Writing

Hiroshi Saito

Hiroshi Saito is a Japanese screenwriter born in 1959.

Known For

Tetsujin 28: The MovieTetsujin 28: The Movie · 2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
6.02005
MovieActionAdventure
One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.
Samurai FictionSamurai Fiction · 1998
Samurai Fiction
6.71998
MovieActionComedy
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
Ghost BookGhost Book · 2022
Ghost Book
6.12022
MovieFantasyFamily
The forbidden book that will make any wish come true "The Ghostly Book of Books". However, in order to make your wish come true you have to go through a life-threatening trial. What is that trial...?
SecretSecret · 1999
Secret
6.91999
MovieDramaFantasy
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.
Samurai MarathonSamurai Marathon · 2019
Samurai Marathon
6.02019
MovieActionDrama
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
Kiseki: Sobito of That DayKiseki: Sobito of That Day · 2017
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
7.92017
MovieDrama
Based on the true story of 4 member Japanese pop group "GreeeeN.” Jin is the producer of “GreeeeN” and his younger brother Hide is the lead member for the group. Their song "Kiseki" is released as their 7th single and becomes a huge hit. Hide and the other 3 members have others jobs including working as a dentist.
Playtime Never EndsPlaytime Never Ends · 1991
Playtime Never Ends
8.01991
MovieComedyCrime
A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway robber and police grows desperate to arrest him to save their face. However the robber remains at large.
The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreThe Miracles of the Namiya General Store · 2017
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
7.02017
MovieFantasyDrama
In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.

Filmography

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RockersRockers · 2003
Rockers
6.12003
MovieDramaAction
Guitarist Ko-chan is a mess of sexual repression after a childhood at the mercy of two elder sisters eager to use him as a guinea pig for their make-up skills. Bassist Gaku-chan keeps a bucket in the wings for whenever his nerves get the better of him, and drummer Momo-chan is doomed to forever carrying the botched childhood attempts at self-tattooing. It's not until this foursome is forced to look for an additional guitar player after Jin's dad burns his Stratocaster, that attitude and musical ability enter into the equation. Leather-clad, shade-wearing Tani (Tamaki), inseparable from his black Les Paul, is introduced as the king of R'n'R cool and Jinnai keeps him firmly seated on his throne throughout the film, retroactively proclaiming the guitarist, rather than himself, as the band's true hero.

Screenplay

That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History? · 1996
That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?
7.01996
MovieComedy
The setting is the prestigious, traditional Japan University of Science. Mitsugu Kimura, a top-achieving student, is a resident of Sigma House, a student dormitory. Mitsugu is joined by a group of unique, problematic students with the lowest grades, but Sigma House is in danger of being demolished. Professor Migita, who is conspiring to build a hotel on campus, has plotted to close the dormitory unless all the students get straight A's on their next exams. In Campus Academic Wars, students wage a cheating war against a corrupt university professor, with the survival of Sigma House at stake. Will glory or ruin await them at the end of this righteous(?) cheating that brings together all their intelligence and physical strength? Namie Amuro, the top J-pop music sensation, plays one of the students. Screening alongside the film In Tomoko's Case (starring Rie Tomosaka, directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro) as a double feature theatrical release.

Writer

The Glorious Team BatistaThe Glorious Team Batista · 2008
The Glorious Team Batista
6.82008
MovieComedyDrama
Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.

Screenplay