Kotaro Isaka

Kotaro Isaka

1971-05-25 Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan 17 Credits

Biography

Kotaro Isaka (伊坂 幸太郎, Isaka Kōtarō, born 25 May 1971) is a Japanese author of mystery fiction.

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Bullet Train

Bullet Train

2022

Book

7.4

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as La...

Tiger Robbers

Tiger Robbers

2021

Novel

4.4

Based on Kotaro Isaka's novel"Sunshine Robber. Four robbers team up to pull off a "fun" heist involving a Bengal tiger.

Little Nights, Little Love

Little Nights, Little Love

2019

Novel

6.7

Sato is an employee conducting a survey in front of Sendai Station. Saki takes the survey and the two ultimately become a couple. 10 years later, Sato...

Golden Slumber

Golden Slumber

2018

Original Story

6.8
Writing

A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumu...

Grasshopper

Grasshopper

2015

Screenplay, Novel

5.8
Writing

Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school ...

Oh! Father

Oh! Father

2014

Original Story

5.5
Writing

Yukio is a typical high school student in every way except that he's an only child in a family of five. This is because he has four fathers, each with...

I LOVE YOU

I LOVE YOU

2013

Original Story

Writing
Chips

Chips

2012

Novel

7.4

Tadashi Imamura is a burglar who idolises Ozaki, a star baseball player he shares a birthday with. One day he realises their connection is much deeper...

Golden Slumber

Golden Slumber

2010

Novel

7.2

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from ...

A Lush Life

A Lush Life

2009

Original Story

4.0
Writing

The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who recently lost...

Gravity's Clowns

Gravity's Clowns

2009

Original Story

7.0
Writing

On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When ...

Fish Story

Fish Story

2009

Novel

7.1

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people an...

Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death

Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death

2008

Novel

7.0

Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ...

The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

2007

Novel

6.9

A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl ...

CHiLDREN

CHiLDREN

2006

Novel

The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto, who works for a family court, is involved in a bank r...

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

2006

Novel

5.6

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought ...

Seesaw Monster

Seesaw Monster

N/A

Novel