Acting credits
2
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Rintaro
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
Low visibility
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Movies: 41Series: 17Crew credits: 56
TMDB ID: 58159
IMDb ID: nm0727336
Known for: Directing
Born: January 22, 1941
Age: 85
Place of birth: Tokyo, Giappone
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 2023
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q2609816
Also known as
Kuruma Hino • 林 重行 • Rin Taro • Taro Rin • Shigeyuki Hayashi • Rintarou • Rintarô
Other jobs
Director (38)Animation (5)Storyboard Artist (5)Producer (2)Writer (2)Assistant Art Director (1)Screenplay (1)Series Director (1)
Biography
Rintaro, pseudonym of Shigeyuki Hayashi, is a well-known anime director. 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 is a founding member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rintaro.
Nezumikozo Jirokichi
Director
2023 Movie
7.0
Animation Maestro Gisaburo
as self
2012 Movie
7.0
Lupin the Eighth
Director
2012 Movie
5.3
Yona Yona Penguin
Director
2009 Movie
4.5
Tenjho Tenge: The Past Chapter
Writer
2005 Movie
9.0
48x61
Director
2002 Movie
4.0
Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'
as Self
2002 Movie
7.1
Metropolis
Director
2001 Movie
7.0
Reign: The Conqueror Movie
Director
2000 Movie
1.0
Satanika
Storyboard
1998 Movie
6.0
X: The Movie
Director
1996 Movie
6.5
Anne Frank's Diary
Storyboard Artist
1995 Movie
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
Director
1994 Movie
Osamu and Musashi
Director
1994 Movie
Peacock King: Spirit Warrior
Director
1994 Movie
7.0
X²: Double X
Director
1993 Movie
7.8
Ninja Scroll
Animation
1993 Movie
6.2
Download: Devil's Circuit
Screenplay
1992 Movie
6.0
Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out!
Storyboard Artist
1990 Movie
6.3
The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
Director
1989 Movie
6.8
Neo Tokyo
Director
1989 Movie
5.8
Bride of Deimos
Director
1988 Movie
1.0
Matasaburo the Wind Boy
Director
1988 Movie
6.1
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Assistant Art Director
1988 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rintaro.
6.5
Wolverine
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Paradise Kiss
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.9
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey
Director • 13 eps
2002 Series
7.1
Master Keaton
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.2
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
Director • 4 eps
1994 Series
4.4
Doomed Megalopolis
Series Director • 4 eps
1991 Series
7.5
Record of Lodoss War
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
1990 Series
4.8
Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel
Director • 43 eps
1989 Series
7.2
Spirit Warrior
Director • 2 eps
1988 Series
7.2
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Director • 42 eps
1978 Series
8.0
Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no taka
Director • 44 eps
1977 Series
8.0
Jetter Mars
Director • 27 eps
1977 Series
6.0
Kum Kum
Director • 26 eps
1975 Series
6.5
Starchild Chobin
Director • 26 eps
1974 Series
6.5
Moomin
Director • 65 eps
1969 Series
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
Director • 52 eps
1968 Series
6.2
Kimba the White Lion
Director • 78 eps
1965 Series