---
name: "Izo Hashimoto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/izo-hashimoto"
fi1m_id: "izo-hashimoto"
imdb_id: "nm0368051"
tmdb_id: 1677
wikidata_id: "Q1284710"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 February 1954"
died: "12 May 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:46:01.802584+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Izo Hashimoto

## Identity

Izo Hashimoto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/izo-hashimoto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** izo-hashimoto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0368051
- **TMDB ID:** 1677
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1284710
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izo_Hashimoto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1284710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1677

Writer. Born 21 February 1954 in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Died 12 May 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 February 1954, Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 12 May 2026
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izo_Hashimoto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1284710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1677

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Akira*](https://film.one/film/akira.md) (83)

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## Biography

Izo Hashimoto was a Japanese screenwriter and film director. Born on 21 February 1954 in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, he made his directorial debut with the independent film *Pasokon Wars Isami* (1984). He went on to write for the television series *Sukeban Deka* and several of its film adaptations.

Hashimoto co-wrote the screenplay for Katsuhiro Otomo's *Akira* (1988). His other screenwriting credits include *EM Embalming* (1999) and the story for the manga series *Shamo*, later adapted into a 2007 film. He also directed films such as *Evil Dead Trap 2* (1992) and *CF Girl* (1989).

Hashimoto died on 12 May 2026 in Kumamoto Prefecture, aged 72.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Akira* (1988), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cold* (2014), Director
- *マルホの女* (2014), series, Creator
- *Shamo* (2007), Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Aijin Moeko: Sei-seikatsu* (2006), Screenplay
- *Oh! My Zombie Mermaid* (2004), Writer
- *Pistol Opera* (2001), Writer
- *The Guys from Paradise* (2001), Screenplay
- *The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing* (1999), series, Writer
- *Embalming* (1999), Screenplay
- *A Woman With Many Wounds* (1999), series, Writer
- *Azami the Punisher* (1998), Screenplay
- *Three Sisters Investigate* (1998), series, Writer
- *FiVE* (1997), series, Writer
- *Weather Report Girl* (1997), series, Screenplay
- *Ramen Fight* (1996), Screenplay
- *Can't Stand It Whatsoever* (1996), series, Writer
- *Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image* (1996), Screenplay
- *Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You* (1996), Screenplay
- *Black Jack* (1996), Screenplay
- *Kagerô 2* (1996), Director, Screenplay
- *Teito Monogatari Gaiden* (1995), Director
- *Gontakure* (1995), Screenplay
- *Kieta minoshirokin* (1994), Screenplay
- *Shoot!* (1994), Screenplay
- *Driving High!* (1994), Director, Writer
- *Puru Puru Angelic Holiday* (1993), Director
- *Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki* (1992), Director, Writer
- *Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni* (1991), Screenplay
- *Black Princess 2 Flame Target* (1991), Screenplay
- *cf Girl* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Strawberry Times: Sugiura Miyuki no kojin kyōju* (1989), Writer
- *Lucky Sky Diamond* (1989), Director, Screenplay
- *The Peacock King* (1988), Writer
- *Akira* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md)
- *High School Agent* (1988), Screenplay
- *High School Agent* (1988), series, Writer
- *Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack of the Kazama Sisters* (1988), Screenplay
- *TO-Y* (1987), Screenplay
- *The West Tako Cheerleaders* (1987), Screenplay, Director
- *TWD Express: Rolling Takeoff* (1987), Screenplay
- *The Drifting Classroom* (1987), Writer
- *Sukeban Deka III: The Three Sisters' Most Dangerous Journey, Eight Deadly Traps* (1987), Screenplay
- *Dream Dimension Gentleman* (1987), Writer
- *Sukeban Deka: The Movie* (1987), Screenplay
- *Sukeban Deka III: Romance of the Ninja Girls* (1986), series, Writer
- *Sukeban Deka II: Legend of the Iron-Masked Girl* (1985), series, Writer
- *Namadori kaikin tour: Mushirareta bikini* (1985), Screenplay
- *Barrow Gang BC* (1985), Screenplay
- *Sukeban Deka* (1985), series, Writer
- *Computer Wars ISAMI* (1982), Writer, Director

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