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Izumi Takahashi

Writer · Born November 1, 1973 (52) · Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Born
November 1, 1973 (52)
From
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Writer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 48 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 38 days to Oct 27Up 71% in 30 days

What are Izumi Takahashi's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

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
Bonds
38%
Self
23%
Morality
18%
Society
9%
Survival
5%
Ideas
4%
Power
2%
Romantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 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 5

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 5

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

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 7

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
6
Warm
4
Dread
3
Hopeful
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet9
  • 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 Izumi Takahashi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Izumi 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

48 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Crossroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 9 episodes · Writer

  • Kaede (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Screenplay

  • Under the Big Onion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Writer

  • Pararescue Jumper(2025)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • It's Raining, It's the End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Take Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Ougon No Toki - Kintaro Hattori Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Screenplay

  • Why Did She Let the Monkeys Loose? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween - Decisive Battle(2023)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Insomniacs After School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Screenplay

  • Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween - Destiny(2023)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Lump in my Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer

  • Keishichou Outsider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 9 episodes · Writer

  • Kamen Rider Black Sun(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · Screenplay · Series Writer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Tokyo Revengers(2021)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Memory's Technique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Screenplay

  • True Mothers(2020)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Discord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Writer

  • My Girlfriend Is a Serial Killer(2019)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • One Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Screenplay

  • Startup Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Writer

  • Pretenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Writer

  • Kids on the Slope(2018)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sunny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Screenplay

  • Tori Girl! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Writer

  • Swimming in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · Teleplay

  • Museum(2016)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Top Secret: Murder in Mind(2016)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Zebra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Screenplay

  • Sakura Blooms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

  • Fujiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · Screenplay

  • To Give a Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 4 episodes · Screenplay

  • Zutaboro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Writer

  • Dari Marusan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Women Does Not Allow That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 10 episodes · Writer

  • The Child in the Distance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · Screenplay

  • The Devil's Path(2013)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls(2013)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Go, Masao!(2012)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lost Paradise in Tokyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Screenplay

  • Soranin(2010)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Fourteen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Screenplay

  • Musunde hiraite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

  • Yuhinata ni ochiru koe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Screenplay

  • Vanished (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Screenplay

  • The Lost Hum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • The Soup, One Morning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer

  • Sayonara, Sayonara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer · Screenplay · Visual Effects · Actor

Career shape

A full career of 47 titles from 2004 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Tokyo Revengers (2021)

$40M worldwide

Highest rated

Soranin (2010)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 47: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting5 of 47: 2 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting44 of 47: 39 only writing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdCinematography2 of 47: 0 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 47: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 47: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

47 titles, 5 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s7 · 2 acting · 6 crew2010s23 · crew2020s17 · 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 Izumi Takahashi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th5

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · writer

Go, Masao! (2012)

70th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Soranin (2010)

Midcredits 86th · 69% liked

Reviewers score the plot and story 51/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 24. 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 Izumi Takahashi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Izumi Takahashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tsutomu Hanabusa shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers