The Best Koichi Sato Movies, Ranked
90 credits from 1981 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Fable (2019) comes out on top with a score of 81. The biggest box office hit is A Ghost of a Chance (2011) with $54.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Koichi Sato Box Office Hits
Koichi Sato's films have made $519M worldwide in total. A Ghost of a Chance (2011) is the biggest hit at $54.1M, ahead of Suite Dreams (2006) ($48.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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A Ghost of a Chance 2011 · Fantasy $54.1M - 2
Suite Dreams 2006 · Comedy $48.1M - 3
Hero 2015 · Comedy $45.6M $88.7K dom. - 4
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny 2023 · War $36.3M - 5
The Magic Hour 2008 · Comedy $36M - 6
Kingdom 2: Far and Away 2022 · War $35M - 7
Hit Me Anyone One More Time 2019 · Drama $32.3M - 8
The Floating Castle 2012 · History $32M - 9
The Kiyosu Conference 2013 · Comedy $28.3M - 10
Dearest 2012 · Drama $26.7M
The Best Koichi Sato Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Koichi Sato has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 40 films, and Fukushima 50 (2020) is the pick of them.
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Drama 40 films Fukushima 50 2020 · as Toshio Izaki Movie Echo Score: 72 -
Comedy 12 films The Fable 2019 · as Boss Movie Echo Score: 81 -
Mystery 6 films 64: Part 2 2016 · as Yoshinobu Mikami -
Action 5 films When the Last Sword Is Drawn 2002 · as Hajime Saito -
Crime 5 films THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill 2021 · as Boss Movie Echo Score: 79 - War 4 films Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny 2023 · as Ryo Fui (Lü Buwei)
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Thriller 4 films Aegis 2005 · as Diasuke Atsumi -
Sci-Fi 3 films Samurai Resurrection 2003 · as Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi -
Horror 3 films Over Your Dead Body 2014
The Best Koichi Sato Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Koichi Sato's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Koichi Sato Movies
The most recent films Koichi Sato is credited on, newest first — starting with The Box Man (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Box Man 2024 · General -
Masked Hearts 2023 · Comedy -
One Last Bloom 2023 · Jinichi Hirooka - Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny 2023 · Ryo Fui (Lü Buwei)
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We’re Broke, My Lord! 2023 · Ikkosai -
Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral 2023 · Window -
Família 2023 · Ryū Komada - Kingdom 2: Far and Away 2022 · Ryo Fui (Lü Buwei)
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20-Year-Old Soul 2022 · Kenichi Takahashi -
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction 2021 · Tomatsu -
The Sun Stands Still 2021 · Takeshi Kazama - THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill 2021 · Boss
The Best Koichi Sato Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Koichi Sato films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Koichi Sato movie?
The Fable (2019) is the best-rated Koichi Sato film, with a Movie Echo Score of 81, ahead of THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill (2021) (79) and Fukushima 50 (2020) (72). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Fable: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Koichi Sato movie?
A Ghost of a Chance (2011) made the most at the box office, with $54.1M worldwide, followed by Suite Dreams (2006) with $48.1M. Together, Koichi Sato's films with box office figures have made $519M.
What is the best Koichi Sato drama movie?
Fukushima 50 (2020) is the best-rated of Koichi Sato's drama films, with a score of 72. In other genres: The Fable (comedy), 64: Part 2 (mystery) and When the Last Sword Is Drawn (action).
What is the newest Koichi Sato movie?
The newest film on Koichi Sato's filmography is The Box Man (2024), with Koichi Sato as General.
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