Direction: Shimako Sato

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


K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

2008 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan

Direction Shimako Sato

Cast Takeshi Kaneshiro · Tôru Nakamura · Takako Matsu · Kyusaku Shimada

Synopsis Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim. Set in an alternate world where ninety percent of Japan’s wealth is controlled by a small sliver of the aristocracy, the Fiend is...

6.2

66 votes

6.2

66 votes

Tale of a Vampire

1992 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shimako Sato

Cast Julian Sands · Suzanna Hamilton · Kenneth Cranham · Marian Diamond

Synopsis Alex [Julian Sands] is a vampire but he drinks only the blood of animals. Anne Baker [Suzanna Hamilton] has just suffered the death of her boyfriend. Anne and Alex have never crossed each other paths until a mysterious man in...

5.6

34 votes

5.6

34 votes

Unfair the End

2015 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

Direction Shimako Sato

Cast Ryoko Shinohara · Koichi Sato · Kento Nagayama · Sadao Abe

Synopsis Single mother and tenacious detective Ryoko Shinohara returns for the final instalment of the ‘Unfair’ franchise.

Not rated

Not rated

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness

1995 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

Direction Shimako Sato

Cast Kimika Yoshino · Miho Kanno · Shu-Ma · Naozumi Takahashi

Synopsis Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force. Trying to figure out who's behind the supernatural attack, Misa also has to deal with assumptions by her...

Not rated

Not rated

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

Eko Eko Zarak II: Birth of the Wizard

1996 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

Direction Shimako Sato

Cast Kimika Yoshino · Wataru Shihôdô · Chieko Shiratori · Akira Otani

Synopsis Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to 'Wizard of Darkness' to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous, or at least before she realized she was a witch. 'Birth of the Wizard' begins in Meiji-era Japan, in a village of...

Not rated

Not rated

Direction Masahiro Hisano · Shimako Sato · Takashi Yamazaki

Cast Hisashi Yoshizawa · Jun Kaname · Emi Wakui · Toru Emori

Synopsis Masaki Nishine is a high school student studying for college entrance examinations. One day, while walking through the campus of a nearby H University's School of Veterinarian Science with his best friend Akio Nikaido, he comes across a little puppy...

Not rated

Not rated