Production CompanyDistribution

Nikkatsu Studio

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Distribution
Founded1912Wikidata
LocationTokyo, Japan
Statusdormantno credits since 2010 i

How their work is rated

Average rating
7.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

13 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

82 wins from 134 nominations across all awards

Mostly
drama, comedy, horror
Active
1961–2013
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Best known for
The Great Passage

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 21 of 44 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
738 seasons

1983–2012

Networks
  • WOWOW Prime1
  • TV Tokyo1
  • Nippon TV1
  • Fuji News Network1

Across 4 series matched to TMDB, 269 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Longest runningTales of the Bizarre · 35 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 51

39 films · 6 TV titles

Titles per year28 titles · busiest 2008 with 7

28 titles across 22 years, averaging 1.3 a year. The last five years average 0.0 a year, below their long-run rate. 9 of those 22 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time11 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.1200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.9 across 6 titles. 1 of 11 rated titles sit above their 8.9 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Notable cast
  • Mirai Moriyama2
  • Ryô Kase2
  • Yû Aoi2
Genres
  • Drama11 of 21
  • Comedy7 of 21
  • Horror2 of 21
  • Romance2 of 21
  • Adventure2 of 21

Names appearing on two or more of Nikkatsu Studio’s produced titles, across the 21 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 with12 companies

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

Other companies near Tokyo

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