Masahiro Motoki’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Masahiro Motoki has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Departures.
Recurring themes

The Emperor's Club
2002
Drama

The Twilight Samurai
2002
Drama · Romance

Closing the Ring
2007
Drama · Romance

The Hidden Blade
2004
Drama · Romance

Cherry Blossoms
2008
Drama · Romance

Everybody's Fine
2009
Drama

Personal Effects
2009
Drama

An Unfinished Life
2005
Drama

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Dir. Yojiro Takita · With Masahiro Motoki, Hirosue Ryoko, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Soon after the break of the pandemic and realizing that his clock is ticking, Kristofer gets the urge to embark on a journey to try to find out what really happened when his Japanese girlfriend mysteriously vanished without a trace from London fifty years earlier.
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur · With Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, Pálmi Kormákur Baltasarsson

Family duty sends a lawman to London to look for his mob-assassin brother as a yakuza war threatens to engulf Tokyo. Trust is even tougher to find.
Dir. Joe Barton · With Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yosuke Kubozuka