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Hisayasu Satō

Director · 71 credits · 19 in highly-rated films

Best known for Save the Last Dance for Me (1986)

Frequent collaborators: Takahisa Zeze, Bunmei Tobayama

Best Hisayasu Satō movies by genre

Directed movies (56 total, ranked by score)

  1. Save the Last Dance for Me

    1986 · ★ 3.3 (7 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    1

  2. Umagoya no reijô

    1991 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    2

  3. Hana-Dama

    2014 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    3

  4. Rampo Noir

    2005 · ★ 5.7 (33 votes)

    Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

    4

  5. Chikan to nozoki: fujin-ka byôtô

    1994 · ★ 3.0 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    5

  6. Honban: Vibe sekkan

    1992 · ★ 4.7 (3 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    6

  7. The Fetist

    1998 · ★ 6.9 (17 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Horror

    7

  8. Wife Collector

    1985 · ★ 5.4 (7 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Uniform Virgin: The Prey

    1986 · ★ 3.6 (5 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    9

  10. Niizuma kahanshin: Washizukami

    1991 · ★ 6.3 (7 votes)

    Horror

    10

  11. Splatter: Naked Blood

    1996 · ★ 5.8 (75 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    11

  12. Bijin reporter: Boko nama-chukei

    1989 · ★ 4.4 (8 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Horror

    12

  13. Re-Wind

    1988 · ★ 5.9 (17 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    13

  14. Uma to onna to inu

    1990 · ★ 5.8 (16 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    14

  15. Rafureshia

    1995 · ★ 6.1 (13 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    15

  16. Meet Me in the Dream: Wonderland

    1996 · ★ 5.3 (9 votes)

    Fantasy, Drama

    16

  17. Hana-Dama: Phantom

    2016 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Horror

    17

  18. Hitozuma gômon: Sandan-zeme

    1992 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Hitozuma hentai biyoshitsu

    1994 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. Soft Skin

    1998 · ★ 6.4 (9 votes)

    Thriller

    20

  21. Pervert Ward: S&M Clinic

    1989 · ★ 5.1 (15 votes)

    Horror

    21

  22. Dear Kaita Ablaze

    2023

    Drama, Fantasy

    22

  23. Lolita: Vibrator Torture

    1987 · ★ 5.6 (25 votes)

    Crime, Horror

    23

  24. Seifuku nusumi-dori-ma: Gekisha naburu

    1990 · ★ 5.2 (6 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. Muscle

    1989 · ★ 5.7 (11 votes)

    Thriller, Horror, Drama

    25

  26. Shisei: The Tattooer

    2006 · ★ 3.3 (3 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    26

  27. Tokyo Stray Girls

    2010 · ★ 4.5 (10 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. Love Letter in the Sand

    1988 · ★ 5.3 (10 votes)

    Mystery, Drama, Horror

    28

  29. Love − Zero = Infinity

    1994 · ★ 5.0 (12 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    29

  30. Chikan densha: Iyarashii kôi

    1993 · ★ 5.7 (10 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.