Direction: Masaaki Yuasa

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


The Tatami Galaxy (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV Series (2010). 1 Season. 11 Episodes. A second year student from the Kyoto University finds himself entrapped amid a plethora of unsatisfying possibilities to change his life. Accompanied by...

8.0

755 votes

8.0

755 votes

Ping Pong (TV Miniseries)

2014 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV Series (2014). 1 season. 11 episodes. Makoto Tsukimoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Yukata Hoshino (nicknamed Peco) since childhood. They're...

7.9

486 votes

7.9

486 votes

Kaiba (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV series (2008). 12 Episodes. One day a man, Kaiba, wakes up in a broken room. He has no memories, only a pendant with a picture of an unknown woman....

7.6

283 votes

7.6

283 votes

Adventure Time Mini Series: Elements (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · 80 min. · United States

Direction Pendleton Ward · Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV Miniseries (2017). 8 Episodes. Following closely on the heels of the previous mini-series, Elements will follow Finn and Jake's return to the Land of Ooo as they discover what...

7.6

226 votes

7.6

226 votes

Adventure Time with Finn & Jake (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 10 min. · United States

Direction Pendleton Ward · Larry Leichliter · Elizabeth Ito · Nate Cash

Plot TV Series (2010-2018). 10 seasons. 283 episodes. Twelve-year-old Finn, who was found in the woods as a baby by a Dog Family, and his best friend and adopted brother Jake,...

Max

7.5

16K votes

7.5

16K votes

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV Series (2020). 12 Episodes. Midori, Tsubame, and Sayaka are an energetic trio of first-year high school girls who come together in the Eizouken (Video Research Club) to turn their...

7.5

218 votes

7.5

218 votes

Mind Game

2004 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven...

7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

Adventure Time: Food Chain (TV) (S)

2014 · Movie · 11 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot On a field trip to the Candy Kingdom Museum of Natural History, Finn and Jake learn about the Food Chain by becoming the food chain!

Max

7.0

445 votes

7.0

445 votes

Devilman Crybaby (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV Series (2018). 10 Episodes. A demon possesses a boy's dead body to do evil. But after falling in love with a human girl, he has a change of heart....

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Kemonozume (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa · Akitoshi Yokoyama · Atsushi Takahashi · Hiroyuki Tanaka

Plot TV Series (2006). 13 Episodes. A race of cannibal monsters called the Shokujinki exists and it is the job of the Kifuuken, an elite group of beast-hunters, to stop them....

6.9

217 votes

6.9

217 votes

Happy Machine (S)

2007 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot A infant who was happily secured in his own nursery, suddenly discovered that everything about the nursery was fake. Soon the infant was forced out of the nursery, and into...

6.8

105 votes

6.8

105 votes

Genius Party

2007 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

Direction Atsuko Fukushima · Shoji Kawamori · Shinji Kimura · Yoji Fukuyama

Plot There aren’t many creative collectives in the world who’d be justified in calling an omnibus of their short works GENIUS PARTY, but if anyone has that right, it’s Japan’s amazing...

6.7

310 votes

6.7

310 votes

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

2017 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot The story takes place in Kyoto, and follows an upperclassman ("Sempai") who falls in love with his underclassman ("Girl with Black Hair") and tries to get her attention.

Max

6.7

984 votes

6.7

984 votes

Welcome to the Space Show

2010 · Movie · 136 min. · Japan

Direction Kôji Masunari · Masaaki Yuasa

Plot 'Welcome to the Space Show' tells the science-fiction story of children who experience a space-spanning adventure. The story will begin in the countryside during the summer vacation of fifth grader...

6.4

103 votes

6.4

103 votes

Lu Over the Wall

2017 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.

6.2

535 votes

6.2

535 votes

Ride Your Wave

2019 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot Upon entering university, Hinako moves to a coastal town. She loves surfing, and when she's on the waves she's fearless, but still feels uncertain about her future. When a fire...

Max

6.1

652 votes

6.1

652 votes

Kick-Heart (S)

2013 · Movie · 12 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot Kick-Heart is a love story between Romeo, a successful pro-wrestler, and Juliet, a nun who lives a secret double-life as a female pro-wrestler. Romeo's secret is that he enjoys taking...

5.9

214 votes

5.9

214 votes

Japan Sinks: 2020 (TV Miniseries)

2020 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa · Pyeon-Gang Ho

Plot TV Series (2020). 10 Episodes. Japan 2020, just after the Tokyo Olympics.The story centers on the Mutō family, and the siblings Ayumi and Takeshi. The four members of the Mutō...

5.5

550 votes

5.5

550 votes

Anime Rakugo Kan (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Series · 5 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Kobayashi · Yumiko Suda · Masaaki Yuasa

Plot Rakugo is a traditional Japanese live comedy storytelling. This collection of 8 short films features Rakugo performances which stories are presented in animation.

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Not rated

Inu-Oh

2021 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot Inu-Oh was a real-life Sarugaku Noh performer who enjoyed great success in 14th century Japan. Nowadays he is unknown because there are very few documents about his life that have...

Not rated

Not rated