- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 5.81
- Peak run
- 2002’08
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Ryūhei by the numbers
Average
5.81
13 rated films
Vote weighted
5.82
bigger films count more
Median
6.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
29y
1997 to 2025
Total votes
181K
across every film
Best
6.7
Azumi
Worst
4.7
The Doorman
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | Labyrinth | · | 34 |
| 2022 | The Price We Pay | 4.9 | 4,976 |
| 2020 |  The Doorman | 4.7 | 9,422 |
| 2018 |  Nightmare Cinema | 5.5 | 5,711 |
| 2017 |  Downrange | 5.5 | 7,912 |
| 2014 | Lupin the 3rd | 5.5 | 1,906 |
| 2012 |  No One Lives | 6.0 | 27,450 |
| 2008 |  The Midnight Meat Train | 6.0 | 76,259 |
| 2004 |  Godzilla: Final Wars | 6.3 | 11,017 |
| 2003 |  Azumi | 6.7 | 15,575 |
| 2003 | Aragami | 6.6 | 2,386 |
| 2002 | Jam Films | · | 588 |
| 2002 | Sky High | 6.0 | 1,550 |
| 2002 | Alive | 5.5 | 1,527 |
| 2000 |  Versus | 6.3 | 14,275 |
| 1997 | Down to Hell | · | 379 |
Better together?
Ryūhei Kitamura's regulars
- Takumi FuruyaCinematographer · 7 films · 6.23 avg
- Nobuhiko MorinoComposer · 7 films · 6.14 avg
- Aldo ShllakuComposer · 5 films · 5.22 avg
- Matthias SchubertCinematographer · 5 films · 5.15 avg
- Isao KiriyamaWriter · 4 films · 6.13 avg▲+0.20
- Tak SakaguchiDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.13 avg▲+0.29
- Daisuke YanoComposer · 3 films · 5.93 avg
- Ryūichi TakatsuWriter · 2 films · 6.30 avg▲+0.34
- Mataichirô YamamotoWriter · 2 films · 6.10 avg▲+0.14
- Yūdai YamaguchiWriter · 2 films · 5.90 avg▲+0.10
- Hideo SakakiDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.90 avg▼−0.06
- Tsutomu TakahashiWriter · 2 films · 5.75 avg●−0.03
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: Ryūhei Kitamura and Takumi Furuya movies · Ryūhei Kitamura and Nobuhiko Morino movies · Ryūhei Kitamura and Aldo Shllaku movies · Ryūhei Kitamura and Matthias Schubert movies
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