Hiroaki Kitano
- Producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Known for
What are Hiroaki Kitano's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
- Other1
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 Hiroaki Kitano's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Hiroaki Kitano'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, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Helter Skelter(2012)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Bunny Drop(2011)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
A Letter to Momo(2011)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
13 Assassins(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Tokyo Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Confessions(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Two in Tracksuits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1961 to 2012.
Biggest box office
Confessions (2010)
Highest rated
Confessions (2010)
Most popular right now
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
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 Hiroaki Kitano's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser6
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.
Is Hiroaki Kitano's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Hiroaki Kitano work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hiroaki Kitano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Takashi Miike shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Takashi MiikeShared titles: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), 13 Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Takashi Miike
Actors
- Gô AyanoShared titles: Helter Skelter (2012), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Gô Ayano
- Hirofumi AraiShared titles: Helter Skelter (2012), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Hirofumi Arai
- Munetaka AokiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Munetaka Aoki
- Kōji YakushoShared titles: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), 13 Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kōji Yakusho
Cinematographers and editors
- Kenji YamashitaShared titles: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), 13 Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kenji Yamashita
- Nobuyasu KitaShared titles: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), 13 Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Nobuyasu Kita
Producers
- Tatsuro HatanakaShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Tatsuro Hatanaka
- Tsutomu YanagimuraShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Tsutomu Yanagimura
- Jeremy ThomasShared titles: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), 13 Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Jeremy Thomas
- Kensuke ZushiShared titles: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), 13 Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kensuke Zushi