Hideaki Sakurai

What are Hideaki Sakurai's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

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 Hideaki Sakurai's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (6).

• HBO Max6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) · composer
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) · composer
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) · composer
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) · composer
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) · composer
  • Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974) · composer
• The Criterion Channel2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Shogun Assassin (1980) · composer
  • Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974) · composer
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) · composer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Hideaki Sakurai'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

8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

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  Shogun Assassin(1980)

  Composer

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?(1974)

  Composer

  Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films58^th
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  Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons(1973)

  Composer

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril(1972)

  Composer

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  Eight Men to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

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

  Composer

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx(1972)

  Composer

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance(1972)

  Composer

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles from 1972 to 1980.

Highest rated

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

Midcredits 97^th

Most popular right now

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)

How do Hideaki Sakurai's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94^th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 5 are Universally Loved.

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• Universally Loved5
• Crowd Pleaser2

Most loved · composer

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

Midcredits 97^th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 69/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

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.

Is Hideaki Sakurai's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Hideaki Sakurai work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hideaki Sakurai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kazuo Koike shares the most, 7.