Katsuyuki Motohiro

Directing

Katsuyuki Motohiro

Born

1965-07-13 (61)

Place of birth

Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

36 titles

the Japan of the film director , TV drama and theater of the director . Born in Marugame City , Kagawa Prefecture. From 2013, he belongs to Production IG Planning Department. In 1992, Fuji TV , a joint TV late-night drama "of production bad directorial debut in" [1] . Later, in the same series of omnibus drama “The World's Strange Stories ”, he directed “Let's End”. In 1996, she made her film director debut on July 7th, Sunny . " There is no money! Directing team of as one of the" Yuji Oda acquainted, "by the recommendation of Oda Bayside Shakedown has been appointed as chief director of". He directed the movie version series of this drama and won the 22nd and 27th Japan Academy Award for E…

Known for

Ajin: Demi-Human poster
7.3

Kei Nagai dies in a car accident, but realises he is a type of immortal known as Ajin. Hunted by humans, Ajin is eventually found by the government and used as a subject in cruel experiments. He finds fellow demi-humans along the way as he escapes and goes on the run.

Ajin: Demi-Human

2017

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie poster
7.0

In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System's security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie

2015

Udon poster
6.5

Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.

Udon

2006

Bayside Shakedown poster
6.5

Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.

Bayside Shakedown

1998

Bayside Shakedown 2 poster
6.1

The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.

Bayside Shakedown 2

2003

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose poster
5.0

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

2010

Behind the camera

Ajin: Demi-Human poster
7.3

Kei Nagai dies in a car accident, but realises he is a type of immortal known as Ajin. Hunted by humans, Ajin is eventually found by the government and used as a subject in cruel experiments. He finds fellow demi-humans along the way as he escapes and goes on the run.

Ajin: Demi-Human

2017

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie poster
7.0

In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System's security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie

2015

Udon poster
6.5

Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.

Udon

2006

Bayside Shakedown poster
6.5

Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.

Bayside Shakedown

1998

Bayside Shakedown 2 poster
6.1

The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.

Bayside Shakedown 2

2003

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose poster
5.0

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

2010

Negotiator poster
7.0

In this movie, Japan's top negotiator confronts a formidable foe threatening Tokyo's subways. As high-stakes tension brews, Mashita must outsmart an adversary with a personal vendetta, testing his skills like never before.

Negotiator

2005

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius poster
6.9

A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden. Such people are known as "satorare" and their well-being come under special government protection.

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

2001

July 7th, Sunny Day poster
9.0

Hinata Mochizuki (Arisa Mizuki) is a superstar in the pop music scene, and Kenta Yamabe (Masato Hagiwara) is a very ordinary office worker. One day, the two meet, and then fell in love. However, due to the influence of various external factors, the relationship between the two does not go smoothly.

July 7th, Sunny Day

1996

Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL: The New Hope poster
5.8

Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel the case...

Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL: The New Hope

2012

FLCL Progressive poster
5.4

Hidomi Hibajiri is a young girl who never takes off her headphones. Her whole life consists of going to school, helping out at her mother's cafe, and listening to music. With nothing else to break the crippling monotony, she keeps her headphones on at all times. That is, until she is run over by a mysterious guitar-wielding woman.

FLCL Progressive

2018

Bayside Shakedown the Last TV: Salaryman Cop and the Last Tough Case poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bayside Shakedown the Last TV: Salaryman Cop and the Last Tough Case

2012

Brave: Gunjyou Senki poster
6.9

Students, including Aoi Nishino, take part in class and sports activity at a prestigious high school. Aoi Nishino is a member of the school's archery club. He practices archery studiously and doesn't socialize much with the other students. His childhood friend Haruka Seno is also a member of the archery club, but she worries about Aoi Nishino. One day, thunder strikes the school grounds. After that, the ordinary lives of the students changes drastically. Many samurai descend on the school grounds. It appears that the entire school has traveled back in time to the Sengoku period. Making things worse, they realize that they are in the time right before the Battle of Okehazama takes place.

