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Contact & details
How their work is rated
8 rated titles, weighted by votes
| Oscars | 0 | of | 1 | nominations | 0% |
38 wins from 101 nominations across all awards
Combined US gross, 2 of 20 titles
- Mostly
- drama, thriller, documentary
- Active
- 2012–2026
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100%
- Best known for
- The Moon
Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 14 of 20 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
2019–2023
- Prime Video1
- Netflix1
- Kansai TV1
- Nihon Eiga1
Across 3 series matched to TMDB, 18 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 25
19 films · 2 TV titles
mentor
2026 · Film
Produced
Nagi Notes
2026 · Film
Produced
A Light in the Harbor
2025 · Film
Produced
Black Box Diaries
2024 · Film
Produced
Missing
2024 · Film
Produced
The Village
2023 · Film
Produced
The Moon
2023 · Film
Produced
Grandson of a Monster
2023 · Film
Produced
The Journalist
2022 · TV
Produced
A Family
2021 · Film
Produced
Intolerance
2021 · Film
Produced
Hito to shigoto
2021 · Film
Produced
MOTHER
2020 · Film
Produced
The Journalist
2019 · Film
Produced
Junichi
2019 · TV
Produced
From Miyamoto to You
2019 · Film
Produced
i -Documentary of the Journalist-
2019 · Film
Produced
Come On Irene
2018 · Film
Produced
Life and Death on the Shore
2017 · Film
Produced
Our Homeland
2012 · Film
Produced
YOYOCHU in the Land of the Rising Sex
2011 · Film
Produced
- 2026
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2026
Distributed
- 2016
The Salesman
2016
Distributed
- 2013
The Past
2013
Distributed
25 titles across 16 years, averaging 1.6 a year. The last five years hold at 2.0 a year. 2 of those 16 years carry no credit on file. 25 titles between 1997 and 2026, most in 2019 (4). 10 in the last five years shown, against 10 in the five before.
Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 7.4 across 6 titles. The 9 titles since 2017 average 6.9, 0.5 below their 7.3 overall. 4 of 13 rated titles sit above their 7.3 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up. 13 titles rated on IMDb between 1997 and 2026, averaging 6.4 weighted by votes. Highest: The Past (2013) at 7.7; lowest: The Village (2023) at 5.4.
Who they work with
- Takehiko Minato2
- Drama9 of 14
- Thriller3 of 14
- Documentary2 of 14
- Romance2 of 14
Names appearing on two or more of Star Sands’s produced titles, across the 14 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 Star Sands on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.
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