nunokawa'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

48 credits, 23 with a Motif page.

  • Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Naruto Shippûden: The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Naruto Shippuden: The Movie - Bonds(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Bleach: Memories of Nobody(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Hikaru No Go(2001)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Saiyuki: Requiem - The Motion Picture(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Neo Ranga (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 48 episodes · Production Manager

  • Eight Clouds Rising (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Flame of Recca(1997)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning(1996)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Midori no Makibaō (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 61 episodes · Development Manager

  • My Dear Marie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Key: The Metal Idol(1994)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - The Golden Seal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    Executive Producer

  • The Abashiri Family (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Shakotan Boogie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

  • Magical Hat (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 33 episodes · Producer

  • Lily C.A.T.(1987)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Ganbare! Kickers: Bokutachi no Densetsu (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Producer

  • Lullaby for Wednesday's Cinderella (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Producer

  • Laughing Target (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Producer

  • Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs(1987)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The SuperGal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    Producer

  • 魔法の天使 クリィミーマミ カーテンコール (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

  • Fire Tripper (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer

  • Magical Emi, the Magic Star (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 38 episodes · Executive Producer

  • 魔法の天使 クリィミーマミ ラブリーセレナーデ (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)

    Director

  • Area 88 Act I: The Blue Skies of Betrayal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer

  • Eien no Once More(1984)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dallos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Urusei Yatsura: Only You(1983)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Urusei Yatsura(1981)

    Show 218 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Run Fast! Ruben Kaiser (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 17 episodes · Director

  • Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 38 episodes · Original Story

  • Casshan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 35 episodes · Director

  • Tamagon the Counselor (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 195 episodes · Animation Director

Career shape

A full career of 37 titles from 1972 to 2012.

Biggest box office

Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie (2012)

$18M worldwide

Highest rated

Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie (2012)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Hikaru No Go (2001)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing7 of 37: 5 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 37: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleProducing26 of 37: 26 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score78thOther crew5 of 37: 3 only other crew, 2 with another role

By decade

1970s5 · crew1980s15 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s6 · crew2010s3 · 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 Yūji Nunokawa's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · producer

Key: The Metal Idol (1994)

61st percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie (2012)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

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.

Who does Yūji Nunokawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yūji Nunokawa's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michiyuki Honma shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Michiyuki Honma9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Michiyuki Honma
  • Ken Hagino7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Ken Hagino
  • Kazuhiko Torishima6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Kazuhiko Torishima
  • Masato Takami6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Masato Takami