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Masataka Takamaru

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Masataka Takamaru is known for Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005), Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003) and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (2013).
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    • Known for

    Shigeki Hosokawa and Rakuto Tochihara in Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005)
    Kamen Rider Hibiki
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003)
    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (2013)
    Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Strawberry Night (2012)
    Strawberry Night
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Zettai reido: Mikaiketsu jiken tokumei sôsa (2010)
      Zettai reido: Mikaiketsu jiken tokumei sôsa
      6.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Promise of death (2021)
      Promise of death
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Hope: Kitai Zero no Shin'nyu Shain (2016)
      Hope: Kitai Zero no Shin'nyu Shain
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Ramen Daisuki Koizumi San (2016)
      Ramen Daisuki Koizumi San
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2016
    • The God of Risk (2015)
      The God of Risk
      5.7
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2015
    • The Ambassador's Chef (2015)
      The Ambassador's Chef
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Out Burn: Marubo no onnna deka Yagami Eiko (2014)
      Out Burn: Marubo no onnna deka Yagami Eiko
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Dakishimetai! Forever (2013)
      Dakishimetai! Forever
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain (2013)
      Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Strawberry Night (2012)
      Strawberry Night
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Furusato musume no tabidachi
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Yûko Takeuchi in Strawberry Night (2010)
      Strawberry Night
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Emergency Room 24 Hours (1999)
      Emergency Room 24 Hours
      7.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Kyûmei byôtô 24ji: Kyûmeii Kojima Kaede
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2009

    Director

    • Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Kessaku Fukkatsu-hen (2015)
      Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Kessaku Fukkatsu-hen
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: 2014 Haru no tokubetsu hen (2014)
      Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: 2014 Haru no tokubetsu hen
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (2013)
      Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Haruna Yabuki and Hiroshi Neko in Mama no Bishojo Iryushon (2007)
      Bishojo Celebrity Panchanne: The Wife is a Superheroine!
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Shigeki Hosokawa and Rakuto Tochihara in Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005)
      Kamen Rider Hibiki
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003)
      Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Okâsan to issho
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Narita rikon (1997)
      Narita rikon
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Sore ga kotae da! (1997)
      Sore ga kotae da!
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Hitotsu yane no shita 2
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Fuyu no tokubetsu-hen
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • assistant director (segments "I Can Hear Your Heart", "War of Words")
      • 1994
    • The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (1991)
      The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
      6.0
      • assistant director
      • 1991

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