---
name: "Richard Hashimoto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-hashimoto"
fi1m_id: "richard-hashimoto"
imdb_id: "nm0368069"
tmdb_id: 12843
wikidata_id: "Q19428467"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T16:26:55.380247+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."
---

# Richard Hashimoto

## Identity

Richard Hashimoto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-hashimoto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-hashimoto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0368069
- **TMDB ID:** 12843
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19428467
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19428467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368069/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12843

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1980–1992
- **Also known as:** Richard Y. Hashimoto
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (5), 1990s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 4, Fantasy 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $506m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19428467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368069/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12843

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Beetlejuice*](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md) (83)
- **AMC+:** [*WarGames*](https://film.one/film/wargames.md) (82)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Singles*](https://film.one/film/singles.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Richard Hashimoto, also credited as Richard Y. Hashimoto, is a film producer and production manager. He worked as an assistant director on several films in the 1970s before taking production management roles on titles including *On Golden Pond* (1981), *The Breakfast Club* (1985) and *Howard the Duck* (1986). He served as associate producer on *WarGames* (1983) and later produced *Beetlejuice* (1988) and *Singles* (1992), and was executive producer on *Edward Scissorhands* (1990).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Singles* (1992), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/singles.md)
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Fi1m 43, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), Fi1m 75, Production Supervisor, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)
- *WarGames* (1983), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)
- *Nine to Five* (1980), Fi1m 73, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Truth About Cats & Dogs* (1996), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Getting Even with Dad* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Singles* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/singles.md)
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)
- *Tough Guys* (1986), Co-Producer
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Production Manager — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), Production Supervisor, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)
- *Irreconcilable Differences* (1984), Associate Producer
- *WarGames* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)
- *Nine to Five* (1980), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md)
- *Carny* (1980), Production Manager
- *Heart Beat* (1980), Production Manager
- *Hardcore* (1979), Assistant Director
- *The Gauntlet* (1977), Assistant Director
- *Car Wash* (1976), Second Assistant Director
- *Rooster Cogburn* (1975), Second Assistant Director
- *Jim, the World's Greatest* (1975), Second Assistant Director

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