DistributorFilm

Asahi Shimbun

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeDistributor · Film
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websiteasahi.com
Statusactive2025 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.6IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

62 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars1of1nominations100%

260 wins from 681 nominations across all awards

Box office
$4m

Combined US gross, 11 of 93 titles

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Highest rated
Erased
2016
8.472,872 votes
Silent Tokyo poster
Lowest rated
Silent Tokyo
2020
5.4136 votes
Mostly
drama, action, comedy
Active
2007–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Best known for
Drive My Car

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 70 of 93 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
22 seasons

2011–2016

Networks
  • Fuji TV2
  • Iwate Menkoi Television1
  • Sakuranbo TV1

Across 2 series matched to TMDB, 23 episodes.

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 185

93 films

Titles per year92 titles · busiest 2021 with 13

92 titles across 19 years, averaging 4.8 a year. The last five years average 2.0 a year, below their long-run rate.

Quality over time62 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
468their average 7.6200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 7.7 across 41 titles. The 43 titles since 2016 average 7.7, holding at their 7.6 overall. 4 of 62 rated titles sit above their 7.6 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Takashi Miike4
  • Keishi Otomo2
  • Kôji Fukada2
  • Nobuhiro Doi2
  • Izuru Narushima2
Writers
  • Kôji Fukada2
  • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi2
  • Taeko Asano2
  • Masato Harada2
  • Ryôtarô Shiba2
Notable cast
  • Sôsuke Ikematsu4
  • Tasuku Emoto4
  • Kôji Yakusho4
  • Satoshi Tsumabuki3
  • Suzu Hirose3
Genres
  • Drama54 of 68
  • Action14 of 68
  • Comedy12 of 68
  • Crime9 of 68
  • History8 of 68

Names appearing on two or more of Asahi Shimbun’s produced titles, across the 68 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside Asahi Shimbun on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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