Direction: Tatsuo Satō
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Tatsuo Satō. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 17
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Cat Soup is an extremely difficult film to describe, due to its awesome surrealism and almost nonexistant dialogue. It is more a work of art than an anime. There are many underlying themes, such as the transcience of man's existence,...
6.7
695 votes
6.7
695 votes
Soar High! Isami (TV Series)
1995 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Gisaburô Sugii · Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Isami Hanaoka is just a fifth grader who happens to be a descendant of the Shinsengumi. Together with fellow descendants and classmates Soshi Yukimi and Toshi Tsukikage, she discovers in the basement of her home, strange artifacts left behind by...
6.7
98 votes
6.7
98 votes
Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed (TV Series)
2008 · Series · 20 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō · Katsushi Sakurabi · Tatsuyuki Nagai · Tsutomu Yabuki
Synopsis TV Series (2008). 12 Episodes. Fumika and Kanaka are mail carriers- but not the typical kind. For one, Kanaka is a talking staff and for two, Fumika delivers shigofumi: letters from the dead addressed to the living. These letters are...
6.6
58 votes
6.6
58 votes
Ninja Scroll: The Series (TV Series)
2003 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Fourteen years after defeating the immortal warrior Himuro Genma and thwarting the Shogun of the Dark's evil plans, Kibagami Jubei continues to roam all over Japan as a masterless swordsman. During his journey, he meets Shigure, a priestess who has...
6.4
891 votes
6.4
891 votes
Martian Successor Nadesico (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 22 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Akito doesn't want to fight. Despite a childhood spent on the anime Gekiganger 3, a Mecha show, he'd rather cook than pilot a Mecha. Fate intervenes when his home on Mars is destroyed, and he is transported instantly to the...
6.3
21 votes
6.3
21 votes
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis TV Series (2023). 24 Episodes.Three months have passed since the Demon Lord was struck down, and the Demon Realm is holding a tournament to select his replacement. The leading contestant is Helck, a human hero who claims to hate his...
5.7
27 votes
5.7
27 votes
Lord Marksman and Vanadis (TV Series)
2014 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis TV Series (2014). 13 Episodes. In times of war, set in Western Europe, Eleonora Viltaria, one of the seven Vanadis of Zhcted, leads the war into Brune. There are actually seven Vanadis, named like this because they each received a...
5.7
48 votes
5.7
48 votes
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
1998 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Three years have passed since the end of the "Martian Successor Nadesico" series and the war with the Jovians has ended. Ruri has become captain of the Nadesico B and both Akito and Yurika have died along with many other...
5.0
24 votes
5.0
24 votes
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne: Kamogawa Days
2012 · Movie · 44 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō · Toshimasa Suzuki
Synopsis An intermezzo between the two halves of Rinne No Lagrange, showing the main characters going about their lives after they've separated. Madoka returns to Kamogawa and continues with her Jersey Club activities in the new school year. Lan and Muginami...
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Atom The Beginning (TV Series)
2017 · Series · 22 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō · Katsuyuki Motohiro
Synopsis In Japan after a great calamity, there were two geniuses who dreamed of the future. One was Umatarô Tenma. The other was Hiroshi Ochanomizu. The two labored day and night in robot research — Tenma to create a "god," and...
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Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (TV Series)
2001 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō · Hiroyuki Tanaka · Kiyoshi Egami · Sôichi Masui
Synopsis TV Series (2001). 26 Episodes. The day after an apparent alien invasion of Tokyo is repelled by a mysterious being, middle schooler Murata Hajime discovers that his small town holds a strange secret when he witnesses transfer student Subaru Muryou...
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Bodacious Space Pirates (TV Series)
2012 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Marika is a first year high school student living in a far away galaxy known as Uminoakeboshi. One day she finds out that her recently deceased father was once the captain of the space pirate ship called the "Bentenmaru". More...
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Soar High! Isami (TV Series)
1995 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō · Gisaburô Sugii · Kiyoshi Fukumoto · Ken'ichirô Watanabe
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Licca-chan no Nichiyoubi (S)
1992 · Movie · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Licca and Izumi has been asked to babysit Izumi's relatives, Aki and Tomo. Izumi is more focused on baking cookies, leaving Licca to fend for herself with a distrustful Aki and an unsure Tomo. Sequel of "Licca-Chan and her Amazing...
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Stellvia (TV Series)
2003 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō · Shigeru Ueda · Naoyoshi Kusaka · Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
Synopsis In 2167, a supernova explosion engulfed the Earth with a wave of electromagnetic energy, turning the sky green and causing countless disasters. After recovering from that first wave, humanity started putting up defenses to protect itself, and by the year...
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Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace
2014 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō
Synopsis Katou Marika, a third year student at Hakuho Girls' Academy, is a legitimate space pirate with a Letter of Marque. Between her studies, leading her school's space yacht club, working part time at Cafe Lamp, and being the captain of...
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TASUKETSU -Fate of the Majority-
2024 · Series · 22 min. · Japan
Direction Tatsuo Satō · Tōru Hamazaki
Synopsis TV Series (2024 - 2025). 24 Episodes. A group of five people in a world where people have suddenly disappeared. A mysterious self-proclaimed "Emperor" gathers five people together through anonymous messages and has them participate in a game. Participants answer...
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