Known for Visual Effects
Born
March 11, 1962 (age 64)
Filmography
64 films


Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil
2026 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Nobita and friends finds a secret underwater castle packed with mysteries and riches. With Doraemon's high-tech gadgets, they dive into an ocean adventure mixing humor, teamwork, and imagination in a breathtaking aquatic world.


Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers
2025 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Shin-chan and his friends travel to India for a dance festival, but Bo-chan accidentally becomes possessed by an evil force from a mysterious backpack and turns into a powerful tyrant. Now, the Kasukabe Guard must work together to save Bo-chan and stop his rampage.


Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales
2025 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Nobita and Doraemon enter the world in a European Renaissance painting, but run into trouble as they hop from piece to piece in search of a malevolent time traveler who wishes to recreate the extinct pigment of "Artoria Blue".


Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary
2024 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Follow the friendship between the Nobara family's pet dog Shiro and a "small dinosaur". Their connection helps the growth of Shinnosuke and the Kusakabe Defense Squad.


Ghost Cat Anzu
2024 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost cat" and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu's odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.


Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony
2024 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
When a malevolent entity intent on eradicating music from the world surfaces, Nobita and his friends must unite with supernatural companions to safeguard the planet.


Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.


Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia
2023 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Doraemon, Nobita and his friends go to find Utopia, a perfect land in the sky where everyone lives with happiness, using an airship having a time warp function.


Inu-Oh
2022 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.


Crayon Shin-chan: The Tornado Legend of Ninja Mononoke
2022 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
One day, a woman named Chiyome Hesogakure with a child named Chinzō visits the Nohara family and claims that she is the real mother of Shinnosuke and takes him away to a Ninja Village. In the Ninja Village, the Hesogakure family has been protecting "the earth's navel" by blocking it with a pure gold stopper using the "Mononoke technique" that has been passed down from generation. If it comes off, the earth will wither, the rotation will stop, and the "tomorrow" of the world will be lost! It is up to Shinnosuke to reveal the mystery of his birth and protect the future of the earth and the "tomorrow" of his family.


Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy
2021 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
When the five visit a private academy, Kazama is attacked, and left with reduced intelligence and strange bite marks.


Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes
2020 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
The kingdom that floats above in the sky, that uses free doodles as an energy source, “Rakuga Kingdom.” However, now in the face of a lack in energy, they are on the brink of ruin. In order to force the creation of doodles, the kingdom’s army begins its attack on Kasukabe on the surface! Meanwhile, as the drawings begin to move, the hero who is bestowed the hidden treasure of the kingdom, the “Miracle Crayon”—is none other than the “super happy-go-lucky 5-year-old,” Nohara Shinnosuke!! Together as the “Almost Four Heroes,” Shinnosuke and the drawn doodles try to take back Kasukabe! Amongst that, they discover the weakness of the doodles, where they dissolve upon contact with water! To make matters worse, a raincloud that looks to start pouring at any moment hovers above… What awaits their encounter with the doodles and the end of their adventure—will it be smiles, or tears!?


Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~
2019 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Hiroshi and Misae have never been to a honeymoon trip to a foreign country. One day, Misae discovered an inexpensive and family-friendly holiday package to Australia and the Nohara family decided to make it their first honeymoon vacation. Hiroshi gets kidnapped upon arrival to Australia, leaving Shinnosuke, Misae and others on a dangerous journey. It turns out that Hiroshi is the key to a secret treasure. The remaining members of the Nohara Family must rescue Hiroshi, while a mysterious masked man and treasure hunters from all over the world are after him. The struggle is among three different groups in this action-filled treasure hunting adventure.


Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
2019 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
After being mocked for believing that rabbits live on the Moon, Nobita uses one of Doraemon’s gadgets to create a hidden lunar kingdom. Accompanied by a mysterious new classmate named Luca, Nobita and his friends travel to the Moon’s far side, where they discover children with extraordinary powers and become drawn into a dangerous conflict that reaches far beyond Earth.


Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~
2018 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Shin-chan is all set to challenge Kung Fu in the Chinatown of Kasukabe city, known as Aiyā Town. He and the Kasukabe Defence Force are going to put up a totally no-stunt Kung Fu challenge on the stage.


Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
2018 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Upon hearing about the story of Treasure Island, Nobita dreams of discovering and exploring his own treasure island, despite the fact all of the Earth has been mapped already.


Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
2016 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Doraemon and his friends travel to ancient Japan where they meet Kukuru. When Kukuru tells them that his tribe has been enslaved by Gigazombie, Doraemon decides to help him.


Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!
2015 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
The Noharas must survive a hoard of man-eating killer cacti after Shin-chan's father relocates the family to Mexico for work.


Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes
2015 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Nobita and friends decide to make a movie inspired by the space adventures of their heroes, but their fiction turns into a reality.


Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum
2013 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Doraemon and his friends travel to the 22nd century to look for his golden bell, which was stolen by a notorious thief called Kaito DX.


Wolf Children
2012 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.


Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Me and the Space Princess
2012 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
The Noharas get abducted by aliens who claim that Shin-chan's baby sister is their princess! Will she stay on this planet or return to Kasukabe?


Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure
2012 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.


Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy
2011 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
A girl named Lemon arrives with a message for Shinnosuke, and he starts training as an action spy. But can he foil double agents and secret plots?


Colorful
2010 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.


Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
2009 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Nobita finds a passage to a spaceship in another dimension. With their new friends, he and Doraemon fight the cruel leader of an exploited planet.


Ponyo
2008 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.


Summer Days with Coo
2007 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.


Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo!
2006 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Something sinister's afoot in Kasukabe. Shin-chan doesn't know what it is, but he's pretty sure it involves samba-dancing doppelgängers.


Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Buri Buri: 3 Minutes Charge
2005 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
After a noodle-loving time traveler shows up, Shin-chan and his parents transform into superheroes, fighting monsters three minutes in the future!


Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle
1999 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
There's only one way to stop a filthy evil scientist from destroying the world, and it's with a powerful hot spring located under Shin-chan's house!


Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission
1998 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
It all begins when a secret agent hiding in the ship where dinner Futaba school students. The Pig Hoof follow and take the boat with her, Shin Chan and his friends on board. From there, Shin Chan, Masao, Nene, Kazama and Boo Chan van with Agent everywhere as their hostages.


Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness
1997 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
The Noharas get caught between two rival clans when Himawari swallows a pretty bead that turns out to be a mysterious ball with hidden powers.


Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure In Henderland
1996 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
The Futaba Kindergarten kids are so excited for their trip to the Henderland amusement park, but Shin-chan soon learns there are evil forces at play!


Dorami & Doraemons: Robot School's Seven Mysteries
1996 · 31m
country: Japan
It is time for Doraemon's younger sister - Dorami-chan to graduate from the Robot School. But a mysterious wind sucks Doraemon and the principal away. Dorami escapes, and finds Doraemon's Good Friend Telepathy Card. This is a device Doraemon uses to communicate with his friends—collectively known as The Doraemons.


Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai's Ambition
1995 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A time traveler claims that bad guys are trying to change the past! Shin-chan is on the case, going back in time to defeat the evil Lord Unkokusai.


2112: The Birth of Doraemon
1995 · 30m
country: Japan
Acting as a prequel, this short subject shows the life of Doraemon before traveling to the 20th century: how he was made, how he was partially broken, how he lost his ears, how he met the Nobi family and decides to return to the past to help Nobita.


One Pound Gospel
1988 · 50m
country: Japan
Hatanaka Kosaku is a young boxer who has a major flaw, he can't stop eating. That weakness puts him into into heavier weight classes that put him against stronger boxers and even worse, he's prone to throw up when he gets a body blow, which drives potential opponents away. His coach is at his wit's end as he struggles to get this idiot to show some discipline in his training. The matter is complicated when a young nun feeds the "starving" boy after she finds him fainted on the streets during his enforced fast. She learns of her mistake and she tries to help him get ready for a fight, but his weakness for food and the odd relationship they share don't makes things easy.


Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars
1985 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
As Nobita, Gian, Shizuka, and Suneo are making their own space movie, a fleeing bug-sized alien president makes his way to Earth, and needs the help of the kids and Doraemon to stop an oppressive dictatorship threatening his democracy.