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

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

5.1

163 votes

5.1

163 votes

The Phoenix

1978 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan

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