Biography

Takuma Sato is a Japanese film director from Akita, Japan. After graduating from high school in northern Japan, he entered a university in Tokyo and started to follow filmmaking classes. He completed the New Creator Workshop (NCW) Creator Advanced Course in 2012 and later joined Bunbuku, the production company and collective founded by Hirokazu Kore-eda. His 2014 independent film Don't Say that Word based on his experiences in the soccer club of his high school in Akita won the Film Fan Award and the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival PFF Awards. He subsequently directed several short films. Set again in Akita, his first nationally-distributed film Any Crybabies Around? won the Best Cinematography Award in Competition at the 68th San Sebastian International Film Festival.

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View The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

2023Series
7.6
View Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking
Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking

Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking

2025Series0
View Any Crybabies Around?
Any Crybabies Around?

Any Crybabies Around?

2020Film
5.2
View Sticks and Stones
Sticks and Stones

Sticks and Stones

2019Film0
View Don't Say that Word
Don't Say that Word

Don't Say that Word

2019Film0