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Shusuke Kaneko has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.
2004
Action · Science Fiction

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996 · Movie · Director
Top 13%Prime Video · Included

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
1995 · Movie · Director
Top 14%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 14%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Director · Writer
Netflix · Included
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Chiharu Niiyama, Ryudo Uzaki, Masahiro Kobayashi

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Toshiyuki Nagashima, Miki Mizuno, Tamotsu Ishibashi

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Ai Maeda, Shinobu Nakayama, Aki Maeda
Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto

In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda

Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Aya Ueto, Yuma Ishigaki, Chiaki Kuriyama
H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".
Dir. Christophe Gans, Brian Yuzna, Shusuke Kaneko · With Jeffrey Combs, Tony Azito, Juan Fernández