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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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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Not rated