Brave: Gunjyou Senki

2021

In Tomoko's Case poster
5.7

Tomoko Tamura, a second-year high school student living in a detached house in Miyahara-chō, Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture (now Kita Ward, Saitama City), goes on an overnight hot spring trip to Izu with eight of her classmates, four boys and four girls, to enjoy her last summer before their entrance exams. However, Tomoko cleverly gets off at a station along the way to buy some ekiben (boxed lunches), which causes her to miss the train and get separated from her friends. From there, a series of tragedies unfolds in this coming-of-age comedy. Based on the comic by Minako Fujino. Screening alongside the film is That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History? (starring Tatsuya Yamaguchi and Namie Amuro, directed by Hiroshi Sugawara) as a double feature theatrical release.

In Tomoko's Case

1996

Space Travelers poster
6.1

Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that strange day, the bank becomes a tropical paradise...

Space Travelers

2000

Honetsukidori poster
NR

An anthology version of five short stories themed around "chicken-on-the-bone" set in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture. Includes Junta Yamaguchi's "Let's Have Dinner Tonight" and was formally presented at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

Honetsukidori

2017

Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.

2026

Bayside Shakedown SP: Year-End Special Alert poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Bayside Shakedown SP: Year-End Special Alert

1997

Shaolin Girl poster
5.4

A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.

Shaolin Girl

2008

FLCL Alternative poster
6.0

Life seems to drift by for Kana Koumoto and her friends in their small Japanese town. Every day is just like the last, and it feels like every new day will be the same. Kana goes to school, hangs out with her friends, and likes to paint her nails and listen to music, but it feels like nothing special is ever going to happen. As a change of pace, Kana and her friends decide to design a bottle rocket and launch it into space, even though it might not get there at all. However, just when the rocket is completed, a robot suddenly crashes into and destroys it, shortly followed by a pink-haired woman claiming to be a "Galactic Investigator." Kana's life quickly becomes more exciting than she ever imagined, dealing with new feelings, changing friends, and even boy troubles. It turns out life can go by in the blink of an eye, fast enough to even miss it, so what's with these weird robots that seem to show up at the worst times?!

FLCL Alternative

2018

Summer Time Machine Blues poster
7.0

The members of a sci-fi club accidentally spill Coke on the remote controller of an air-conditioner during summer and suddenly a time machine appears in their sweating bath-like clubroom.

Summer Time Machine Blues

2005

Laughing Under the Clouds poster
5.8

In the dawn of the Meiji period, the Gokumonjou, an inescapable prison, has been established in the middle of an enormous lake to counter the soaring crime rates the new era has brought. Serving as the ferrymen are the famous Kumou brothers: the eccentric family head, Tenka; the reckless but noble second son, Soramaru; and the guileless youngest, Chuutarou. In spite of their grim work, the three lead relatively peaceful lives in the ever-cloudy town of Oumi, together with their housekeeper, Shirasu Kinjou. But buried in the long history of Oumi is the legend of the terrifying "Orochi," a serpentine beast that awakens every three hundred years in a human vessel. Unbeknownst to Soramaru and Chuutarou, the actual job of the Kumou family is to seal the Orochi away before it fully revives—or the world will be plunged into destruction. Amid the monster's next resurrection, the Kumou family must find the resolve to keep laughing under the clouds.

Laughing Under the Clouds

2018

PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice poster
NR

A spin-off story about original characters' activities at the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division Unit Three.

PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice

2019

Regret poster
NR

A man is riding his motorcycle down the road from his house to his office. For a moment, the man's eyes are caught by a dark-haired woman walking on the sidewalk.

Regret

2013

The Curtain Rises poster
6.4

Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko, Garuru, Nakanishi, Akemi decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.

