---
name: "Shuichi Kakesu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shuichi-kakesu"
fi1m_id: "shuichi-kakesu"
imdb_id: "nm0435372"
tmdb_id: 12187
wikidata_id: "Q11498252"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-28T20:58:06.655627+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."
---

# Shuichi Kakesu

## Identity

Shuichi Kakesu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shuichi-kakesu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shuichi-kakesu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0435372
- **TMDB ID:** 12187
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11498252
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11498252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12187

Editor. Born 1 January 1957 in Katsuura.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, Katsuura
- **Active:** 1995–2004
- **Also known as:** 掛須 秀一, Shûichi Kakesu , 挂须秀一
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2000s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11498252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12187

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost in the Shell*](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md) (83), [*Godzilla: Final Wars*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md) (54)

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## Biography

Shūichi Kakesu is a Japanese film and television editor. Born on 1 January 1957 in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, he graduated from the first class of the Yokohama Broadcasting Film College (now Japan Film University).

He began his career at Okayasu Promotion under editor Hajime Okayasu, later establishing his own studio before co-founding Jay Film. In 1994 he became one of the first in the Japanese film industry to adopt non-linear editing systems. Kakesu has edited numerous anime and live-action productions, including *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), *Cowboy Bebop: The Movie* (2001), *Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade* (1999) and *Samurai Champloo* (2004). In 1996 he received the Asahi Digital Entertainment Grand Prize theatre category individual award.

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, animenewsnetwork.com, anime-planet.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md)

