Sôsuke Takaoka

Actor · Born February 8, 1982 (44) · Tokyo, Japan

Sousuke Takaoka (高岡蒼甫 Takaoka Sōsuke, born February 8, 1982) is a Japanese actor, known for his break-out performance in the controversial movie Battle Royale.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: February 8, 1982 (44)
From: Tokyo, Japan
Works as: Actor
Titles: 12 on MovieCove · 73 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 28Up 61% in 30 days

What are Sôsuke Takaoka's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Action3 titles94^th

Drama2 titles82^nd

Their MovieCove 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

Survival

30%

Self

18%

Morality

16%

Power

14%

Bonds

Society

Ideas

Violence3 Coming of age2 Romantic love2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7

Dark

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 6

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Intense

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 5

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Heavy

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Melancholic

Dread

Contemplative

Hopeful

Other

How their films linger

Haunting3 Bittersweet2 Thought-provoking2 Unsettling2 Devastating2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet3
Tragic2
Ambiguous2

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 Sôsuke Takaoka's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

BFI Player1 title, show their title on BFI Player
Magnolia Selects1 title, show their title on Magnolia Selects
MovieSphere+1 title, show their title on MovieSphere+
Warriors & Gangsters1 title, show their title on Warriors & Gangsters

Subscription and free streaming for Sôsuke Takaoka'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

73 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

Silent Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 12 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
Dare to Stop Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as Nagisa Oshima
Cutie Honey: Tears(2016)
as Kazuhito Uraki
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
CONFLICT II: Conclusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Souda Shinobu
CONFLICT: Outbreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Souda Shinobu
Stray Dogz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Takashi Konaka
Yakuza Without Honor or Humanity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Actor
Yakuza Without Honor or Humanity 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Actor
Temisu no Kyuukei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 4 episodes · Actor
食の軍師 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 13 episodes · as 리키이시 카오루
Drifter Teppei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Actor
Route 42 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Tatsuya
The Millennial Rapture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Miyoshi
We Were There: True Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Masafumi Takeuchi
We Were There: First Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Masafumi Takeuchi
Home ~Departure of the Bride~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Actor
The Party is Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 5 episodes · Actor
13 Assassins(2010)
as Yasoyosi Hioki
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Triangle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Momose
Zatoichi: The Last (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Toraji
What a Wonderful Life!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as real estate agent
Saru Lock the Movie(2010)
as Jiro Yamada
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Real Clothes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 11 episodes · as Tatsuya Yamauchi
Saru Lock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 13 episodes · as Jiro Yamada
Be Sure to Share (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Keita Tamura
Rookies the Movie: Graduation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Tomochika Wakana
Crows Zero II(2009)
as Shun Izaki
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Ekiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Tatsuo Yamazaki
GS Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Tajio Hasegawa
Rookies(2008)
Show 11 episodes · as Tomochika Wakana
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Negotiator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Show 17 episodes · as Yusuke Amari
Crows Zero(2007)
as Shun Izaki
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Mop Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 10 episodes · as Wakayama Akira
How to Become Myself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Hiroyuki Tamura
Tokyo Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 11 episodes · as Hiroto Tokomoto
Ōoku supesharu ~ mō hitotsu no monogatari ~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Actor
Sugar & Spice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Yano
Attention Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Spring Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Actor
Engimono: Ishikawaken Gosanshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 4 episodes · Actor
Tiger & Dragon(2005)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Tetsujin 28: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Kenji Murasame
We Shall Overcome Someday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as An-sung Lee
I Am a Sardine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Actor
Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Actor
Concrete(2004)
as Tatsuo Oosugi
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Norio's Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Actor
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 1 episode · as Kouta Tateyama (segment "Heya ni sumu mono")
Jyunanasai(2003)
as Bicycle Boy
Tokyo Love Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 12 episodes · as Shinobu Shinohara
Blue(2002)
as Manabu Mizuchi
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Season of the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 11 episodes · Actor
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Masahiko Ogura
Desire to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Actor
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Actor
Blue Spring(2001)
as Yukio
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Acacia Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Actor
Battle Royale(2000)
as Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
ＦＬＹ～航空学園グラフィティ～ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Show 10 episodes · as Kimihiko Inoshita
Heaven's Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 10 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 91^st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 73 titles from 1999 to 2025; peak year 2000.

Biggest box office

13 Assassins (2010)

$19M worldwide

Highest rated

13 Assassins (2010)

Midcredits 95^th

Film career

19992025

Peak 2000 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

2000Screen debut· Battle Royale

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting73 of 73 · 75^th

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s37 · acting2010s21 · acting2020s14 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 9 roles

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Sôsuke Takaoka's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85^th percentile, the median of the 9 of 10 with a score; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82^nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

66^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

85^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

75^th and up6
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th2
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved2
Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser4
Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Concrete (2004)

84^th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

13 Assassins (2010)

Midcredits 95^th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Sôsuke Takaoka's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 91 · severe

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 54 · moderate

Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 34 · mild

Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 88 · severe

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

Who does Sôsuke Takaoka work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sôsuke Takaoka's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hayato Ichihara shares the most, 2.

Actors

Hayato Ichihara2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Hayato Ichihara
Manami Konishi2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Manami Konishi
Takashi Tsukamoto2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Takashi Tsukamoto

Producers

Dai Miyazaki2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Dai Miyazaki
Sumiji Miyake2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Sumiji Miyake