- Films
- 67
- Avg rating
- 7.15
- Peak run
- 1961’65
- 7+ run
- 7 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a composer, films with 25+ votes
Masaru by the numbers
Average
7.15
32 rated films
Vote weighted
7.24
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.65
rating spread
Career
50y
1955 to 2004
Total votes
9.61K
across every film
Best
8.4
High and Low
Worst
5.8
The H-Man
Newest first
Filmography
| 2004 |  Godzilla: Final Wars | 7.1 | 386 |
| 2000 |  After the Rain | 7.3 | 104 |
| 1991 | Heat Wave | · | 14 |
| 1989 | Shogun's Shadow | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1988 | The Silk Road | · | 11 |
| 1987 | Tokyo Bordello | · | 9 |
| 1986 | Yakuza Ladies | · | 12 |
| 1986 | Death Shadows | · | 15 |
| 1985 | Tracked | · | 10 |
| 1983 | The Geisha | · | 11 |
| 1982 | Irezumi | · | 13 |
| 1980 | A Distant Cry from Spring | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1980 | Toward the Terra | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1979 | Hunter in the Dark | · | 20 |
| 1977 | The Yellow Handkerchief | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1974 | Violent Streets | · | 23 |
| 1974 |  Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | 6.9 | 306 |
| 1973 | Submersion of Japan | · | 22 |
| 1973 | Stray Dog | · | 7 |
| 1972 | Home from the Sea | · | 9 |
Better together?
Masaru Satō's regulars
- Hideo GoshaComposer · 12 films · 7.26 avg
- Kihachi OkamotoComposer · 11 films · 7.18 avg
- Akira KurosawaComposer · 9 films · 7.84 avg
- Yoji YamadaComposer · 4 films · 7.20 avg
- Jun FukudaComposer · 3 films · 6.53 avg
- Ishirō HondaComposer · 3 films · 5.80 avg
- Seiji MaruyamaComposer · 2 films
- Koreyoshi KuraharaComposer · 2 films
- Hiroshi InagakiComposer · 2 films · 7.15 avg
- Motoyoshi OdaComposer · 2 films · 6.20 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Hideo Gosha and Masaru Satō movies · Kihachi Okamoto and Masaru Satō movies · Akira Kurosawa and Masaru Satō movies · Yoji Yamada and Masaru Satō movies
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