Yugo Sakamoto
Known for Directing
Born
January 18, 1996 (age 30)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Japan
Filmography
52 films, 5 shows
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Flame Union
2025 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
In this adventure, Kunioka saves the life of Manaka Takuya, a part-time freelance assassin who botches a big gun procurement assignment. Due to this incident, Manaka is suspended from the hitman association and his father, the former number one ranked hitman in Kyoto, drags him back to the family home to do chores. When Kunioka checks up on his former brother-in-arms, he finds Manaka has become domesticated but the reappearance of unioka reawakens Manaka’s fighting spirit and the young man challenges his father to a duel as part of his return to walking the path of an assassin. In order to defeat his father, however, Manaka will have to embark on intense training…
Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka Gaiden Kunioka Tours Atami/Izu Edition - The Mystery of an Ancient Assassin Civilisation and the Attack of the Police Assassin.
2025 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
This time they go on a treasure hunt in Atami and Izu.
TMDB4.0
Nemurubaka: Hypnic Jerks
2025 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
The story centers on the daily life of college dorm roommates Yumi Irisu and Ruka Kujirai. Ruka, the older of the two, is constantly penniless despite her being active in a band. Irisu works part-time at a second-hand bookstore.
TMDB4.1
Baby Assassins: Nice Days
2024 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
Teenage assassins Mahiro and Chisato visit the coastal city of Miyazaki for a contract and a vacation, but they unexpectedly cross paths with a legendary, bloodthirsty assassin looking to add to his kill count.
Legendary Hit-man Kunioka Spin-off Kunioka Tours North Osaka and Kyoto edition Our hometown is the best!
2023 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
Second part of the Kunioka Tours series. This time they are in North Osaka and Kyoto.
TMDB3.3
Baby Assassins: 2 Babies
2023 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Chisato and Mahiro must pay four years of overdue fees or lose their membership in their assassin guild. They take part-time jobs, but find themselves in the middle of an armed robbery and being hunted by other assassins.
Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka Gaiden Kunioka Tours Osaka - Ressurection of the Golden Dragon/The Naniwa Assassins strike back -
2022 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Masayuki Kunioka, who had been living in Tokyo for a while, was in a hurry. To his surprise, his mother found out his occupation because of his previous "Kunioka" work. Kunioka originally worked as a company employee after graduating from high school, but resigned because he did not fit in. He worked as a hitman without telling his mother about it. However, his mother found out about it. Kunioka came to Osaka to explain and greet his mother at home, but his colleague Manaka and cameraman HANAMOTO also came along to join him for an Osaka travel location show. Kenta Osaka joins him on what is supposed to be a fun trip, but Saito, the Naniwa Assassin, catches his eye. Will Kunioka be able to enjoy his trip to Osaka to the end, and will he be able to convince his mother of his profession? The first installment of the Kunioka Gaiden series! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
TMDB4.1
Green Bullet
2022 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Six girls participate in the boot camp for assassins. The instructor of the boot camp is the legendary hitman, Kunioka. At first, they repel each other, but the girls gradually develop friendships while enduring the hard training. By chance, the girls get involved in a life-threatening battle with a group of anarchist hitmen.
田坂守の一日
田坂守の一日
2022 · 15m
country: Unknown
Mamoru Tasaka at work.
Heaven's Rush
2022 · 9m
country: Japan
This short film follows Zenjiro Kurata (played by Daichi Yamaguchi), a hitman with a 100 million yen bounty, as he faces attack from various assassins.
TMDB4.1
Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka
2021 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
In 2018, director Sakamoto was working on a script for his new movie "Baby Assassins." He learns of a hitman business network called "Kansai Hitman Association" and applies for interviews as a reference for writing scripts. He is introduced to Masayuki Kunioka, a freelancer who is known as the strongest hitman in Kyoto. Sakamoto decides to follow Kunioka in his day-to-day life. One day, Kunioka kills the wrong person due to miscommunication with the client and is targeted by both the hitmen sent from the furious client and those who are aiming for revenge on behalf of the victim.
TMDB3.1
Yellow Dragon's Village
2021 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
Ordinary college students dropped by a strange village on the way to their camp. Persuaded by a seemingly friendly villager to stay over, but brutal killings start to occur in the following morning.
TMDB3.3
Baby Assassins
2021 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Two high school girls who are about to graduate also happen to be highly-skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, their relationship quickly sours. But when they become targets of the yakuza, the girls realize they'll have to work together to survive.
TMDB3.2
A Janitor
2021 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Fukami is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster. He works at the school as a janitor instead of belonging to the gang so he can watch out for Yui, the daughter of his deceased father's brother Majima Yoshiki. One day, a gang feud erupts and Yoshiki is killed. Yui becomes the next target.
Kunioka x BBC
Kunioka x BBC
2019 · 18m
country: Unknown
A two part collaboration series between Yugo Sakamoto (and his Kunioka series) and the fashion label Black Brain Clothing.
シンデレラ地獄へ行く
2019 · 1h 6m
country: Unknown
Three years after returning from studying to become a film director at university in Copenhagen, Mizuki Kurotetsu finally begins her first film as a director. Mizuki, who has an unusual obsession with "breaking the existing rules", decides to use social networking to recruit everything she needs for the film, including cast and crew. The announcement, a mixture of lies and facts, quickly spread and became a hot topic. Aoba Hinata, a beautiful, taciturn girl, successfully wins the lead role after a bizarre audition. The hellish location shoot begins, involving Kurotetsu's assistant and assistant director Yuzuru Gokokuji and Dai Nanpei , who was also selected through an audition..
Unfinished
2019 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
The yakuza have their best days behind them and are only a shadow of themselves. The old rituals seem out of date and their tattoos make them outcasts of society. The inexperienced student Ryō stumbles into their ranks by chance, and before he knows it, he becomes entangled in dark machinations. He quickly succumbs to the fascination of omnipotence fantasies and hedonistic decadence and sinks deeper and deeper into a parallel world of prostitution, blackmail and violence. However, there is one thing that Ryō has not considered in his naivety: once yakuza, always yakuza!
Hangman's Knot
2018 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
A creepy loner college student faces off against thug siblings.
Family Wars
2018 · 1h 16m
country: Unknown
The Fukushima family is driven to collapse after the eldest, who has dementia arrives home with the corpse of a child.
Slaughter Jap
2017 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
Pan.
2017 · 17m
country: Japan
In this deranged and unpredictable comedy, a passionate aficionado of bread stages a revolution against a tyrannical baker.
Shura Land
2017 · 12m
country: Japan
Two college students hunt for money. However, their attacker is a yakuza, and the two are beaten back. One of them runs away and gathers a team of people to strike back. The other is caught and runs away.
Beー.
2016 · 37m
country: Unknown
An early short movie by Yugo Sakamoto.