The Best Episodes Directed By Kouichirou Sohtome
Every TV Episode Directed by Kouichirou Sohtome Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Kouichirou Sohtome Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Kouichirou Sohtome is "One-Eyed Fish", rated 9/10 from 5 user votes. It was "written by Kinuko Kuwahata". "One-Eyed Fish" aired on 1/15/2006 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Tree of Eternity".
9.0/10 5 votes#1 - One-Eyed Fish
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2006
"Don't let yourself be blinded by fear and anger. Everything is only as it is..." A boy named Yoki, who's able to see Mushi, was found in the woods by some mysterious lady named Nui with only one eye. It turns out that Yoki was travelling with his mother when a mudslide crushed his mother and he was left all on his own. Yoki's leg later heals itself however he doesn't seem to have anywhere to go so he stays with the Nui and begins to learn some things about the Mushi known as "Tokoyami".
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
9.0/10 3 votes#2 - Tree of Eternity
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 12/21/2014
A restless man, Kanta, on his way home to his wife and young daughter (Futaba), sits down to rest in a forest. He is tired and thirsty so he eats a red fruit that was lying on the ground near him, and gives thanks to the plum. Some time after this, he starts having vivid memories both in his dreams and while awake of times going back before his birth. He goes looking for a huge tree but finding it does not make him happy.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Hiroshi Nagahama
8.7/10 3 votes#3 - The Warbling Seashell
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2014
Near a village by the sea, a girl lives with her father on a secluded crag. She wants to make friends, but her father, for some reason, doesn't want her associating with the village people. When Ginko arrives, he finds a mushi that's an omen of disaster. Will the girl's father be able to forgive past events and help the village?
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Hiroshi Nagahama
8.7/10 3 votes#4 - Wind Raiser
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/7/2014
While on board a boat, Ginko meets a young man who has developed a connection to a flock of bird-type mushi able to create wind.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Hiroshi Nagahama
8.6/10 5 votes#5 - Raindrops and Rainbows
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/2005
On a rainy day Ginko takes a rest from his travels and comes across a man named Kourou who seems to be obsessed with a rainbow. To pass the time Kourou reminisces in his past, with the events which led to him pursuing rainbows whenever they appear. Ginko explains to him that the rainbow which he is searching for is actually a Mushi known as "Koda" but there seems to be more to it.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Aki Itami
8.5/10 6 votes#6 - The Pillow Pathway
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2005
Ginko hears a rumor around town that a man is has prophetic dreams every once in a while. He suspects that Mushi are living in his dreams. He gives the man medicine to keep them under control and says he will come back when he has used about all of them. When Ginko returns, the village is deserted and torn up. Ginko finds the man alone in is house. The man then tells him about what happened while he was away.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Yuka Yamada
8.4/10 5 votes#7 - The Heavy Seed
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/18/2005
While on his journey, Ginko stumbles upon a town which has yielded a great crop this year, thanks to their ancestors. However, it is said that someone must be sacrificed in exchange. Ginko finds this peculiar and decides to investigate further, by going to see the village "Saishu-sama" (chief mourner) who may have something to do with it.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
8.3/10 3 votes#8 - Banquet at the Forest's Edge
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2014
A sake brewer once lost his way home and chanced upon a strange ceremony. There, he tasted a sweet, glowing sake that he's never been able to forget. Years later, his son has followed in his footsteps and is trying to brew a sake to match his dad's. When he, too, encounters a late-night ceremony, he pretends to be part of it, meeting Ginko during the occasion.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Hiroshi Nagahama
8.0/10 5 votes#9 - The Sleeping Mountain
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2006
Ginko arrives at a village where the men are in a heated discussion about the mountain. After learning of Ginko's identity they ask for his help to find another Mushi-shi called Mujika, who happens to be the master of the mountain. While on his trek through the mountain Ginko stumbles across a boy who's also looking for Mujika. Later they manage to find Mujika but this isn't the end of it.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Aki Itami
8.0/10 3 votes#10 - Depths of Winter
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/21/2014
On his way to answer a summons, Ginko is trapped on a mountain that has been sealed by the mountain lord, and is experiencing an eternal winter because of some trapped snow-mushi. Why has the mountain lord sealed the mountain, and how will Ginko escape this eternal winter?
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Hiroshi Nagahama
7.8/10 5 votes#11 - One-Night Bridge
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2006
Just managing to cross the treacherous Kazura Bridge, Ginko meets up with a man on the other side who takes him to meet a lady called Hana, who fell from the same bridge 3 years ago. Even though Hana survived, all she does is sit under the sun and nothing else and nobody seems to know what's wrong with her. Hana is feared to be a "Tanimodori", which are people whose minds and memories are wiped clean and they die on the night that the "One Night Bridge" shows up. From the info gathered Ginko knows that Hana is possessed by a Mushi called a "Nisekazura".
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Aki Itami
7.7/10 3 votes#12 - The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 6/18/2006
Taku is a peculiar young boy who has always wondered who the people were that always passed by the mountains during the rainy seasons. One day he meets a boy named Isaza, while catching fish. It seems that not only Taku can see the Komiyaku in the mountains however Isaza seems to know a lot more about the mountain than him. "The world is filled with life unknown to man..."
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
7.3/10 3 votes#13 - A Sea of Brushes
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/12/2006
Ginko arrives at a secluded place, to meet an old acquaintance, who seems to be in charge of a large volume of archival, confidential text. Ginko is allowed to read it, and discovers it is the work of Tan'yu, a writer. Tan'yu is the descendant of the Karibusa family, being born with a black mark on a part of their body.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
7.2/10 4 votes#14 - Sunrise Serpent
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/2006
It is spring, and Ginko is taking a boat through a river, when the boat's boy, Kaji, asks Ginko whether he could help his mother, who's forgetting things and can't sleep. At first glance it may appear to be progressive amnesia, however something isn't right.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Aki Itami
7.0/10 2 votes#15 - After School
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2009
Kazehaya and Sawako grow closer together and end up performing some classroom chores together after school.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
6.0/10 2 votes#16 - New Friend
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2009
Kurumi decides to become friends with Sawako in order to get closer to Kazehaya, herself. Ayane and Chizuru are suspicious of this eternally-cheerful girl.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
6.0/10 1 votes#17 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/3/2006
It's Nanami Takahashi's second day at her new high school and almost as soon as school starts she quickly makes some new friends in her class, like the unsociable Yuri. A girl from Asahi middle school tells her about guy named Motoharu Yano, who was very popular with the girls and happens to be in their very same class. It isn't long until Nanami develops a crush on him, herself.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Mizuki Ogawa
4.0/10 1 votes#18 - Episode Twenty-Six
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/25/2006
Christmas is only a few weeks away however Nanami and Motoharu may not be able to spend it together as he's decided to follow his Mom to Tokyo. Even though he wants to spoil her during the days they have remaining, Nanami wants to spend those remaining days like they usually do.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Mamiko Ikeda