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Takeshi Sone

Cinematographer, director and editor · Japan

Takeshi Sone (曽根剛) is a Japanese film director and cinematographer.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Japan
Works as
Cinematographer, director and editor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 16% in 30 days

What are Takeshi Sone's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 9th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

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

share of theme weight
Survival
53%
Self
19%
Society
9%
Ideas
8%
Bonds
6%
Morality
3%
Power
2%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 7

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

Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
5
Absurd
3
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4

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 Takeshi Sone's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Takeshi Sone'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

50 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Living Corpse(2026)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Place Called Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Cinematographer

  • Godmother: The Life of Ayako Koshino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

  • First Love Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Camera Operator · Gaffer

  • Tada, Anata wo Rikai Shitai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • SOMEDAYS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Touko no sekai(2019)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • 1446: An Eternal Minute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Ojisan Is Cheering for My Love (In My Brain) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · Gaffer

  • Popran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Tears of Persephone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • DIVOC-12 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • ゴーストダイアリーズ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Two Komachis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Special Actors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Ghost Mask: Scar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Aesop's Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Giko Awakens(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Revenge of Nero(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Torinoko City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • One Cut of the Dead(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Kyouhugekijyou-2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Paris, New Year's Eve to Be with Her (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Take 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Horror Urban Legends File: Mary's Phone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Bloody Chainsaw Girl(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Midori: The Camellia Girl(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Horror Urban Legend File: Hikiko's Curse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Shinrei Mystery Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Slit Mouth Woman in L.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • Share ni Naranai Shinuhodo Kowai Hanashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Futaridetsukuru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • Haunted Real Estate(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • Hitokowa 3: The Killing Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer · Lighting Technician

  • Hitokowa 2: Deadly Hauntings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer · Lighting Technician

  • Tokyo Urban Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Katariya: Toshi densetsu no onna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • Kowabana J: After School Ghost Stories 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • High and Low(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Kowabana J: After School Ghost Stories 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Hitokowa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Kowabana J: After School Ghost Stories 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Spine-Chilling Short Stories Kowabana: Dark Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Old Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Editor

  • Grotesque(2009)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Hide and Go Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Still Photographer

  • Honjitsu no neko jijô (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Sex Butler Make Me Squirt! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Assistant Camera

  • Lita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 48 titles, 47 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.

Biggest box office

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

$28M worldwide

Highest rated

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

Midcredits 94th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing20 of 48: 17 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting1 of 48: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleCinematography24 of 48: 20 only cinematography, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score29thEditing3 of 48: 2 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew6 of 48: 4 only other crew, 2 with another role

48 titles, 5 with more than one role — cinematography and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · crew2010s29 · 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 Takeshi Sone's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of the 9 of 10 with a score; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 9 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · director

The Living Corpse (2026)

88th percentile spread · 76% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

Midcredits 94th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 47/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Takeshi Sone's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 78 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Takeshi Sone work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takeshi Sone's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hiroki Yamaguchi shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers