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Tsutomu Hanabusa

Tsutomu Hanabusa

Director and writer

Works as
Director and writer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 28% in 30 days

What are Tsutomu Hanabusa's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 1 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 6

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 4

Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Joyful
4
Thrilling
4
Absurd
4
Dread
2
Other
10

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous2

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 Tsutomu Hanabusa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Tsutomu Hanabusa'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

27 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • Romantic Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Happy Kanako's Killer Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 11 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Suicide Notes Laid on the Table (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Mr. Osomatsu: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • No Activity(2021)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Tokyo Revengers(2021)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Bela: Humanoid Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Grand Blue(2020)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Teleplay

  • Project Dreams - How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Kakegurui: The Movie(2019)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Real Girl(2018)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Kakegurui(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
  • Teen Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Asahinagu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Screenplay · Writer

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

    Director

  • 稲垣家の喪主 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Heroine Disqualified(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Sadako 2 3D(2013)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • Sadako 3D(2012)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Go! Boys' School Drama Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • High School Debut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Handsome Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles from 2008 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing27 of 27: 18 only directing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thWriting9 of 27: 0 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score42nd

27 titles, 9 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s14 · 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 Tsutomu Hanabusa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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 Tsutomu Hanabusa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tsutomu Hanabusa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mahiro Takasugi shares the most, 5.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers