Toshio Tsuboi

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 9 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 109% in 30 days

What are Toshio Tsuboi's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

36%

Self

30%

Society

11%

Survival

9%

Morality

7%

Ideas

7%

Family bonds5 Purpose5 Romantic love2 Hope2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm

4

Melancholic

3

Contemplative

3

Hopeful

3

Bittersweet

4

Other

2

How their films linger

Hopeful5 Bittersweet3 Wistful2 Thought-provoking2

How their films end

Bittersweet7

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 Toshio Tsuboi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (9).

Subscription and free streaming for Toshio Tsuboi'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

25 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

Reboot(2026)
Show 6 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Light of My Lion(2024)
Show 5 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Sayonara, Maestro! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 10 episodes · Creator · Decorator
I Will Be Your Bloom(2022)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student.(2022)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show Creator
Watashi no kaseifu Nagisa san(2020)
Show 9 episodes · Director · Production Director
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Nagi's Long Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Meet Me After School(2018)
Show 11 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Princess in Prison(2017)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Swimming in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Quartet(2017)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
It's Not That I Can't Get Married, I Just Don't Do It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Masshiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Back of Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Ando Lloyd ～A.I. knows LOVE ?～ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator
Undercover Agent Lizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 10 episodes · Director
Veterinarian Dolittle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 9 episodes · Director
Smile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 11 episodes · Director
Love Shuffle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show Creator
BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Assistant Director
Tanaka Express 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 11 episodes · Director
Tiger & Dragon(2005)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Manhattan Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 11 episodes · Director

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles from 2003 to 2026.

Highest rated

Quartet (2017)

Midcredits 68^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing20 of 24 · 59^thOther crew6 of 24

By decade

2000s5 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s7 · 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.

Who does Toshio Tsuboi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Toshio Tsuboi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fuminori Kaneko shares the most, 2.