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Yasuichirô Yamamoto

Yasuichirô Yamamoto

Director · Born January 1, 1961 (65) · Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Yasuichiro Yamamoto (山本 泰一郎, Yamamoto Yasuichiro) is a Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist from Saitama, Japan. He is best known for directing the anime Detective Conan.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1961 (65)
From
Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Works as
Director
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 40 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 155 days to Oct 26Up 11% in 30 days

What are Yasuichirô Yamamoto's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
54%
Survival
14%
Self
13%
Ideas
9%
Power
5%
Society
3%
Bonds
2%
Justice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 7

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1

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 8 · Full focus 4

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

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Thrilling
10
Warm
5
Melancholic
3
Contemplative
2
Other
1

How their films linger

Hopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet5

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 Yasuichirô Yamamoto's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Yasuichirô Yamamoto'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

40 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Career shape

A full career of 40 titles from 1991 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)

$44M worldwide

Highest rated

Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing17 of 40: 14 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thWriting1 of 40: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew26 of 40: 23 only other crew, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

40 titles, 3 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s8 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s18 · crew2020s5 · 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 Yasuichirô Yamamoto's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 26; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 31 titles divides audiences: 21 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Mixed3

Most loved · director

Detective Conan (1996)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 8 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 Yasuichirô Yamamoto work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yasuichirô Yamamoto's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gosho Aoyama shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

  • Gosho Aoyama12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Gosho Aoyama
  • Kazunari Kouchi8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Kazunari Kouchi
  • Jun'ichi Iioka6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Jun'ichi Iioka
  • Hiroshi Kashiwabara2 titles    See all 2 shared titles with Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Actors

  • Ken'ichi Ogata12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Ken'ichi Ogata
  • Minami Takayama12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Minami Takayama
  • Wakana Yamazaki12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Wakana Yamazaki
  • Megumi Hayashibara11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Megumi Hayashibara

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Katsuo Ōno10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Katsuo Ōno
  • Terumitsu Okada10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Terumitsu Okada
  • Takashi Nomura8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Takashi Nomura
  • Hitoshi Nishiyama2 titles    See all 2 shared titles with Hitoshi Nishiyama

Producers

  • Michihiko Suwa11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Michihiko Suwa
  • Mitomu Asai9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Mitomu Asai
  • Masahito Yoshioka9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Masahito Yoshioka
  • Shûichi Kitada8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Shûichi Kitada