Satoshi Nakagawa

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 18 on Motif · 29 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 29% in 30 days

What are Satoshi Nakagawa's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

37%

Self

24%

Survival

14%

Power

8%

Ideas

8%

Morality

7%

Society

3%

Friendship3 Survival2 Purpose2 Identity2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Thrilling

3

Dread

2

Joyful

2

Warm

2

Other

6

How their films linger

Hopeful4 Feel-good3 Fun2

How their films end

Happy1
Bittersweet2
Ambiguous3
Cyclical1

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 Satoshi Nakagawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 18 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (7).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE3 titles, show their 3 titles on HIDIVE
RetroCrush2 titles, show their 2 titles on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Satoshi Nakagawa's titles on Motif; 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

29 credits, 18 with a Motif page.

See You Tomorrow at the Food Court(2025)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Gachiakuta(2025)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
T-P Bon(2024)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Eternal Boys(2022)
Show 3 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai(2022)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro(2021)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Godzilla Singular Point(2021)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Dino Girl Gauko(2019)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Golden Kamuy(2018)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
A.I.C.O. Incarnation(2018)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King(2017)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
BanG Dream! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
Show 1 episode · Director
12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Show 1 episode · Director
One Week Friends (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Noragami(2014)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
After School NyanNyan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
Storyboard Artist
Kobato.(2009)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Xam'd: Lost Memories (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
Show 1 episode · Director
The Skull Man (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
Show 1 episode · Director
Bokura ga ita (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
Show 4 episodes · Director
The Galaxy Railways(2003)
Show 5 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Mezzo DSA(2003)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)
Show 6 episodes · Director
Blue Gender(1999)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Great Teacher Onizuka(1999)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
A.D. Police(1999)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)
Show 1 episode · Director · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist
Initial D (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)
Show 2 episodes · Director

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles from 1998 to 2025.

Highest rated

Gachiakuta (2025)

Midcredits 95^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing21 of 26 · 44^thOther crew9 of 26 · 58^th

26 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s5 · crew2000s6 · crew2010s8 · 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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Satoshi Nakagawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Satoshi Nakagawa's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Geisei Morita shares the most, 2.