Screenplay: Osamu Tezuka
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Osamu Tezuka. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Dororo (TV Series)
2019 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Plot TV Series (2019-Present Day). A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks...
7.4
645 votes
7.4
645 votes
Pluto (TV Miniseries)
2023 · Series · 60 min. · Japan
Direction Toshio Kawaguchi
Plot Based off of a story arc from Osamu Tezuka's Tesuwan Atomu, Pluto follows the Europol detective Gesicht as he tries to uncover the mystery behind a string of robot and...
7.4
1K votes
7.4
1K votes
Metropolis
2001 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan
Direction Rintaro
Plot Metropolis is a story of how important emotions are and how they separate humans from everything else. The movie follows a young boy and his uncle (a private investigator). The...
6.9
6K votes
6.9
6K votes
Story of a Certain Street Corner
1962 · Movie · 39 min. · Japan
Direction Eiichi Yamamoto · Yusaku Sakamoto
Plot The sad and happy times of a young girl and her bear doll, a young mouse named Kanku-boya and his family, a sycamore tree, an old lamp post, a hoodlum...
6.8
130 votes
6.8
130 votes
Jumping (S)
1984 · Movie · 7 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot Animated from the point of view of a small child. The viewer is jumping down a suburban street, and progressive jumps are higher and higher. The viewer/child lands in various...
6.6
484 votes
6.6
484 votes
The Fantastic Adventure of Unico
1981 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Toshio Hirata · Osamu Tezuka
Plot Unico the magical Unicorn is born with incredible powers that make people happy. But that angers some very jealous gods. They order the West Wind to cast the tiny Unicorn...
6.6
201 votes
6.6
201 votes
Legend of the Forest
1987 · Movie · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot A tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forrest, fights to defend his home and faces trials...
6.6
98 votes
6.6
98 votes
Unico: In the Magic Island
1983 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Moribi Murano
Plot The lovable Unico the Unicorn still sought after by jealous gods. Is taken to the forest by the West Wind and forgets everything from his earlier fantastic adventure. Unico wonders...
6.5
44 votes
6.5
44 votes
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
1969 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan
Direction Eiichi Yamamoto
6.5
52 votes
6.5
52 votes
Pictures at an Exhibition
1966 · Movie · 39 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot A series of short animated segments, without dialog, explore major characters of modern society, such as the plastic surgeon, the fashion-obsessed woman, the rumor-monger, and others, leading to a concluding...
6.5
100 votes
6.5
100 votes
Black Jack (TV Series)
2004 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Satoshi Kuwahara · Macoto Tezuka
Plot Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases...
6.4
31 votes
6.4
31 votes
Phoenix: Eden17 (TV Series)
2023 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Shôjirô Nishimi
Plot All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven.” According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life,...
6.4
86 votes
6.4
86 votes
Black Jack
1996 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Dezaki
Plot Based on the famous Japanese comic by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a mysterious surgeon of incredible skill. He has no license and will only perform operations for large sums...
6.4
414 votes
6.4
414 votes
Broken Down Film (S)
1985 · Movie · 6 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot A cowboy seeks to rescue, then woo, a damsel in distress. But he is constantly thwarted by the scratches, breaks, and other imperfections present in the film print itself.
6.3
405 votes
6.3
405 votes
Memory (S)
1964 · Movie · 6 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot A series of tips on how to improve one's memory with the use of visual gags.
6.3
158 votes
6.3
158 votes
Phoenix 2772 - Space Firebird
1980 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan
Direction Taku Sugiyama
Plot Phoenix 2772 starts with twelve minutes without dialogue, much like a silent film, recalling the birth and education of Godo. In this brave new world, children are born in test...
6.3
99 votes
6.3
99 votes
Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 22 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka · Rintaro · Eiichi Yamamoto · Gisaburô Sugii
Plot Astro Boy is a science fiction series set in a futuristic world wherein androids co-exist with humans. Its focus is on the adventures of the titular "Astro Boy" (sometimes called...
6.2
160 votes
6.2
160 votes
Mermaid (S)
1964 · Movie · 8 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot In a fictional place where using the imagination is banned, a boy saves a fish, which surprises everyone by turning into a mermaid.
6.2
154 votes
6.2
154 votes
Tezuka Osamu's Jungle Emperor Leo
1997 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshio Takeuchi
Plot Somewhere in East Africa lives a white lion named Leo (Kimba grown up), ruler of the jungle. Leo lives happily with his wife, Riya (Kitty grown up), and their two...
6.2
41 votes
6.2
41 votes
Muramasa (S)
1987 · Movie · 8 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot A wandering samurai finds a straw dummy with a magical sword, which makes him overwhelmingly powerful but begins to drive him mad.
6.1
198 votes
6.1
198 votes