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Takeharu Sakurai

Takeharu Sakurai

Writer · Born November 25, 1970 (55) · Tokyo, Japan

Takeharu Sakurai (born November 25, 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter and producer known for Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025), Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023) and Ace Attorney (2012).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 25, 1970 (55)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Writer
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 1% in 30 days

What are Takeharu Sakurai's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
52%
Bonds
20%
Survival
15%
Ideas
7%
Self
5%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Thrilling
6
Warm
3
Absurd
2
Contemplative
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous1

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 Takeharu Sakurai's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Prime Video (1).

Subscription and free streaming for Takeharu Sakurai'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

28 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • Detective Conan: The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Screenplay

  • Hanzaisha: Criminal(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • 科捜研の女 ファイナル (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Writer

  • Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback(2025)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine(2023)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Screenplay

  • Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet(2021)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Operation Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Screenplay

  • Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 21 episodes · Creator · Writer

  • Designated Lawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Screenplay

  • Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer(2018)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Screenplay

  • Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare(2016)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno(2015)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · Writer

  • Sleeping Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Teleplay

  • Ataru: The First Love & the Last Kill(2013)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea(2013)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · Screenplay

  • AIBOU: X-DAY (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • Oyari Haishaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • Ace Attorney(2012)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Wings of the Kirin(2011)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Red Finger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Screenplay

  • AIBOU: CSI Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Screenplay

  • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 12 episodes · Writer

  • 警視庁科学捜査研究所－文書鑑定の女－ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Screenplay

  • The Woman of S.R.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 8 episodes · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 28 titles, 27 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025)

$166M worldwide

Highest rated

Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)

Midcredits 88th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing28 of 28: 27 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thOther crew1 of 28: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s16 · crew2020s7 · 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 Takeharu Sakurai's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer

Ataru: The First Love & the Last Kill (2013)

58th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)

Midcredits 88th · 74% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Takeharu Sakurai work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takeharu Sakurai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gosho Aoyama shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

  • Gosho Aoyama6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Gosho Aoyama
  • Jun'ichi Iioka5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Jun'ichi Iioka

Actors

  • Minami Takayama6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Minami Takayama
  • Rikiya Koyama6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Rikiya Koyama
  • Wakana Yamazaki6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Wakana Yamazaki
  • Megumi Hayashibara4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Megumi Hayashibara

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers