Known for Directing
Satoshi Dezaki is an anime director, producer, and screenwriter. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan North High School, he attended Hosei University. His younger brother was the late anime director Osamu Dezaki.
Born
June 26, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
49 films, 13 shows
Hurdle
2004 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Yuuki has to move from Yokohama to a rural city and becomes the target of bullying.
Aterui
2002 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
A pseudo-historical movie that follows a modern day elementary schooler as he's tossed back into time to observe Aterui--a real leader of the Ainu (indigenous Japanese) who fights against the Imperial Court.
Paul Rusch: His Life and Dream
2002 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
An animated film about Paul Rusch, an American missionary who helped build churches, schools, hospitals in Japan and overall helped improve life in rural areas of Japan along with soothing post-WW2 relations between the two countries.
Tracing the Gray Summer
2001 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Animated film about the Seveso disaster, which took place north of Milan, Italy in 1976.
Happy Birthday: The Time When Life Shines
1999 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
After being abused by her mother physically and mentally Asuka gets taken in by her grandparents. Slowly she learns her own worth as a human being and overcomes many obstacles.
Bakumatsu no Spasibo
1997 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Based on the real life events around Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin, a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China, and the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855.
Saitama Bousou Saizensen Flag! Shinimonogurui no Seishun!!
1994 · 45m
country: Japan
The tumultuous daily lives of three boys, including Noboru, Akira and Haruo, who inherit the flag of the locally famous fugitive tribe "Moonlight".
Blue Memories: Boys, Colonizing Manchuria and Mongolia
1993 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A class of Japanese youths volunteer for the war effort during WWII, but then get stranded in Manchuria.
1000 Pine Groves
1992 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
After suffering severe floods in 1753, the people of Senbon Matsubara in Shizuoka cooperate on flood prevention around the Kiso, Nagara, and Yuhi rivers. The people of Satsuma (Kumamoto Prefecture) endure great hardships after being forced to undertake the work by the central government, a subtle indication of the bad feeling that would foment into open rebellion the following century.
Boyfriend
1992 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together...
Christmas in January
1991 · 45m
country: Japan
Based on one of Iwadate Mariko's short stories appearing in the shoujo manga monthly magazine Margaret. This is a character study of a rather traumatized young woman who develops a crush on a man who lives next door to her.
Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu - Hiryuu no Shou
1991 · 46m
country: Japan
An OVA released in 1991. Unlike the previous OVA series, this episode was produced separately by Toshiba.
School Super Girl Team
1991 · 45m
country: Japan
Three girls, who have psychic powers, found a justice supporting group called the “Gakuen Choujotai” (Academy Super Girl Team). Psychokinesist Yumi, telepathist O-Kei, and Mai, who has superhuman strength. However, they are still inexperienced in using these powers. Meanwhile, a suspicious organization, the “Psychic Power Research Society” secretly works on a method to control the students` minds. The time has come for the Academy Super Girl Team.
Legend of the Phantom Heroes
1991 · 50m
country: Japan
Yazawa, a Japanese pilot, suffers a crash in his Phantom jetfighter. After a six month recovery, his old friend from an airplane magazine wants him to investigate the appearance of a Phantom in an armed conflict in El Salvador. Yazawa's investigations makes him wind up in an international arms conspiracy. Based on a series of military fiction novels.
Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction
1990 · 46m
country: Japan
Riki finds himself in the town of Misaki, dotted with illegal nuclear power plants and run by a religious fanatic military organization called "God's Judgment." He is taken prisoner and made to fight in gladiatorial matches in a sprawling arena. He finds his brother, whose special powers have given him the name of "Savior," but his reunion with his resentful sibling turns sour rather quickly.
Makkuro na Obentô
1990 · 50m
country: Japan
The true story a young boy who left for his job with a lunch box his mother prepared for him the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Onimaru: Senjou ni Kakeru Itsutsu no Seishun
1990 · 42m
country: Japan
During the Onin wars in Japan's medieval Muromachi era, five powerful warriors hire out their services to the highest bidder. Onimaru is the leader; Bo handles demolitions; Saru is as agile as a monkey; Osamu is a cool tactician; and Kiri is the sexy swordswoman. The group gains an extra member when Onimaru rescues Princess Aya who naturally falls in love with him and refuses to go away.
Taiman Blues: Ladies Hen
1990 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
To run away from her abusive stepfather, fifteen-year-old Mayumi moves to Osaka. Without money and a place to stay, she meets Noriko, who helps her settle into her new life. Through Mayumi's new job at a gas station, they get involved with bikers, and eventually form their own gang of girl racers.
Carol
1990 · 59m
country: Japan
Living in London with her family, Carol is the daughter of a famous musician, Lionel Mudagolas. While he is currently having difficulties playing his cello, she occasionally starts to listen an unfamiliar voice calling her name. Wondering if her father's situation might be connected to the bad phase of her favorite band, Gable Screen, and the inexplicable silence of the Big Ben, Carol is suddenly transported to another world. There she finds out that she might be the girl predestined to fight Gigantica, a demon lord who recently brought chaos to this strange land.
Kangetsu Ittou: Akuryou Kiri
1989 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
The time is the Genroku era in Edo. Kangetsu Kazutetsu, a young author of illustrated novels and a master of the brilliant iron fan technique, enjoys a performance by the reputed magician Kwangakuinsai in Edo. On his way home, however, Kazuki saves a woman from being attacked by a ronin and becomes involved in a further incident based on a tarot card given to him at the time. What is the truth behind the case of a series of maidens who have been kidnapped?
Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell
1989 · 48m
country: Japan
In the late 1990s, society is descending into ecological collapse and totalitarianism. Saiga Riki-Oh, a mysterious man with a six-pointed star on his fist, finds himself at the privately-owned Tokyo State Prison. Serving a term of three years due to assault, his first offense, Riki-Oh openly antagonizes The Four Emperors, four powerful prisoners that control the prison and keep the rest of the inmates in line...
Divine Changeling Enchantment
1988 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
In Medieval Japan's Genroku era, the young warrior Yoshiyasu Yanasawa approaches Takaharu, the leader of the Hazuki clan in search of power of the "Golden Dragon," unaware that the power of the power of the dragon flows within the very bloodstream of the maiden Orie. Based on a novel by Tani Kousei.
Shirahata no Shoujo Ryuuko
1988 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
In 1945, American troops land on the island of Okinawa. The Japanese fight a guerrilla war against the invaders, and little Ryuko is forced to leave her grandparents behind and flee with her mother and younger sister, who are eventually killed. Ryuko heads on alone across the war-torn island. Eventually she reaches safety in Japanese-occupied caves, only to witness the Japanese troops committing suicide with hand grenades. Based on a children's book by Akira Aratagawa and Hikuji Norima, itself inspired by real American footage of an Okinawan girl, Tomiko Higa, waving a white flag at the island's surrender.
Clan of Pihyoro
1988 · 1h
country: Japan
Based on Kaori Kimeki's fantasy manga in "Princess" magazine.
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
1988 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
It seems that Lum's grandfather made an agreement that should he have a daughter, she would be married to a traveling merchant that he met. Now, the merchant has come to collect due. Ataru is tricked into thinking that Lum wants to leave, and so, in a moment of anger, says he hates her. Arguments erupt, and Lum decides that she must know the truth of Atarus feelings. As for all the questions of importance for the Onis, a game of tag begins, one that Ataru can win simply by telling Lum I Love You. However, in the end his pride may end up dooming him. So begins the series of events that will at long last decide the future and fate of Ataru and Lum.
Taiman Blues Naoto Shimizu Chapter
Taiman Blues Naoto Shimizu Chapter
1987 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A tale of rivalry between two gangs, MND and Laku, and the personal vendetta between MND's Naoto and Laku's Yota.
Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker
1987 · 57m
country: Japan
It is summertime, and Shinobu laments not having a boyfriend. She then happens upon a young man weak from hunger, and wearing a rabbit costume. She gives him a carrot, he expresses his gratitude by hitting on her... and she hits back. The young man leaves behind a key to another dimension where everybody's possible futures exist. Lum and Ataru join Shinobu to find the bunny boy, and happy futures for themselves.
Grey: Digital Target
1986 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
Grey is a laconic trooper in a rough, futuristic military system which rewards success in battle with high pay and promotions, but only three precent of troopers live long enough for the final goal - citizenship, and the chance for a life above the misery of most of the populace. Grey has managed to keep coming back alive, even earning the nickname Grey Death, but is the society he's fought for worth it
They Were Eleven
1986 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship. But when they arrive, they discover that instead of ten students, there are eleven. One of them doesn't belong there...
The Scarred Man
1986 · 2h 55m
country: Japan
Yuko Kusaka is a Japanese journalist sent to Brazil to do a report on the gold rush phenomenon that seems to be making many people rich from night to day. Rumors say that among the many "garimpeiros" (gold diggers) currently on the Amazon forest, there is a Japanese known as Rio Baraki. Reaching their destination, her crew member is promptly attacked and she is raped as a warning to stop their work and return immediately to their home country. Determined to do her job, she stays and finds out from the attacker that he is none other than Baraki, a white haired muscular man with a large scar on his back. Later she discovers that his real name is Keisuke Ibaraki. Once a promising quarterback, he ended up falsely incriminated by a powerful organization known as GPX.
A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose
1983 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A powerful entity known as Death Mask hurls Kujukuri City, Japan, and Dallas, Texas 10,000 years into the future, reshaping them into a ruthless battleground where only the strongest survive. Determined to shatter this tyrant's hold on time itself, Gai Tanbara ventures into the dystopian future. Along the way, he meets Emiya, a fierce warrior fighting to reclaim her city from the darkness. Together, they confront the horrors of a shattered world and the sinister forces threatening the fate of humanity!
Star of the Giants
1982 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Hyuma Hoshi dreams of becoming a top baseball star like his father, a 3rd baseman who was injured in World War II and forced to retire. Hoshi joins the wildly popular Giants team and soon realizes the difficulty of managing high expectations. From the grueling training to his rivalry with Hanagata of the Hanshin Tigers, Hoshi will need some pitching magic to make it in the big leagues.
Captain: The Movie
1981 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Taniguchi was appointed captain of the weak Sumiya Junior High School baseball team, and with his natural fighting spirit, he helped the team grow to the point where they advanced to the regional qualifiers. This theatrical film version, released after the two TV specials, depicts the great progress of Sumiya Junior High School during the Taniguchi era.
Undersea Super Train: Marine Express
1979 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The plot of Marine Express can be described in two parts. The first part focuses on the people boarding the train and the problems they encounter on it. The second part takes place after the train has stopped at its half-way point, an island that used to be home to an ancient civilization millennia ago and has its fair share of secrets.