Director, screenwriter, and producer. Began his career in the world of pinku-eiga, directing and collaborating with established directors such as Mamoru Watanabe and Koji Wakamatsu. Along with the aforementioned directors, Takahashi helped to develop the talents of actors such as Ren Osugi and Shiro Shimomoto. He also worked as a writer on a couple episodes of the 'Lupin the 3rd' television series. With films such as 'Tattoo Ari' he also broke into more mainstream endeavors. Married to Keiko Takahashi (née Sekine).
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 10, 1949 (77)
- Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Director and writer, also producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 131 credits in all
What are Banmei Takahashi's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
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 Banmei Takahashi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Banmei Takahashi'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
131 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Euthanasia Special Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
I Am Kirishima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
No Place to Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Peaceful Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
God in Jail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Red Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Living Rights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Miroku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Kamihate Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Way: Man of the White Porcelain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Made in Japan: Kora! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Zen(2009)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Oka wo koete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Graduates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Hibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Rain of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Ooinaru kan bonno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Assault Rakugaki Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Jinrai: The Boss's Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Known As! Pissken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Seraphim Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Mahjong Legend: Crying Dragon 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Mahjong Legend: Crying Dragon 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
A New Love in Tokyo(1994)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Emperor of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Can you collect it? Complete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Can you collect it? 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Human Scramble: Delinquent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Death of the Lion Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Can You Collect It? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Dioxin from Fish! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Russian Roulette: The Last Bet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Door II: Tokyo Diary(1991)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Summer of the Lion Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all filmsDangerous Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
あじさい色のレディ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Door(1988)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films三姉妹探偵団 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
A Message for Maggie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
The Crazy Family(1984)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Rikidōzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Harlem Valentines Day: Blood Is Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Wolf: Running Is Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Rope for a Uniform (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Tattoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Slave Virgin Eros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Bondage Cell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Onna kyōshi o hagu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Craving Pleasure: Attack a Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Attacked Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Office Lady Experience: Pregnancy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Tying the Newlywed Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Document porno: Chikan jôshûsha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Female Teacher: Chains and Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Orgy Roommates: Rape in Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Sex Crime: Blackmail and Rape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Document porn: Zetsugi ni naku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
18 Years Old: Deep Bliss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Female Prison: Rape! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Perverted Pleasure: Forbidden Lips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Kahanshin report: Atsuku kanjiru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Japanese Lynching (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Bizarre Bondage Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Bondage and Cage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Ijôna yubi: Yamete! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Shikijō onna: Kyōretsu shita zawari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Brutal! Rape Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Girl Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Women's Prison Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Onna: Tarashikomi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Shôjo kinbaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Monzetsu hikô: Nikushin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Married Woman Torture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Woman of the Rumor: Hold Me Until Morning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Rampage for the Sexual Assault (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Prostitution Juvenile Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Filthy Pussycat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Setsuko no kokuhaku: Watashi o daite! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Bondage Sacrifice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Shôjo abareru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Bondage Sex Maniac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Sukyandaru: Etsuraku no hada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Women's Prison Lesbian Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Wet She-Chat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Attack the Girl! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Prey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Virgin Rope Makeover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Bondage Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Semi-dokyumento: Hakuchû no henshitsu ma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Female Teacher: Exposed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Rope and Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Whip and Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Semi-dokyumento: Nise fujinkai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Bizarre Rose Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Holy Virgin Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Woman of the South Seas: Ruthless Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Bondage Female Coed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Women Prison: Vigilante Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Profound Experience: Sucking the Pussycat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Female Teacher in Agony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Japanese Torture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Bondage Pervert Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Another Female Teacher: Tight Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Song of the Lady Musashino: Inmai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Tie Up the Girl! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Rope and Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Seduce the Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Naomi Tani Tied Up! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Kill the Flower Bud! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Secret Chronicle: Prostitute Sacrifice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Red Sex: Sexual Battery Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Shadows in Color, Eyes for Eyes, Sexual Sadism for Reckless Lust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Delinquency Record: Girl Prostitution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Hatsujô (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Young wife, first night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Shinjuku Maria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Law of the Delta Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Gôkan ka wakan ka: Bôkô ma no shuki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Woman Assault Escapee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Ambition in The Mirror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Body Wash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Bōkōma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Female Crest Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Ironoyu: Rajo Hyakutai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Female Torture & Swapping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Yuka Asagiri: Bound and Gagged! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 131 titles, 129 of them dated from 1970 to 2026.
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 Banmei Takahashi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 78/100 and the pacing 48/100 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 Banmei Takahashi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Banmei Takahashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jun'ichi Kikuchi shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Keiko TakahashiShared titles: Zen (2009), Door II: Tokyo Diary (1991), Door (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Keiko Takahashi
- Shō AikawaShared titles: Zen (2009), A New Love in Tokyo (1994), Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)See all 3 shared titles with Shō Aikawa
- Shirô ShimomotoShared titles: Door II: Tokyo Diary (1991), Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990), Door (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Shirô Shimomoto
- Ryushin TeiShared titles: Box: Hakamada jiken - inochi towa (2010), Zen (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Ryushin Tei
Cinematographers and editors
- Jun'ichi KikuchiShared titles: Zen (2009), A New Love in Tokyo (1994), Door (1988), The Crazy Family (1984)See all 4 shared titles with Jun'ichi Kikuchi
- Kazuhiro MiyoshiShared titles: Door II: Tokyo Diary (1991), Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Kazuhiro Miyoshi
Producers
- Atsushi WatanabeShared titles: Door II: Tokyo Diary (1991), Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990), Door (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Atsushi Watanabe
- Fumio TakahashiShared titles: Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990), Door (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Fumio Takahashi