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Masaharu Take

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Masaharu Take was born in 1967 in Chita, Aichi, Japan. He is a director and assistant director, known for 100 Yen Love (2014), Eden (2012) and The Gun (2018).
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    100 Yen Love (2014)
    100 Yen Love
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2014
    Eden (2012)
    Eden
    6.4
    • Director
    • 2012
    The Gun (2018)
    The Gun
    6.0
    • Director
    • 2018
    Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)
    Like a Dragon: Yakuza
    5.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Director



    • Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)
      Like a Dragon: Yakuza
      5.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023)
      We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Takayuki Yamada in The Naked Director (2019)
      The Naked Director
      7.6
      TV Series
      • supervising director
      • 2019–2021
    • Hotel Royal (2020)
      Hotel Royal
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Underdog: Part Two (2020)
      Underdog: Part Two
      6.6
      • directed by
      • 2020
    • Andâdoggu: Zenpen (2020)
      Andâdoggu: Zenpen
      6.7
      • directed by
      • 2020
    • Kuranosuke Sasaki in We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2020)
      We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Journey of the Sky Goddess (2019)
      Journey of the Sky Goddess
      3.3
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Nusumareta Kao (2019)
      Nusumareta Kao
      5.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • The Gun (2018)
      The Gun
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Uso happyaku (2018)
      Uso happyaku
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Eita Nagayama and Eriko Satô in The Ringside Story (2017)
      The Ringside Story
      5.9
      • Director
      • 2017
    • In the Hero (2014)
      In the Hero
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2014
    • 100 Yen Love (2014)
      100 Yen Love
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Mongolian Baseball
      • Director
      • 2013

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Fly with the Gold (2012)
      Fly with the Gold
      5.5
      • associate director
      • 2012
    • Smile Bus
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2011
    • Merî-san no denwa (2011)
      Merî-san no denwa
      5.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2011
    • Murasaki kagami (2010)
      Murasaki kagami
      5.8
      • assistant director
      • 2010
    • The Hero Show (2010)
      The Hero Show
      6.6
      • associate director
      • 2010
    • Shiawase no kaori (2008)
      Shiawase no kaori
      6.8
      • first assistant director
      • 2008
    • Hana kage (2008)
      Hana kage
      • associate director
      • 2008
    • Chicken Is Barefoot (2004)
      Chicken Is Barefoot
      7.3
      • first assistant director
      • 2004
    • Pacchigi! (2004)
      Pacchigi!
      6.8
      • first assistant director
      • 2004
    • 69 (2004)
      69
      6.7
      • assistant director
      • first assistant director (as Take Masaharu)
      • 2004
    • Photo Album of the Village (2004)
      Photo Album of the Village
      7.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2004
    • Get Up! (2003)
      Get Up!
      6.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2003
    • Wild Berries (2003)
      Wild Berries
      6.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2003
    • Hotel Hibiscus (2002)
      Hotel Hibiscus
      6.8
      • first assistant director
      • 2002
    • Aiki (2002)
      Aiki
      6.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2002

    Writer



    • The Gun (2018)
      The Gun
      6.0
      • Writer
      • 2018

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Take Masaharu
    • Born
      • 1967
      • Chita, Aichi, Japan

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