Keishi Otomo is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is known for psychological thrillers and historical dramas, as well as adapting a variety of manga and novels to film, including The Vulture, Ryōmaden, and the Rurouni Kenshin film series.
Biography from TMDB.
- May 6, 1966 (60)
- Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Director and writer
- 12 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Known for
What are Keishi Otomo's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
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 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 7
Grounded 4 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 5
Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 3
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic2
- 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 Keishi Otomo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) · director, writer
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014) · director, writer
- Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021) · director, writer
- Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) · director, writer
- Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021) · director, writer
- 10 Dance (2025) · director, writer
Subscription and free streaming for Keishi Otomo'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
20 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

10 Dance(2025)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Hero's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

The Legend & Butterfly(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Beneath the Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Okuotoko(2018)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Museum(2016)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Platinum Data (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Ryōmaden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

The Vulture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Yumemiru Budo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Hideyoshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles from 1996 to 2025.

Biggest box office
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

Highest rated
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

Most popular right now
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021)
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 Keishi Otomo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 12 titles divides audiences: 5 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 75/100 and the pacing 47/100 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.
Is Keishi Otomo's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs 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 Keishi Otomo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Keishi Otomo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tsuyoshi Imai shares the most, 8.
Writers
- Nobuhiro WatsukiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Nobuhiro Watsuki

- Kiyomi FujiiShared titles: Museum (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Kiyomi Fujii

- Chika UminoShared titles: March Comes in Like a Lion (2017), March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Chika Umino
- Ryôhei WatanabeShared titles: March Comes in Like a Lion (2017), March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ryôhei Watanabe
Actors
- Takeru SatohShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Okuotoko (2018), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Takeru Satoh

- Yôsuke EguchiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Yôsuke Eguchi

- Emi TakeiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Emi Takei

- Issei TakahashiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Okuotoko (2018), March Comes in Like a Lion (2017), March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Issei Takahashi

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Tsuyoshi ImaiShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Museum (2016), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 8 shared titles with Tsuyoshi Imai
- Naoki SatôShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 7 shared titles with Naoki Satô

- Takuro IshizakaShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Takuro Ishizaka
- Hideo YamamotoShared titles: Okuotoko (2018), March Comes in Like a Lion (2017), March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017), Museum (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Hideo Yamamoto
Producers
- Hiroyoshi KoiwaiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Museum (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Hiroyoshi Koiwai
- Satoshi FukushimaShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)See all 5 shared titles with Satoshi Fukushima

- Keizô ShukuzakiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Keizô Shukuzaki
- Masahiko IbarakiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Masahiko Ibaraki
