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Shinsuke Sato

Director

Shinsuke Sato

Directing
2010 — present · 8 films
Born
16 September 1970 · age 55
From
Hiroshima, Japan

Shinsuke Sato (佐藤 信介, Satō Shinsuke; born September 16, 1970) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed several live-action film adaptations of manga and anime, including The Princess Blade (2001), Gantz (2011), I Am a Hero (2016), Bleach (2018), Inuyashiki (2018), Kingdom (2019) and its sequels.

Career Signature

How Shinsuke Sato’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

kinetic urgency
anxious dread
tightly wound
crowd-pleaser
hyper edited

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Shusuke KanekoShusuke Kaneko9 filmsRussell MulcahyRussell Mulcahy15 filmsFrancis LawrenceFrancis Lawrence10 filmsRobert SchwentkeRobert Schwentke10 filmsNeill BlomkampNeill Blomkamp5 filmsHiroyuki SeshitaHiroyuki Seshita6 filmsHiroaki AndoHiroaki Ando3 filmsShinji HiguchiShinji Higuchi5 films

Filmography

Kingdom 2: Far and Away

2022

Kingdom

2019

Bleach

2018

Inuyashiki

2018

I Am a Hero

2016

Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

2016

Gantz: Perfect Answer

2011

Gantz

2010