Shinsuke Sato

Shinsuke Sato (佐藤 信介, Satō Shinsuke; born September 16, 1970) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed several live-action film adaptations of manga and anime, including The Princess Blade (2001), Gantz (2011), I Am a Hero (2016), Bleach (2018), Inuyashiki (2018), Kingdom (2019) and its sequels.

Shinsuke Sato
佐藤 信介
Born	(1970-09-16) 16 September 1970 (age 54) Hiba, Hiroshima, Japan
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter

Works

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Tokyo Lullaby	Screenplay
1998	Tadon to chikuwa (segment "Tadon")	Screenplay
2000	Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa	Screenplay
	Sunflower	Screenplay
2001	The Princess Blade	Director, screenplay
2002	Rock'n'Roll Mishin	Screenplay
2003	Seventh Anniversary	Screenplay
2005	Spring Snow	Screenplay
	All About My Dog	Screenplay
2006	Star Reformer	Screenplay
2008	Sand Chronicles	Director, screenplay
2009	Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror	Director
2011	Gantz	Director		[1]
2013	Library Wars	Director		[2]
2014	All-Round Appraiser Q	Director
2015	Library Wars: The Last Mission	Director
2016	I Am a Hero	Director		[3]
	Death Note: Light Up the New World	Director		[4]
2018	Bleach	Director, screenplay		[5]
	Inuyashiki	Director		[6]
2019	Kingdom	Director, screenplay		[7]
2022	Kingdom 2: Far and Away	Director		[8]
2023	Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny	Director		[9]
2024	Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General	Director		[10]
2026	Kingdom 5	Director		[11]
TBA	My Hero Academia	Director	American film	[12]

TV Shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Death Note: New Generation	Director	1 season	[13]
2020–present	Alice in Borderland	Director, screenplay	3 seasons	[14]

Video games

Year	Game	Role
2002	Tekken 4	Character and scenario designer
2005	Red Ninja: End of Honor	Collaboration support