Directed credits
59
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Shusuke Kaneko
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 55Directed series: 4All crew credits: 69
TMDB ID: 46366
IMDb ID: nm0437526
Known for: Directing
Born: June 8, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2024
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q2630544
Also known as
Shûsuke Kaneko • Shūsuke Kaneko • Kaneko Shūsuke • Сюсукэ Канэко
Frequent jobs
Director (48)Assistant Director (9)First Assistant Director (1)Series Director (1)Screenplay (6)Writer (3)Producer (1)
Biography
Shusuke Kaneko (born June 8, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. Kaneko began his career at Nikkatsu and would serve as a writer for film and anime. Establishing himself as an up and coming director, Kaneko would win accolades at various film festivals. His film Summer Vacation 1999, would garner him his first award for best director at the Yokohama Film Festival. As a lifelong fan of the original Godzilla films, Kaneko would be chosen as the director for Daiei's revival of the Gamera franchise. Kaneko's work on the Gamera films were met with unprecedented critical acclaim. He would be honored with the Director's Award at the 17th Yokohama Film Festival for his work on Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. This film would also go on to top Kinema Junpo's best films of the year list and earn Blue Ribbon awards for best Director and Best supporting actress. Kaneko would go on to direct the most successful Godzilla film of the millennium series as well as the live action adaptations of Death Note. Kaneko has also contributed to various documentaries on kaiju films, particularly those of Ishiro Honda, championing their artistry and imagination
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Shusuke Kaneko.
Gold Boy
Director
2024 Movie
When The Rain Falls
Director
2022 Movie
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Director
2021 Movie
Matchmaking Cruise
Director
2017 Movie
Death Note: Genius of the Counterattack
Director
2016 Movie
Scanner
Director
2016 Movie
Danger Dolls
Director
2014 Movie
Jellyfish
Director
2013 Movie
Sacrifice Dilemma: Second Part
Director
2013 Movie
Sacrifice Dilemma: Last Part
Director
2013 Movie
Sacrifice Dilemma
Director
2013 Movie
The Centenarian Clock
Director
2012 Movie
Messiah
Director
2011 Movie
The Idiots
Director
2010 Movie
Pride
Director
2009 Movie
Death Note: The Last Name
Director
2006 Movie
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
Director
2006 Movie
Death Note
Director
2006 Movie
Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth
Director
2005 Movie
Ultra Q Monster Legend: Jun Manjome's Confession
Director
2005 Movie
Azumi 2: Death or Love
Director
2005 Movie
恋に唄えば♪
Director
2002 Movie
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Director
2001 Movie
Crossfire
Director
2000 Movie
Directed Series
Series directed by Shusuke Kaneko.
Kiken na Kankei
Director • 16 eps
2013 Series
Ultraman Max
Director • 6 eps
2005 Series
Holyland
Series Director • 13 eps
2005 Series
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Director • 2 eps
2004 Series
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Shusuke Kaneko.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Director
2001 Movie
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Director
1995 Movie
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Writer
1999 Movie
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
Director
1996 Movie
Death Note: The Last Name
Director
2006 Movie
Death Note
Director
2006 Movie
Azumi 2: Death or Love
Director
2005 Movie
Necronomicon
Director
1993 Movie
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Shusuke Kaneko.
Koichiro Uno's Wet and Swinging
Director
1984 Movie
Death Note
Director
2006 Movie
Death Note: The Last Name
Director
2006 Movie
Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard
Writer
1983 Movie
Azumi 2: Death or Love
Director
2005 Movie
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Director
2001 Movie
Female Teacher Hunting
Assistant Director
1982 Movie
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Writer
1999 Movie
Necronomicon
Director
1993 Movie
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Director
1995 Movie
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
Director
1996 Movie
I'm All Yours
Director
1985 Movie
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Shusuke Kaneko.
Magical Angel Creamy Mami
Writer • 1 eps
1983 Series
Ultraman Max
Director • 6 eps
2005 Series
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Director • 2 eps
2004 Series
Kiken na Kankei
Director • 16 eps
2013 Series
Holyland
Series Director • 13 eps
2005 Series
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Shusuke Kaneko.
Linking Love
Screenplay
2017 Movie
The iDol
Producer
2006 Movie
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Writer
1999 Movie
F
Screenplay
1998 Movie
All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
Screenplay
1991 Movie
Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard
Writer
1983 Movie
Uno Koichiro no nurete manabu
Screenplay
1983 Movie
Seiko no futomomo: Za chiagāru
Screenplay
1982 Movie
Zoom Up: Seiko's Thigh
Screenplay
1982 Movie
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Shusuke Kaneko.
Magical Angel Creamy Mami
Writer • 1 eps
1983 Series
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Shusuke Kaneko.
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - Filmmaker
2019 Movie
Making of Death Note
as Self
2009 Movie
Making of Death Note: The Last Name
as Self
2009 Movie
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
as Himself
2008 Movie
What's a Director?
2006 Movie
Ultra Q Monster Legend: Jun Manjome's Confession
as Self
2005 Movie
Project GMK: The Day Shusuke Kaneko Fought Godzilla
as Himself
2002 Movie
GAMERA 1999
1999 Movie
The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
1995 Movie
The Family Game
as Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)
1983 Movie
Gigolo: A Docu-Drama
as Cameraman's assistant
1982 Movie