Shintaro Sugawara

Shintaro Sugawara (Japanese: 菅原伸太郎) is a Japanese television and film director known for his extensive work across various Japanese networks, particularly Nippon Television (NTV) and streaming platforms such as Hulu.

Career Overview

Sugawara has directed a wide array of television drama series, television films, and feature films. His directorial credits span multiple genres including mystery, comedy-drama, and romance, often collaborating with major networks like NTV on serial television broadcasts.

Filmography

Feature Films

• Love You as the World Ends Final (2024)
• Black School Rules (2019)
• Strawberry Song (2019)

Television Drama Series

His notable television drama credits include:

• Punch-Drunk Woman (NTV / 2026)
• Inheritance Detective (NTV / 2025)
• Going Home: Cops for the Lost (NTV / 2024)
• Invert: Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu (NTV / 2022)
• Medium (NTV / 2022)
• Police In A Pod (NTV / 2021)
• Love You as the World Ends (NTV / 2021)
• Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi (NTV / 2020)
• Tokyo Alien Bros (NTV / 2018)
• Kiss that Kills (NTV / 2018)
• The Most Difficult Romance (NTV / 2016)
• Baseball Brainiacs (NTV / 2014)
• Carry On! Hara-chan! (NTV / 2013)
• My Little Nightmare (NTV / 2012)

TV Movies

• Sayonara Debussy: Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke (NTV / 2016)
• Kyou no Hi wa Sayounara (NTV / 2013)