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Kaizo Hayashi

Director · 24 credits · 8 in highly-rated films

Best known for Mahjong (1996)

Directed movies (19 total, ranked by score)

  1. Miroku

    2013

    Drama

    1

  2. Detective Office 5

    2005

    Crime

    2

  3. The Most Terrible Time in My Life

    1994 · ★ 7.5 (13 votes)

    Drama, Action, Crime

    3

  4. The Trap

    1996 · ★ 6.8 (11 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Mystery

    4

  5. To Sleep So as to Dream

    1986 · ★ 6.6 (14 votes)

    Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy

    5

  6. The Stairway to the Distant Past

    1995 · ★ 7.2 (9 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    6

  7. The Breath

    1995 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Mystery

    7

  8. Time Limit

    2003 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, TV Movie

    8

  9. The Legend of Zipang

    1990 · ★ 5.8 (12 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Fantasy

    9

  10. Circus Boys

    1989 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Figaro Story

    1993 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. BOLT

    2019

    Drama, Fantasy

    12

  13. The Code

    2009 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Cat's Eye

    1997 · ★ 4.0 (13 votes)

    Action, Comedy

    14

  15. Born to Be Baby

    1997

    Documentary

    15

  16. Asian Beat: Love from Temasek

    1991

    16

  17. ΦIDEA

    1988

    Documentary

    17

  18. Lost Angeles

    2000

    Drama

    18

  19. Black Lizard

    2019

    Mystery

    19

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