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Keishi Otomo

Keishi Otomo

Director and writer · Born May 6, 1966 (60) · Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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.

Born
May 6, 1966 (60)
From
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
7
Thrilling
3
Romantic
3
Warm
2
Other
7

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • 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).

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)

    Director · Screenplay

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

    Director · Screenplay

  • 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)

    Director

  • Okuotoko(2018)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • March Comes in Like a Lion 2(2017)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • March Comes in Like a Lion(2017)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Museum(2016)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Top Secret: Murder in Mind(2016)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Platinum Data (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins(2012)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Ryōmaden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show Creator

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

    Director

  • Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Yumemiru Budo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 11 episodes · Director

  • Hideyoshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 49 episodes · Director

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 1996 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing19 of 20: 7 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score80thWriting12 of 20: 0 only writing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score88thOther crew1 of 20: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

20 titles, 12 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s11 · crew2020s5 · 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 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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles33–82 · median 80 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 14 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 59 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

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

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Tsuyoshi Imai8 titles
    See all 8 shared titles with Tsuyoshi Imai
  • Naoki Satô7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Naoki Satô
  • Takuro Ishizaka6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Takuro Ishizaka
  • Hideo Yamamoto4 titles
    See all 4 shared titles with Hideo Yamamoto

Producers