Shigeaki Kubo

What are Shigeaki Kubo's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

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 Shigeaki Kubo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (5).

• Netflix5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • High & Low: The Worst (2019) · director
  • High & Low: The Movie (2016) · director
  • Golden Kamuy (2024) · director
  • Road to High & Low (2016) · director
  • Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido (2024) · director

Subscription and free streaming for Shigeaki Kubo'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

15 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

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  ENJU (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

  Director
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  Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido(2024)

  Show 9 episodes · Director · Creator

  Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows55^th
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  Golden Kamuy(2024)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  Director
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  God of Novels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Director
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  High & Low: The Worst(2019)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films86^th
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  Dream Ami 1st. Live Tour 2017 Re: Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Director
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  High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission(2017)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  E-girls LIVE 2017 ~E.G.EVOLUTION~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Director
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  High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky(2017)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films90^th
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  High & Low: The Movie(2016)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films73^rd
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  Road to High & Low(2016)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films62^nd
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  Meisa Kuroki "THE MAGAZINE SHOW" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Director
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  Stereopony 1st Tour A hydrangea blooms 2009 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

  Director
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  Nikuianata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

  Assistant Director

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1997 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Golden Kamuy (2024)

$19M worldwide

Highest rated

High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)

Midcredits 90^th

Most popular right now

Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido (2024)

How do Shigeaki Kubo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80^th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 7 titles are Mixed.

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• Crowd Pleaser2
• Mixed5

Most divisive · director

High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)

58^th percentile spread · 10% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)

Midcredits 90^th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 4 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 Shigeaki Kubo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shigeaki Kubo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Norihisa Hiranuma shares the most, 3.