Soundtrack: Naoki Sato

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Naoki Sato. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


Eureka Seven Psalms of Planets (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Tomoki Kyôda · Kazuya Murata · Masayuki Miyaji · Ikuro Sato

Plot Renton Thurston is a 14-year-old boy who lived with his mechanic grandfather in a backwater town. Every day he dreamed of being with the mercenary "Light Finding Operation (LFO)" aircraft...

7.3

340 votes

7.3

340 votes

7.2

69 votes

Sword of the Stranger

2007 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiro Andô

Plot Set in Feudal Japan (Warring States period of the Muromachi era) like Inu-Yasha, the "samurai spirits" anime involves the unlikely partnership of a nameless man and and boy he was...

7.2

3K votes

7.2

3K votes

Always: Sunset on Third Street

2005 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Yamazaki

Cast Maki Horikita · Hidetaka Yoshioka · Shin'ichi Tsutsumi · Koyuki

Plot Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto...

7.2

143 votes

7.2

143 votes

The Eternal Zero

2013 · Movie · 144 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Yamazaki

Cast Junichi Okada · Min Tanaka · Haruma Miura · Mao Inoue

Plot A young man Kentaro Saeki (Haruma Miura) keeps failing his bar test and does not know what to do any more. His older sister Keiko is a freelance writer. Kentaro...

7.1

190 votes

7.1

190 votes

Tales of Agriculture (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Yuichiro Yano

Plot TV Series (2007). 11 episodes. College student Tadayasu Sawaki has a unique ability. He can see and communicate with bacteria and other microorganisms. Hijinks ensue. Sawaki Souemon Tadayasu is a...

7.0

63 votes

7.0

63 votes

Assassination Classroom (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Seiji Kishi

Plot TV Series (2015). 22 Episodes. One day, the moon exploded, leaving it in a perpetual crescent-moon shape. The creature who claims responsibility for the destruction also claims it will destroy...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Kisaragi

2007 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

6.9

71 votes

6.9

71 votes

Godzilla: Minus One

2023 · Movie · 125 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Yamazaki

Cast Ryunosuke Kamiki · Minami Hamabe · Yûki Yamada · Munetaka Aoki

Plot Japan, devastated after the end of World War II, enters into crisis after the appearance of an atomic monster.

6.7

8K votes

6.7

8K votes

Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyôto Fire

2014 · Movie · 139 min. · Japan

Direction Keishi Ohtomo

Cast Takeru Satō · Emi Takei · Tatsuya Fujiwara · Kaito Oyagi

Plot Following the events recounted in Rurouni Kenshin, Kenshin Himura lives in retirement, true to his oath to never wield his sword again. But the appearance of a mysterious villain threatening...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

X (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Plot It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends,...

6.6

299 votes

6.6

299 votes

Black Belt

2007 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Shunichi Nagasaki

Cast Akihito Yagi · Tatsuya Naka · Yuji Suzuki · Kenji Anan

Plot It is the early 1930s and Japan has annexed the Manchurian region of northern China. Its imperialist ambitions have been unleashed, and storm clouds are slowly forming. On the southern...

6.6

355 votes

6.6

355 votes

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends

2014 · Movie · 135 min. · Japan

Direction Keishi Ohtomo

Cast Takeru Satō · Emi Takei · Tatsuya Fujiwara · Yû Aoi

Plot The duel between Kenshin Himura and the evil Shishio Makoto is still unresolved. The conflict between the two warriors will decide Japan’s destiny, and bring the memorable film adaptation of...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

Rurouni Kenshin Live Action

2012 · Movie · 134 min. · Japan

Direction Keishi Ohtomo

Cast Takeru Satō · Emi Takei · Yû Aoi · Teruyuki Kagawa

Plot Kenshin Himura was an assassin for the Imperial side during the war that ended the Shogunate and installed the Meiji government. After killing countless people, he made a vow to...

6.4

4K votes

6.4

4K votes

Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning

2021 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan

Direction Keishi Ohtomo

Cast Takeru Satō · Kasumi Arimura · Issey Takahashi · Yôsuke Eguchi

Plot Kenshin Himura goes up against a mysterious weapons dealer named Enishi Yukishiro. He controls the underworld of China. The secret of Kenshin Himura's "Jujishou" is also revealed.

6.4

941 votes

6.4

941 votes

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

2008 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan

Direction Shimako Sato

Cast Takeshi Kaneshiro · Tôru Nakamura · Takako Matsu · Kyusaku Shimada

Plot Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim. Set in an alternate world where ninety percent of Japan’s wealth is controlled...

6.2

66 votes

6.2

66 votes

Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final

2021 · Movie · 138 min. · Japan

Direction Keishi Ohtomo

Cast Takeru Satō · Emi Takei · Mackenyu Arata · Yôsuke Eguchi

Plot Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh) is a legendary swordsman. After the Meiji Restoration, he has stopped killing with the sword. He tries to live a peaceful life with Kaoru Kamiya who...

6.2

852 votes

6.2

852 votes

Direction Tomoki Kyôda

Plot Renton, son of scientists, and Eureka, a girl who can't live under the sun, are raised together when very young and become very attached to each other. One day, Eureka...

6.2

67 votes

6.2

67 votes

Heroic Age (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Toshimasa Suzuki

Plot Answering the call of the “Gold Race”, all the sentient races launch into space. The human race is the last to launch, and are thus known as the “Iron Race”....

6.2

51 votes

6.2

51 votes