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Kinoshita Group

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

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Who works there

  • Experience TranslatorDesigner · Art Director Product Developer UX

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
LocationTokyo, Japan
Statusactive2026 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
6.6IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

60 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

72 wins from 295 nominations across all awards

Box office
$46m

Combined US gross, 1 of 105 titles

Mostly
drama, comedy, action
Active
2011–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Best known for
Paddington in Peru

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 74 of 105 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
68 seasons

2009–2026

Television rating
8.0IMDb

Their films average 6.6, so the television rates 1.4 higher.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX4
  • Gunma TV3
  • BS113
  • Tochigi TV3
  • TV Tokyo1
  • TBS1

Across 6 series matched to TMDB, 116 episodes.

Longest runningMidnight Diner · 3 seasons

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 151

100 films · 6 TV titles

Titles per year107 titles · busiest 2018 with 17

107 titles across 18 years, averaging 5.9 a year. The last five years average 4.8 a year, below their long-run rate.

Quality over time60 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 6.6200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 6.9 across 13 titles. The 41 titles since 2017 average 6.6, holding at their 6.7 overall. 23 of 60 rated titles sit above their 6.7 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Izuru Narushima5
  • Kazuya Shiraishi3
  • Junji Sakamoto2
  • Kyohei Yamaguchi2
  • Yôji Yamada2
Writers
  • Riko Sakaguchi2
  • Yuya Takahashi2
  • Yûzô Asahara2
  • Yôji Yamada2
  • Emiko Hiramatsu2
Notable cast
  • Mei Nagano3
  • Kento Yamazaki3
  • Masaki Suda3
  • Yûko Takeuchi3
  • Takeru Satoh2
Genres
  • Drama47 of 74
  • Comedy17 of 74
  • Action13 of 74
  • Romance11 of 74
  • Mystery10 of 74

Names appearing on two or more of Kinoshita Group’s produced titles, across the 74 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 with10 companies

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

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