Film Director

Satoshi Kon

Japanese anime director and manga artist

1963 - 2010

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His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Satoshi Kon is the 342nd most popular film director (down from 302nd in 2024), the 589th most popular biography from Japan (down from 436th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Satoshi Kon is the most memorable of the 60 notable people born in Sapporo, Japan, ahead of Satoru Iwata, Miyuki Nakajima, and Masayuki Mori.

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Satoshi Kon's biography appears in 40 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 87% of all Film Directors.

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Satoshi Kon shares a October 12 birthday with Edward VI of England, Luciano Pavarotti, and Aleister Crowley.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Satoshi Kon ranks 342 out of 2,041. Before him are Luigi Comencini, Tex Avery, Menahem Golan, Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Feyder, and Hideaki Anno. After him are Ub Iwerks, Jean Girault, Barbet Schroeder, Francis Veber, Jim Henson, and Samuel Fuller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Satoshi Kon ranks 79. Before him are May-Britt Moser, Empress Masako, Roberto Donadoni, Steven Soderbergh, Manuel Marrero Cruz, and Junji Ito. After him are Mike Pompeo, Eric McCormack, Seal, John Powell, Khaltmaagiin Battulga, and Park Chan-wook. Among people deceased in 2010, Satoshi Kon ranks 81. Before him are Peter Graves, Maurice Wilkes, Ariel Ramírez, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Malcolm McLaren, and Antony Flew. After him are Pierre Hadot, Iskandar of Johor, Luis Molowny, Robert Culp, Günter Behnisch, and Bella Akhmadulina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Satoshi Kon ranks 589 out of 6,245. Before him are Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Emperor Murakami (926), Shūsaku Endō (1923), Hideaki Anno (1960), and Junji Ito (1963). After him are Miho Kaneda (1950), Saichō (767), Yasuji Okamura (1884), Shinran (1173), Katsu Kaishū (1823), and Satoru Iwata (1959).

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Among Film Directors In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Satoshi Kon ranks 13. Before him are Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Shohei Imamura (1926), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Hideaki Anno (1960). After him are Makoto Shinkai (1973), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ishirō Honda (1911), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), and Mikio Naruse (1905).

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