## Complete filmography (132)

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

- *HOKUSAI* (2021), Editor
- *Stop the Bitch Campaign Reboot* (2020), Editor
- *Shinjuku Swan II* (2017), Editor
- *Shinjuku Swan* (2015), Editor
- *Lupin the 3rd* (2014), Editor
- *Mysterious Transfer Student* (2014), series, Editor
- *Koi* (2013), Editor
- *じんじん* (2013), Editor
- *Far Away, So Close* (2013), Editor
- *Good-bye Debussy* (2013), Editor
- *I Have to Buy New Shoes* (2012), Editor
- *Caterpillar* (2010), Editor
- *Surely Someday* (2010), Editor
- *King of Thorn* (2010), Editor
- *Tajomaru: Avenging Blade* (2009), Editor
- *Crows Zero II* (2009), Editor
- *Brass Knuckle Boys* (2009), Editor
- *Faraway Heaven* (2008), Editor
- *Cyborg She* (2008), Editor
- *Crows Zero* (2007), Editor
- *Apartment 1303* (2007), Editor
- *Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman* (2007), Editor
- *Black Night* (2006), Editor
- *Hazard* (2005), Editor
- *Way of Blue Sky* (2005), Editor
- *Nana* (2005), Editor
- *Azumi 2: Death or Love* (2005), Editor
- *Ichigo Chips* (2005), Editor
- *Thirty Lies or So* (2004), Editor
- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Perfect Education 6* (2004), Editor
- *Samurai Champloo* (2004), series, Editor
- *Battlefield Baseball* (2003), Editor
- *Summer Nude* (2003), Producer, Editor
- *Alive* (2003), Editor, Producer
- *Azumi* (2003), Editor
- *Aragami* (2003), Editor
- *Thirteen Steps* (2003), Editor
- *Jam Films* (2002), Editor
- *目下の恋人* (2002), Editor
- *Travail* (2002), Editor
- *A Tree of Palme* (2002), Editor
- *Unloved* (2001), Editor
- *Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle* (2001), Editor
- *Cowboy Bebop: The Movie* (2001), Editor
- *Hotoke* (2001), Editor
- *Chloe* (2001), Editor
- *Human Trash* (2001), Editor
- *Electric Dragon 80000V* (2001), Editor
- *Bad Company* (2001), Editor
- *Shenmue: The Movie* (2001), Editor
- *Initial D: Third Stage* (2001), Editor
- *Boy's Choir* (2000), Editor
- *Versus* (2000), Editor
- *Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade* (1999), Editor
- *Minamata: The Person Who Dug the Well* (1999), Editor
- *The Pig's Retribution* (1999), Editor
- *M/Other* (1999), Editor
- *Revenge* (1999), Editor
- *Tenchi Forever!* (1999), Editor
- *Paradise Sea* (1998), Editor
- *Open House* (1998), Editor
- *The Artful Dodgers* (1998), Editor
- *Suzaku* (1997), Editor
- *Junk Food* (1997), Editor
- *Postman Blues* (1997), Editor
- *Ringo no usagi* (1997), Editor
- *Angel of Massacre: There is a Demon in the Video* (1997), Editor
- *Isana no umi* (1997), Editor
- *Remembering the Cosmos Flower* (1997), Editor
- *New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning* (1996), Editor
- *Panzer Dragoon* (1996), Editor
- *Mogura* (1996), Editor
- *Space Ship Remnant 6* (1996), Editor
- *Helpless* (1996), Editor
- *Yûri* (1996), Editor
- *July 7th, Sunny Day* (1996), Editor
- *Don't Look Up* (1996), Editor
- *BeRLiN* (1995), Editor
- *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md)
- *Gunsmith Cats* (1995), Editor
- *Balloon 2* (1995), Editor
- *Love Letter* (1995), Post Production Producer
- *Yoi Ko to Asobou* (1994), Editor
- *N45゜* (1994), Editor
- *Elephant Song* (1994), Editor
- *Pai Pati Roma* (1994), Editor
- *Tsutsumi honoo no gotoku* (1994), Editor
- *Macross Plus* (1994), series, Editor
- *Tokyo Blood* (1993), Editor
- *Wild Side* (1993), Editor
- *Korosiya Ami* (1993), Editor
- *Kitakoto no aru hajimete no michi* (1993), Editor
- *Patlabor 2: The Movie* (1993), Editor
- *Kawaguchi Kaiji's 9 Love Stories* (1993), Editor
- *Video Girl Ai* (1992), series, Editor
- *The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral* (1991), Editor
- *I'm All Yours* (1991), Editor
- *Mermaid Forest* (1991), Editor
- *Slow Step* (1991), series, Editor
- *Blazing Transfer Student* (1991), series, Editor
- *Ariel Deluxe* (1991), Editor
- *Fantastic Adventure of Yohko: Leda* (1991), Editor
- *The Adventures of Gaku* (1990), Editor
- *Midoriyama High School, Koshien Edition (Movie)* (1990), Editor
- *ARIEL: All Round Intercept & Escort Lady* (1989), Editor
- *Riding Bean* (1989), Editor
- *Crusher Joe: The OVA's* (1989), series, Editor
- *Hades Project: Zeorymer Extinction* (1989), Editor
- *Space Family Carlvinson* (1988), Editor
- *Hades Project: Zeorymer Separation* (1988), Editor
- *Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day* (1988), Editor
- *Gondola* (1987), Editor
- *Kimagure Orange Road* (1987), series, Editor
- *Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon* (1987), Editor
- *Elf 17* (1987), Editor
- *Dirty Pair: Project Eden* (1986), Editor
- *Urban Square: In Pursuit of Amber* (1986), Editor
- *Windaria* (1986), Editor
- *Darling Betty - Demon Story* (1986), Editor
- *The Humanoid* (1986), Editor
- *Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors* (1985), series, Editor
- *Broken Down Film* (1985), Editor
- *Musashi no Ken* (1985), series, Editor
- *Birth* (1984), Editor
- *The Innocent Sea* (1983), Editor
- *Ninjaman Ippei* (1982), series, Editor
- *Child of the Sun* (1980), Assistant Editor
- *The Legend of Manxmouse* (1979), Editor
- *Ganbare! Bokura no Hit and Run* (1979), Editor
- *Song of Baseball Enthusiasts* (1977), series, Editor
- *Ogenki Clinic Adventures*, Editor

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