FILM DIRECTOR

Rintaro

1941 - Today

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Rintaro (りんたろう, Rintarō, born January 22, 1941) is the pseudonym of Shigeyuki Hayashi (林 重行, Hayashi Shigeyuki), a well-known director of anime. He works frequently with the animation studio Madhouse (which he co-founded), though he is a freelance director not employed directly by any one studio. He began working in the animation industry—at age 17—as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rintaro has received more than 270,321 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rintaro is the 576th most popular film director, the 855th most popular biography from Japan and the 29th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rintaro ranks 576 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Stein, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Elmar Klos, André Delvaux, Lewis Gilbert, and Roger Donaldson. After him are Frederick Wiseman, Budd Boetticher, Henri Colpi, Carlo Lizzani, Ján Kadár, and Juzo Itami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Rintaro ranks 228. Before him are Mario Corso, Vlado Milunić, Chucho Valdés, Alfred Aho, Tomaž Šalamun, and Angelo Domenghini. After him are Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, Robert Foxworth, Pola Raksa, Dennis Sullivan, Stephen Krashen, and Júlia Várady.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Rintaro ranks 855 out of 6,245. Before him are Akihiro Miwa (1935), Shiro Teshima (1907), Tsuda Umeko (1864), Nakayama Yoshiko (1836), Norio Ohga (1930), and Michio Ashikaga (1950). After him are Taizo Kawamoto (1914), Takeshi Kamo (1915), Ichiro Hosotani (1946), Akio Toyoda (1956), Ken Naganuma (1930), and Asakura Yoshikage (1533).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Rintaro ranks 29. Before him are Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Seijun Suzuki (1923), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), and Osamu Dezaki (1943). After him are Juzo Itami (1933), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Yoji Yamada (1931), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), and Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910).

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