The Curtain Rises

2015

舞台 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス Virtue and Vice 3 poster
NR

The final stageplay in the Virtue and Vice trilogy, following the events of the first stageplay.

舞台 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス Virtue and Vice 3

2024

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection poster
6.1

"Box" Shuko Yoshino (played by Yuko Takeuchi), a researcher at a medical university, was suddenly hit in the head while working. When she woke up, she found herself locked in a sealed metal box. Ryota Murakami (played by Satoshi His Wife), a single office worker in "Glasses Bring Happiness", accidentally received a smart glasses. With the help of the glasses, he began to interact with the beautiful woman. Ayumu Miura (played by Mizuki Yamamoto); "Fierce House" Yukiko (Played by Miki Nakatani) Moved into a new house with her daughter Zhuli, but there seemed to be a terrible grudge living here; Hatsuno (played by Takashi Abe), the head of the financing department of "×", accidentally found a × on his forehead, but the people around him couldn't see it at all. Shotaro (played by Shinnosuke Manjima) is experiencing a difficult moment in life. When he was pushed to the extreme, he suddenly told the first lie in the world, and he and his two friends embarked on a magical journey.

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection

2015

Muroi Shinji: Stay Alive poster
5.0

A body found in the mountains of Tohoku, where Muroi has moved, is linked to the Rainbow Bridge incident. Muroi is asked to return to work, and he ponders whether he can keep his promise to his former colleagues. As the investigation progresses, each of the children Muroi has taken in grows up.

Muroi Shinji: Stay Alive

2024

Go Find a Psychic! poster
6.0

Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while for the rest of the year they hide their abilities. Yone Sakurai is a program director for a psychic variety TV show called "Asunaro Psychic". She is stressed out and tired from her work, but proud of what she is doing. Yone actually believes in psychic abilities. By an audience request a new plan is set out for the program, a plan which requires the show to uncover real psychics or psychic events.

Go Find a Psychic!

2009

Bayside Shakedown Extra Edition Bayside Policewoman Story Early Summer Traffic Safety Special poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bayside Shakedown Extra Edition Bayside Policewoman Story Early Summer Traffic Safety Special

1998

Muroi Shinji: Not Defeated poster
5.3

Muroi, who retired from the police early, took in the children affected by the incident and moved to Tohoku. Although he was told cold words from those around him, he lived quietly while protecting his children. However, the body of the perpetrator of the special fraud and robbery was found deep in the mountains, and the village fell into chaos.

Muroi Shinji: Not Defeated

2024

舞台 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス Virtue and Vice 2 poster
NR

A prequel to the first stageplay, featuring the backstory of Kano Hiro.

舞台 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス Virtue and Vice 2

2021

No artwork available
NR

In the Japanese town of Marugame, a vigilante tries to become the local defender when the mascot is kidnapped, but he learns the town already has a broad network of protections in place.

Marugame Emergency Call

2016

Anniversary poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anniversary

2016

Beautiful Dreamer poster
7.0

Excitement pervades through a university preparing for the annual school festival. Meanwhile, a calm atmosphere hangs over the club room of the film studies group which does not really have an exhibition. But Sara, who dreamed there was something in the corner of the club room, finds an old cardboard box that morning.

Beautiful Dreamer

2020

Stranger poster
7.0

Misugi Akira and his lovely companion Maria arrive in Tokyo on a special mission. It seems Akira is there to pick up Ito Kaori, whom he has known since Kaori was a child, so that she can join his and Maria's clan... of ageless vampires! But before Akira can get to the rendezvous point, the one-time doctor is distracted by a woman making a suicide attempt. Finished with that, he hurries to get Kaori only to find her dead... from a local serial killer who fancies himself to be a vampire. When one of the police detectives on the case, Saeki Shoji, starts digging into Kaori's death, the links he finds all seem to lead straight to Akira and Maria. So now the pair decide their best course of action is to try and track down the serial killer themselves as soon as possible...

Stranger

2016