Direction: Kazuyoshi Katayama
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Freedom (TV Miniseries)
2007 · Series · 300 min. · Japan
Direction Shuhei Morita · Hiroaki Ando · Hirotaka Endo · Hitoyuki Matsui
Plot In the year 2041, mankind created their first space colony on the moon. But after a freak cataclysm devastated human civilisation on Earth, the republic of the moon built a...
6.6
824 votes
6.6
824 votes
The Big O (TV Series)
1999 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot Paradigm City is a place without a past. 40 years ago, something happened that wiped the memories of everyone in it. Unfortunately, the people of Paradigm City were very busy...
6.4
22 votes
6.4
22 votes
Appleseed
1988 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot Officer Deunan Knute and her cyborg partner Briaros Hecatonchires must prevent terrorists from gaining control of the Olympus city computer and causing massive chaos. As they fight to stop the...
6.1
689 votes
6.1
689 votes
Doomed Megalopolis
1991 · Movie · 190 min. · Japan
Direction Rintaro · Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot When an evil wizard bent on conquering the "greatest city on earth" uses dark powers to awaken a demon, Masakato, the "guardian" of Tokyo, four heroes must stand against him.
5.7
179 votes
5.7
179 votes
King of Thorn
2009 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot A virus begins to grip the Earth's population and a group of hopeful survivors are cryogenically frozen in attempt to find a cure. But when the group awakens they are...
5.6
1K votes
5.6
1K votes
Magical Idol Pastel Yumi (TV Series)
1986 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Yutaka Kagawa · Akira Sugino · Ryo Tachiba · Mitsuru Hongo
Plot Tv series. 25 episodes. Yumi is a little girl who loves flowers. She is presented with a flower award on the festival of flowers and is given a magic-wand that...
5.2
33 votes
5.2
33 votes
Magical Emi, the Magic Star (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Ryo Tachiba · Noriyasu Kogawa · Tomomi Mochizuki · Fumihiko Takayama
Plot TV Series. 38 episodes, 2 OVAs. Mai is a little girl who idolizes Emily Howell, a famous magician. She is given a magic bracelet to transform into Magical Emi when...
5.2
79 votes
5.2
79 votes
Maris the Chojo
1986 · Movie · 45 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot As a Thanatos-born alien, Maris is extremely strong. Normally she wears restraints to limit her. Yet she is still able to damage her surroundings. And with the repair bills piling...
5.0
26 votes
5.0
26 votes
Ragnarok (S)
2015 · Movie · 8 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot The Japanese representative robot, demonstrated at the venue of the International Giant Robot Exhibition in Odaiba, goes out of control due to an unknown cause and destroys buildings around the...
4.5
21 votes
4.5
21 votes
Argento Soma (TV Series)
2000 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot In the year 2059, the earth has been plagued by aliens for several years. In an effort to learn more about these aliens, Dr. Noguchi and his assistants Maki Agata...
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Ninja Robot Tobikage (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Masami Anô · Hiroshi Amami · Masami Hayashi · Takashi Akimoto
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Sentimental Journey (TV Series)
1998 · Series · 20 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot Sentimental Journey is a collection of twelve short stories about twelve different girls. Though unrelated, there is one common theme that binds the episodes together: each girl's bittersweet experience of...
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Persia, the Magic Fairy (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Annô · Kazuyoshi Katayama · Ryo Tachiba · Harumi Tamano
Plot TV Series (1984 - 1985). 48 Episodes. 11-year old Persia is an energetic, caring, loyal and happy young girl who has grown up alongside the animals on the Serengeti plains...
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Super Atragon
1995 · Movie · min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot In 1932, the Japanese Army investigates a mysterious meteorite crash in Manchuria, and discovers a strange material that produces a previously unknown kind of energy. The mineral is later used...
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Those Who Hunt Elves (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama
Plot An actor, a martial artist, a gun-crazy high school student, and their tank are transported from earth to a world of elves and magic. However, the spell to return them...
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