Director

Yoshiharu Satou

12 works · Active 1983–2025 · Avg score 64/100

Yoshiharu Satou has been directing since 1983, building a 12-title body of work with a community-average of 64/100. Their voice is most often heard in Slice of Life, Drama, Adventure, with My Neighbor Totoro as a defining piece.

Signature works

• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Only Yesterday (1991)
• Blue Orchestra (2023)
• Dog of Flanders (1997)
• Lupin the 3rd: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)
• Katri (1984)

Trademarks

Filmography

2020s

• 2025 — Whereabouts of Tomorrow: Ashita no Arika · ONA
• 2023 — Blue Orchestra · TV

2010s

• 2017 — Oyako wa Tsudzuku yo · ONA
• 2015 — Sindbad: The Flying Princess and the Secret Island · MOVIE
• 2014 — Oyaji no, Imo no Kamisama. · SPECIAL
• 2011 — Lupin the 3rd: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid · SPECIAL
• 2010 — Mahou Tsukai Haley no Speed Story · MOVIE

1990s

• 1997 — Dog of Flanders · MOVIE
• 1991 — Only Yesterday · MOVIE

1980s

• 1988 — My Neighbor Totoro · MOVIE
• 1984 — Katri · TV
• 1983 — Alps Stories: My Annette · TV