Screenplay: Osamu Tezuka
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Osamu Tezuka. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Doggie March (Woof Woof 47 Ronin)
1963 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan
Direction Daisaku Shirakawa
6.0
46 votes
6.0
46 votes
Don Dracula (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka · Masamune Ochiai
Plot This is a horror comedy in which a Western-style house in Romania is bought and brought to Tokyo, with the inhabitants still inside. They are Don Dracula the vampire, his...
5.8
130 votes
5.8
130 votes
In The Beginning: The Bible Stories (TV Series)
1992 · Series · 28 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Dezaki
5.8
101 votes
5.8
101 votes
Push (S)
1987 · Movie · 4 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot In a convenient world where vending machines offer just about everything, the hero procures whatever he needs from machines on his journey to see the creator. The story is very...
5.8
186 votes
5.8
186 votes
Buddha 2
2014 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Toshiaki Komura
Plot 2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets...
5.8
235 votes
5.8
235 votes
Animated Self-Portraits (S)
1989 · Movie · 8 min. · Canada
Direction David Ehrlich · Jirí Barta · Sally Cruikshank · Borivoj Dovnikovic-Bordo
Plot An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.
5.7
206 votes
5.7
206 votes
Astro Boy (Astroboy)
2009 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
Direction David Bowers
Plot When a scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot child to replace him, however the robot uses it's incredible powers to become a world famous super-hero, and...
5.7
3K votes
5.7
3K votes
Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: The Great Departure
2011 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan
Direction Kōzō Morishita
Plot Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise him as a warrior leader and...
5.6
735 votes
5.6
735 votes
Triton of the Sea (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshiyuki Tomino
Plot TV Series (1972). 27 Episodes. 5000 years ago, the Triton Family was living peacefully in Atlantis until the Poseidon Family destroyed them all. Triton, of the Triton Family line, embarks...
5.6
56 votes
5.6
56 votes
Dororo
2007 · Movie · 135 min. · Japan
Direction Akihiko Shiota
Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki · Kou Shibasaki · Kiichi Nakai · Kumiko Aso
Plot Dororo recounts the particular vendetta Hyakkimaru maintains with the 48 demons that shared most of his body following the satanic pact his own father signed. In his odyssey he will...
5.4
781 votes
5.4
781 votes
Ribbon no Kishi (TV Series)
1967 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Masami Hata · Osamu Tezuka · Yoshiyuki Tomino · Sadao Tsukioka
Plot Princess Sapphire is a princess that has born with a boy's mind and raised as one because of one angel's mistake (kinda mischief) any way there is no way a...
5.4
359 votes
5.4
359 votes
Drop (S)
1965 · Movie · 4 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot A man trapped on a raft in the middle of the ocean is in desperate need of water. Luckily for him, a few drops of rain water are about to...
5.4
183 votes
5.4
183 votes
Janguru taitei (TV Series)
1965 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Eiichi Yamamoto
Plot TV Series (1965-1967). 1 Season. 26 Episodes. In Africa during the mid-20th century: In the face of the encroachment of mankind, a white lion, Panja, seeks to give all wild...
5.3
191 votes
5.3
191 votes
Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) (TV Series)
1980 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka · Satoshi Dezaki · Noboru Ishiguro
Plot Creating a robotic boy in the image of his recently deceased son Tobio, Professor Tenma thought nothing could go wrong now that his beloved child had been "reborn"... that is,...
5.3
308 votes
5.3
308 votes
Adventures of Sinbad
1962 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshio Kuroda · Taiji Yabushita
5.1
163 votes
5.1
163 votes
The Phoenix
1978 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Mieko Takamine · Masao Kusakari · Kaoru Yumi
5.1
96 votes
5.1
96 votes
Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) (TV Series)
2003 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka · Kazuya Konaka · Keiichiro Mochizuki
Plot Astro is a robotic boy that posesses super human powers and an artificial intelligence system that is unparalleled to any robot. His creator, Dr. Tenma, created him to replace his...
4.9
163 votes
4.9
163 votes
The Genesis (S)
1968 · Movie · 4 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot A quick re-telling of the creation of the world. The irrelevent retelling of the first book of the bible. When God created Earth, he created Eve instead of Adam first....
4.8
147 votes
4.8
147 votes
Self Portrait (S)
1988 · Movie · 1 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Tezuka
Plot This extremely brief film was Osamu Tezuka's answer to a challenge presented to the leaders of the international animation community to create animated self-portraits.
4.2
300 votes
4.2
300 votes
Jetter Mars (TV Series)
1977 · Series · 23 min. · Japan
Direction Rintaro
Plot The storyline is set in the year 2015. Two scientist, Dr. Kawashimo and Dr. Yamanoue, have created a robot with advanced capabilities. Dr. Kawashimo created his miraculous artificial intelligence, making...
4.2
84 votes
4.2
84 votes