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Nikkatsu Corporation

Bunkyo, Japan(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeSales Agent · Film
LocationBunkyo, Japan
Websiteintl.nikkatsu.com
Social
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Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.3IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

53 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

41 wins from 73 nominations across all awards

Box office
$681,157

Combined US gross, 2 of 130 titles

Death Note poster
Highest rated
Death Note
2006
8.9466,043 votes
Madam Scandal: Let Me Die for 10 Seconds poster
Lowest rated
Madam Scandal: Let Me Die for 10 Seconds
1982
3.6127 votes
Mostly
drama, horror, animation
Active
1965–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Best known for
Death Note

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 97 of 130 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
3023 seasons

1966–2025

Television rating
8.8IMDb

Their films average 8.0, so the television rates 0.8 higher.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX9
  • MBS7
  • TBS7
  • CBC1
  • Tulip Television1
  • SBC1

Across 23 series matched to TMDB, 294 episodes. 2 still returning or in production.

Longest runningGirlfriend, Girlfriend · 2 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 2,184

100 films · 29 TV titles

Titles per year52 titles · busiest 2024 with 10

52 titles across 30 years, averaging 1.7 a year. The last five years average 4.8 a year, above their long-run rate. 9 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time35 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 8.3200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.3 across 8 titles. The 24 titles since 2016 average 6.8, 1.5 below their 8.2 overall. 1 of 35 rated titles sit above their 8.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Katsuhiko Fujii6
  • Masaru Konuma4
  • Shinsuke Satô3
  • Shôgorô Nishimura3
  • Kôyû Ohara3
Writers
  • Oniroku Dan10
  • Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu5
  • Chiho Katsura4
  • Susumu Saji4
  • Takeshi Obata3
Notable cast
  • Naomi Tani7
  • Yuki Kazamatsuri5
  • Ken'ichi Matsuyama4
  • Masaki Suda3
  • Kiriko Shimizu3
Genres
  • Drama55 of 97
  • Horror20 of 97
  • Animation18 of 97
  • Comedy17 of 97
  • Crime14 of 97

Names appearing on two or more of Nikkatsu Corporation’s produced titles, across the 97 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 Nikkatsu Corporation on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

Other companies near Bunkyo

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