The Best Masaya Katô Movies, Ranked
43 credits from 1989 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Bad City (2023) comes out on top with a score of 71. The biggest box office hit is Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny (2023) with $36.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Masaya Katô Box Office Hits
Masaya Katô's films have made $86.2M worldwide in total. Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny (2023) is the biggest hit at $36.3M, ahead of Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022) ($35M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny 2023 · War $36.3M - 2
Kingdom 2: Far and Away 2022 · War $35M - 3
Terra Formars 2016 · Action $5.55M - 4
Samurai Resurrection 2003 · Sci-Fi $4.5M - 5
Sanada 10 Braves 2016 · Action $4.01M - 6
Ultraman Blazar The Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown 2024 · Sci-Fi $488K - 7
Good Advice 2001 · Romance $476K - 8
Fighter in the Wind 2004 · Drama $1.52K - 9
Nobody 1994 · Drama $488 $488 dom.
The Best Masaya Katô Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Masaya Katô has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 10 films, and Bad City (2023) is the pick of them.
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Action 10 films Bad City 2023 · as Hirayama Movie Echo Score: 71 - Drama 4 films Fighter in the Wind 2004 · as Kato
- Romance 4 films Good Advice 2001 · as Japanese Trader
- Sci-Fi 2 films Samurai Resurrection 2003 · as Araki Mataemon
- War 2 films Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny 2023 · as Shi Shi (Si Shi)
The Best Masaya Katô Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Masaya Katô's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Masaya Katô Movies
The most recent films Masaya Katô is credited on, newest first — starting with Inheritance Detective (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Inheritance Detective 2025 · Kengo Jidori - Ultraman Blazar The Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown 2024 · Retsu Haruno (flashback)
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Let’s Go Karaoke! 2023 · Akira Tanaka - Bad City 2023 · Hirayama
- Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny 2023 · Shi Shi (Si Shi)
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Ultraman Blazar 2023 · Retsu Haruno - Kingdom 2: Far and Away 2022 · Si Shi
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous 2020 · Naoya Arashiyama -
The Nikaidos’ Fall 2019 · Tatsuya Nikaido -
HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky 2017 · Ryuichiro Katsunari -
The Blue Hearts 2017 · (segment “Be Kind To Others”) -
RE:BORN 2016 · Defence Force Commander
The Best Masaya Katô Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Masaya Katô films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Masaya Katô movie?
Bad City (2023) is the best-rated Masaya Katô film, with a Movie Echo Score of 71. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Bad City: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Masaya Katô movie?
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny (2023) made the most at the box office, with $36.3M worldwide, followed by Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022) with $35M. Together, Masaya Katô's films with box office figures have made $86.2M.
What is the best Masaya Katô action movie?
Bad City (2023) is the best-rated of Masaya Katô's action films, with a score of 71. In other genres: Fighter in the Wind (drama), Good Advice (romance) and Samurai Resurrection (sci-fi).
What is the newest Masaya Katô movie?
The newest film on Masaya Katô's filmography is Inheritance Detective (2025), with Masaya Katô as Kengo Jidori.
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