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Seiji Matsuda

Cinematographer

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all

What are Seiji Matsuda's films like?

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

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 5

A split, not a type: Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 5

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 4

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Dread
5
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
2
Joyful
1
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous3

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 Seiji Matsuda's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (12).

Subscription and free streaming for Seiji Matsuda'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, 19 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles from 2006 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography14 of 25: 3 only cinematography, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thOther crew22 of 25: 11 only other crew, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score92nd

25 titles, 11 with more than one role — other crew and cinematography overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

2000s9 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s3 · 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 Seiji Matsuda's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 14; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 19 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the cinematography 84/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 80. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Seiji Matsuda work with?

People who share at least 2 of Seiji Matsuda's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hikaru Kondô shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

  • Kinoko Nasu5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Kinoko Nasu
  • Masaki Hiramatsu5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Masaki Hiramatsu

Actors

  • Ken'ichi Suzumura5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Ken'ichi Suzumura
  • Maaya Sakamoto5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Maaya Sakamoto
  • Takako Honda5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Takako Honda
  • Ayumi Fujimura4 titles
    See all 4 shared titles with Ayumi Fujimura

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Atsuhiro Iwakami5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Atsuhiro Iwakami
  • Masayuki Haryû5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Masayuki Haryû
  • Masuo Ueda5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Masuo Ueda
  • Nakuru Yamatani5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Nakuru Yamatani