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Shizuka Asakawa

Shizuka Asakawa

Producer

Shizuka Asakawa is a documentary producer and executive producer whose credits include Finding Yingying (2020), The Lost Leonardo, The Thief Collector, Look Into My Eyes (2024), Midwives (2022), In Waves and War (2024), and The Dating Game (2025). Asakawa received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Documentary in 2021.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 16% in 30 days

What are Shizuka Asakawa's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
23%
Society
23%
Morality
19%
Self
18%
Ideas
13%
Power
5%
Community3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · 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 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
8
Hopeful
6
Melancholic
3
Tense
2
Joyful
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous4

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 Shizuka Asakawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Shizuka Asakawa'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

13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • Mysterious Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • The Dating Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Look Into My Eyes(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • In Waves and War(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Story & Pictures By(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Breaking the News(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Thief Collector(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Midwives(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Sell/Buy/Date(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Lost Leonardo(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Finding Yingying(2020)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • POV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 1988 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Lost Leonardo (2021)

$600K worldwide

Highest rated

In Waves and War (2024)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

The Lost Leonardo (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing10 of 10: 10 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score86th

By decade

1980s1 · crew2020s9 · 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 Shizuka Asakawa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 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 9

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · producer

Sell/Buy/Date (2022)

97th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

In Waves and War (2024)

Midcredits 95th · 84% liked

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 Shizuka Asakawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shizuka Asakawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ken Pelletier shares the most, 5.

Writers

Producers