Takuma Sato

Directing

Takuma Sato

Born

1989-06-11 (37)

Place of birth

Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Takuma Sato is a Japanese film director from Akita, Japan. After graduating from high school in northern Japan, he entered a university in Tokyo and started to follow filmmaking classes. He completed the New Creator Workshop (NCW) Creator Advanced Course in 2012 and later joined Bunbuku, the production company and collective founded by Hirokazu Kore-eda. His 2014 independent film Don't Say that Word based on his experiences in the soccer club of his high school in Akita won the Film Fan Award and the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival PFF Awards. He subsequently directed several short films. Set again in Akita, his first nationally-distributed film Any Crybabies Around? won the Best C…

Known for

Behind the camera

Any Crybabies Around? poster
5.2

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.

Any Crybabies Around?

2020

Any Crybabies Around? poster
5.2

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.

Any Crybabies Around?

2020

Don't Say that Word poster
NR

Natsu is a soccer team assistant at Sanno High School. After a horrible tournament season in the summer, Natsu is requested to resign. She refuses and fights to stay, but eventually ends up leaving.

Don't Say that Word

2019

Don't Say that Word poster
NR

Natsu is a soccer team assistant at Sanno High School. After a horrible tournament season in the summer, Natsu is requested to resign. She refuses and fights to stay, but eventually ends up leaving.

Don't Say that Word

2019

Beginning to Break, Hey Hey Hey poster
NR

A man drop-kicks a rude convenience store customer and wins the heart of his coworker, so he keeps kicking impolite customers.

Beginning to Break, Hey Hey Hey

2016

Sticks and Stones poster
NR

Haruka is a rookie physical therapist at an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Japan. Just after her boyfriend suddenly dumps her, it's set that the very first patient she'll be in charge of through his hospitalization is Mr. Tsuge, who is paralyzed on his left side from a stroke. On the first day of rehabilitation, Tsuge asks Haruka, "Can I go back to my old life?" but she cannot answer.

Sticks and Stones

2019

Sticks and Stones poster
NR

Haruka is a rookie physical therapist at an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Japan. Just after her boyfriend suddenly dumps her, it's set that the very first patient she'll be in charge of through his hospitalization is Mr. Tsuge, who is paralyzed on his left side from a stroke. On the first day of rehabilitation, Tsuge asks Haruka, "Can I go back to my old life?" but she cannot answer.

Sticks and Stones

2019

Ano Yoru wo Sukui ni poster
NR

Childhood friends Asako and Hayato, once featured on "Detective! Knight Scoop," face marital strains and their daughter's sudden disappearance. Their search leads them back to their old school, unraveling past memories and hidden emotions.

Ano Yoru wo Sukui ni

2025