Nijiro Murakami’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Nijiro Murakami has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning.
Recurring themes

A Promise
2013
Drama · Romance

The Deep Blue Sea
2011
Drama · Romance

Miss Julie
2014
Drama · Romance

Coming Home
2014
Drama · Romance

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019
Drama · Romance

On Chesil Beach
2018
Drama · Romance

By the Sea
2015
Drama · Romance

Wuthering Heights
2011
Drama · Romance

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
Dir. Keishi Otomo · With Takeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Issey Takahashi

High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
Dir. Takashi Miike · With Sota Fukushi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hirona Yamazaki

Aliens replace middle-aged Inuyashiki's body with a combat robot. He uses it to fight high schooler Shishigami, who's using the same power selfishly.
With Fumiyo Kohinata, Nijiro Murakami, Kanata Hongo

On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito suffers from the absence of his father, who moved to Tokyo after his birth, Kyoko must come to grips with her mother’s terminal illness.
Dir. Naomi Kawase · With Nijiro Murakami, Junko Abe, Miyuki Matsuda