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Bunbuku

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websitebunbuku.co.jp
Phone+81-3-5819-2221
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.7IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

15 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%

116 wins from 388 nominations across all awards

Box office
$5m

Combined US gross, 7 of 18 titles

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House poster
Highest rated
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
2023
7.93,445 votes
Ten Years Japan poster
Lowest rated
Ten Years Japan
2018
5.8214 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, romance
Active
2013–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Best known for
Shoplifters

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 17 of 18 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
32 seasons

2019–2025

Networks
  • Netflix2
  • Kansai TV1
  • Nihon Eiga1

Across 3 series matched to TMDB, 22 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.

Credits18

15 films · 3 TV titles

Titles per year18 titles · busiest 2019 with 3

18 titles across 14 years, averaging 1.3 a year. The last five years hold at 1.2 a year. 3 of those 14 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time15 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.7200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 7.8 across 6 titles. The 12 titles since 2016 average 7.7, holding at their 7.7 overall. 5 of 15 rated titles sit above their 7.7 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Hirokazu Koreeda7
  • Kei Ishikawa2
Writers
  • Hirokazu Koreeda6
Notable cast
  • Masami Nagasawa2
  • Suzu Hirose2
  • Machiko Ono2
  • Sakura Andô2
  • Taiga Nakano2
Genres
  • Drama15 of 17
  • Comedy3 of 17
  • Romance2 of 17
  • Mystery2 of 17
  • Thriller2 of 17

Names appearing on two or more of Bunbuku’s produced titles, across the 17 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 Bunbuku on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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