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Naoichiro Sagara has 0 titles cut in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Sagara set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Tsutomu Hanabusa
Director
8 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie

Mahiro Takasugi
Actor
4 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie
Misako Saka
Producer
4 shared titles · Sham

Takashi Miike
Director
4 shared titles · Sham

Koji Endo
Original Music Composer
4 shared titles · Sham

Rikiya Imaizumi
Director
4 shared titles · Mellow

Takumi Kitamura
Actor
3 shared titles · Tokyo Revengers

Ryo Yoshizawa
Actor
3 shared titles · Tokyo Revengers

Yuki Yamada
Actor
3 shared titles · Tokyo Revengers

Mio Imada
Actor
3 shared titles · Tokyo Revengers
Shigeji Maeda
Producer
3 shared titles · Sham
Yuichi Shibahara
Producer
3 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie
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