Otomo Keishi

  • Name: Otomo Keishi
  • Native name: 大友啓史
  • Also Known as: Ohtomo Keishi, Ōtomo Keishi
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: May 6, 1966
  • Age: 59
Born in 1966 in Iwate, Japan. After graduating from Keio University, Otomo Keishi joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) in 1990. In 1997, he went to study in Hollywood to learn script writing and film directing. He returned two years later and directed the highly acclaimed NHK TV series Churasan (2001-2004), Hagetaka (2007), Jiro Shirasu (2009), and Ryomaden (2010), among others, winning various domestic and foreign awards.

In 2009, he made his feature directorial debut with Hagetaka, and Rurouni Kenshin was his second feature film. He left NHK in 2011, and set up his own company, Keishi Otomo Office Inc. Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
2023 The Legend & Butterfly
Movie
7.5
2020 Beneath the Shadow
Movie
6.9
2013 Platinum Data
Movie
7.8
2010 RYOMADEN
Drama
7.9
2009 Hagetaka
Movie
8.0
2007 Kekkon Dorobo
Drama
0.0
2007 Hagetaka
Drama
7.5
2004 Churasan Season 3
Drama
7.6
2004 Motto Koi Seyo Otome
Drama
6.0
2003 Yumemiru Budou
Drama
8.6
2003 Churasan Season 2
Drama
7.5
2002 Koi Seyo Otome
Drama
7.0
2002 Watashi no Aozora 2002
Drama
6.0
2001 Churasan
Drama
7.6
2000 Fukaku Mogure
Drama
0.0
1996 Hideyoshi
Drama
8.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2025 10Dance
Movie
8.6
2025 Hero's Island
Movie
0.0
2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Movie
8.5
2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Movie
8.6
2018 Million Dollar Man
Movie
7.3
2017 March Goes Out Like a Lamb
Movie
7.7
2017 March Comes in Like a Lion
Movie
7.5
2016 Museum
Movie
7.5
2016 The Top Secret: Murder in Mind
Movie
7.2
2014 Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
Movie
8.7
2014 Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno
Movie
8.6
2012 Rurouni Kenshin
Movie
8.6
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2009 Jiro Shirasu
Special
2.0
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
2007 Bokura no Jidai
Japanese TV Show, 2007, 900 eps
(Guest)
900
Guest
0.0
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  • Native name: 大友啓史
  • Also Known as: Ohtomo Keishi, Ōtomo Keishi
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: May 6, 1966
  • Age: 59

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