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Yugo Sakamoto

Yugo Sakamoto

Director, writer and editor · Born January 18, 1996 (30) · Kyoto, Japan

Yugo Sakamoto (born January 18, 1996) is a Japanese film director. He was born in Kyoto Prefecture. While studying at Kyoto University of Art and Design (currently Kyoto University of Arts), he won the 2016 Grand Prix at the Cruel Student Film Festival, receiving the "Promising New Director" award. He made his commercial film debut with " Family☆Wars ". His films are notable for their action and violence, with a style and pacing influenced by manga and anime. His philosophy about his filmmaking is "Weekly Shonen Jump, not Hollywood."

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 18, 1996 (30)
From
Kyoto, Japan
Works as
Director, writer and editor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 32 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 156 days to Oct 27Up 72% in 30 days

What are Yugo Sakamoto's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Bonds
31%
Morality
18%
Self
16%
Society
3%
Friendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 1 · 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 3 · Relentless 1

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

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Absurd
5
Thrilling
3
Dread
1
Melancholic
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Fun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5

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 Yugo Sakamoto's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yugo Sakamoto'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

32 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Match Monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Screenplay

  • We Are Bad Barbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Screenplay

  • Flame Union (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka Gaiden Kunioka Tours Atami/Izu Edition - The Mystery of an Ancient Assassin Civilisation and the Attack of the Police Assassin. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Actor

  • 第4回コント遊戯「大都怪」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • Ghost Killer(2024)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Nemurubaka: Hypnic Jerks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Hen na koe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Writer

  • Baby Walkure Everyday!(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Baby Assassins: Nice Days(2024)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Legendary Hit-man Kunioka Spin-off Kunioka Tours North Osaka and Kyoto edition Our hometown is the best! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Actor

  • Baby Assassins: 2 Babies(2023)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka Gaiden Kunioka Tours Osaka - Ressurection of the Golden Dragon/The Naniwa Assassins strike back - (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Actor

  • Green Bullet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Screenplay

  • 田坂守の一日 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer

  • Heaven's Rush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Writer

  • Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Yellow Dragon's Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

  • Baby Assassins(2021)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • A Janitor(2021)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Grave of Love 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Kunioka x BBC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • シンデレラ地獄へ行く (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

  • Unfinished (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Unfinished (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

  • Family Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Hangman's Knot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Slaughter Jap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Pan. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Shura Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Beー. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer

  • Baby Assassins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

Career shape

A full career of 32 titles, 31 of them dated from 2016 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

$418K worldwide

Highest rated

Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Baby Walkure Everyday! (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 32: 1 only acting, 5 with another roleDirecting28 of 32: 7 only directing, 21 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stWriting18 of 32: 2 only writing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stCinematography3 of 32: 0 only cinematography, 3 with another roleEditing7 of 32: 0 only editing, 7 with another roleOther crew1 of 32: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

32 titles, 21 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 16 of them.

By decade

2010s10 · crew2020s21 · 6 acting · 20 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 Yugo Sakamoto's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed2

Most loved · director, writer, editor

Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

Midcredits 88th · 70% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 5 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 Yugo Sakamoto work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yugo Sakamoto's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Akari Takaishi shares the most, 6.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers