Production CompanyDistributionTelevision

WOWOW

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Distribution · Television
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websitewowow.co.jp
Social
FacebookYouTubeX
Phone+81 3 4330 8111
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.4IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

87 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%

132 wins from 335 nominations across all awards

Box office
$442,631

Combined US gross, 4 of 199 titles

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Highest rated
Kino's Journey
2003
8.33,462 votes
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Lowest rated
Tell It Like a Woman
2022
3.7853 votes
Mostly
drama, animation, action
Active
1996–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Best known for
Battle Royale

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 127 of 199 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
104119 seasons

1994–2026

Television rating
8.6IMDb

Their films average 7.2, so the television rates 1.4 higher.

Networks
  • WOWOW Prime32
  • Tokyo MX6
  • BS112
  • AT-X2
  • Nippon TV2
  • TV Tokyo1

Across 48 series matched to TMDB, 1,905 episodes. 7 still returning or in production.

Longest runningGrey's Anatomy · 23 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 426

99 films · 100 TV titles

Titles per year200 titles · busiest 2022 with 19

200 titles across 30 years, averaging 6.7 a year. The last five years average 12.0 a year, above their long-run rate. 2 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time88 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.4200020102020

Their 1990s work is their strongest, averaging 9.2 across 5 titles. The 38 titles since 2017 average 7.5, 0.7 below their 8.2 overall. 2 of 88 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
  • Takahisa Zeze4
  • Takashi Miike3
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa3
  • Shunji Iwai2
  • Mika Ninagawa2
Writers
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa3
  • Sachiko Tanaka3
  • Masato Katô3
  • Kankurô Kudô3
  • Tow Ubukata2
Notable cast
  • Jun'ichi Okada5
  • Kasumi Arimura4
  • Hayato Isomura4
  • Yôsuke Eguchi4
  • Satoshi Tsumabuki4
Genres
  • Drama79 of 127
  • Animation27 of 127
  • Action26 of 127
  • Crime20 of 127
  • Comedy16 of 127

Names appearing on two or more of WOWOW’s produced titles, across the 127 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 WOWOW on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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