Direction: Kunihiko Yuyama

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning

1996 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot It's been several years and Kyosuke Kasuga is now 19. A mysterious phone call warns him of oncoming cars but he doesn't listen. Ironically, he gets hit by a car...

6.8

59 votes

6.8

59 votes

Legend of the Swordmaster Yaiba (TV Series)

1993 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Norihiko Sudo · Akitaro Daichi · Eiichi Sato · Issei Kume

Plot Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: He wants to be a samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his...

6.7

436 votes

6.7

436 votes

Pokémon XY&Z (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama · Tetsuo Yajima · Atsuhiro Tomioka · Shikichi Ohashi

Plot TV Series (2013-2015). 47 Episodes. Continuation of "Pokemon XY"

6.7

102 votes

6.7

102 votes

Rudolf the Black Cat

2016 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Motonori Sakakibara · Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Rudolf, a black stray cat, is suddenly separated from his beloved master. He unexpectedly wakes up in a long-distance truck that takes him to metropolis Tokyo. There, he meets Ippai-attena,...

5.8

407 votes

5.8

407 votes

Fantastic Adventure Of Yohko: Leda

1985 · Movie · 70 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Yoko Asagiri is in love, but is afraid to confess her feelings so she writes a song to express her feelings. Much to her dismay, the love song she wrote...

5.8

30 votes

5.8

30 votes

Windaria

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot As two countries wage war, a great valley is doomed for destruction. In an effort to save his home, Alan agrees to be a message carrier. In the process he...

5.8

28 votes

5.8

28 votes

Pokémon Chronicles (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama · Hirohito Ochi

Plot Various adventures of Trainers in the amazing world Pokémon.

5.7

49 votes

5.7

49 votes

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

2007 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot In the prologue, a scientist named Tonio is reading a diary which belonged to a famous architect named Godey, his great-grandfather, indicating that two Pokémon between their dimension are fighting,...

5.6

520 votes

5.6

520 votes

Pokémon: Adventures in Orange Islands (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands is the second season of the Pokémon anime, and the second season of the original series. It features 36 episodes of Ash Ketchum and...

5.6

259 votes

5.6

259 votes

Josephina the Whale (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

5.5

21 votes

5.5

21 votes

Pokemon Movie 8: Lucario and The Mystery of Mew

2005 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot In the town of Lohta, a festival is thrown praising "Aaron the Wave Leader Hero" who, according to the legend passed down through the town's generations, stopped a war centuries...

5.5

704 votes

5.5

704 votes

Wedding Peach (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Young teenager Momoko Hanasaki is given the power to turn into Wedding Peach, a battle angel charged with protecting love, as well as the Four Sacred Somethings; Four items that...

5.5

26 votes

5.5

26 votes

A Ripple in Time (S)

2022 · Movie · 6 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot It starts with Ash and Pikachu fighting a Cubone. During the battle, Pikachu’s Thunderbolt accidentally hits a spectating Celebi. A collaboration between the Pokemon franchise and contemporary artist Daniel Arshem.

5.5

41 votes

5.5

41 votes

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

2017 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town is 10 years old today. This means he is now old enough to become a Pokémon Trainer. Ash dreams big about the adventures he will...

5.5

959 votes

5.5

959 votes

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

2009 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Thousands of years in the past, the legendary Alpha Pokémon Arceus came to Earth to retrieve the "Jewel of Life" that it had loaned to a man named Damos. Damos...

5.3

490 votes

5.3

490 votes

5.2

57 votes

Pokémon 11: Giratina and the Sky Warrior

2008 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot The Reverse World is a world that accepts pollution from the Real World in the form of poison so that the environmental balance of the Real World isn't destroyed by...

5.2

544 votes

5.2

544 votes

Pokémon Heroes

2002 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Ash, Pikachu and the rest of the Pokemon gang try and stop a pair of thieves hiding out in the canals and alleyways of Alto Mare, the water capital of...

5.2

773 votes

5.2

773 votes

Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

2006 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Our heroes must protect the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, from the evil pirate Phantom, and return the young Pokémon to the Sea Temple with the help of the the...

5.1

427 votes

5.1

427 votes

Pokémon XY (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama · Daiki Tomiyasu · Shigeru Ueda · Yorifusa Yamaguchi

Plot TV Series (2013-2015). 92 Episodes. Ash Ketchum continues his journey on to the Kalos region, and makes new friends such as Serena a childhood friend he known since he was...

5.1

159 votes

5.1

159 votes