Junji Sakamoto
Japanese film director
6.04body-of-work score · ranked #171 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 1, 1958 · Sakai
- Nationality
- Japan
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 11.001 citation
- 21.001 citation
- 30.631 citation
- 40.631 citation
- 50.631 citation
- 60.501 citation
- 70.391 citation
- 80.361 citation
- 90.321 citation
- 100.301 citation
- 110.291 citation
Complete filmography
All 28 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1989Dotsuitarunen
- 1990Tekken
- 1991Ōte
- 1994Tokarefu
- 1995Boxer Joe
- 1996Billiken
- 1997Kizu darake no tenshi
- 2000Face
- 2000New Battles Without Honor and Humanity
- 2002KT
- 2003My House
- 2004Out of This World
- 2005Aegis
- 2008Chameleon (2008 Japanese film)
- 2008Children of the Dark
- 2010Strangers in the City
- 2010Zatoichi: The Last
- 2011Someday
- 2012A Chorus of Angels
- 2013Human Trust
- 2016The Projects
- 2016ジョーのあした 辰吉丈一郎との20年
- 2017Ernesto
- 2019Another World
- 2020I Never Shot Anyone
- 2022Fuyu Soubi
- 2023Okiku and the World
- 2025Climbing for Life