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Kei Tasaka

Writer · Died April 10, 2015, aged 81 · Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Born
January 3, 1934
Died
April 10, 2015 (aged 81)
From
Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 38 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 37 days to Oct 26Up 21% in 30 days

What are Kei Tasaka's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
72%
Power
8%
Survival
8%
Bonds
7%
Society
5%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
1
Dread
1
Elegiac
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Rousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Kei Tasaka's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kei Tasaka'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

38 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Turkish March: Castle of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Screenplay

  • Meitantei Kindaichi Kōsuke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

  • Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • Lowly Ronin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Screenplay

  • The 47 Ronins of Ako (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 5 episodes · Screenplay

  • Monkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Yokomizo Seishi Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 6 episodes · Screenplay

  • Manhunt(1976)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Solar Eclipse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Writer

  • Doterai Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Screenplay

  • It's a Psychic, Everybody Gather!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Screenplay

  • Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Screenplay

  • Mute Samurai(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Writer

  • Maiko Girls, Everybody Gather!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay

  • It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay

  • It's Springtime, It's Drifters Time, Everybody Gather!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Screenplay

  • The Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Screenplay

  • Fun on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Screenplay

  • アッと驚く為五郎 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Screenplay

  • Our Miyo-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Screenplay

  • The Steel Edge of Revenge(1969)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Eleven Samurai(1967)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Heiji, the Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Screenplay

  • Samurai Wolf II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Screenplay

  • Samurai Wolf(1966)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Rub Out the Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Screenplay

  • Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Screenplay

  • Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Writer

  • The Flower and the Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Screenplay

  • The Third Ninja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Screenplay

  • Blackmail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Writer

  • The Life of a Horse-Trader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Screenplay

  • A Devil of a Gentleman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Screenplay

  • Itsudemo yume o (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Screenplay

  • Marriage of the Sky and the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • Hageshī kawa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 38 titles from 1962 to 1984.

Highest rated

The Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)

Midcredits 95th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing38 of 38: 38 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score87th

By decade

1960s17 · crew1970s17 · crew1980s4 · 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 MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Kei Tasaka's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4

Most loved · writer

The Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the plot and story 63/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Kei Tasaka work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kei Tasaka's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Isao Natsuyagi shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors