Is popular within Drama genre, and is known for playing Noodle-making Master in Tampopo.
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In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poo...
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A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. T...
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One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip...
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Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu i...
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Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplat...
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A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appea...
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A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a ma...
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After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen...
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In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deat...
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A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the ...
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Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangste...
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The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at ...
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Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil p...
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A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa ...
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Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi sl...
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Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beauti...
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Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yag...
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Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, se...
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Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee...
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Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a...
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Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a To...
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A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchante...
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Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the wint...
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A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world impos...
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This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells ...
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A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police....
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Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gom...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Hachiko (1987) | Kondo | 7 | |
| 2 | Tampopo (1985) | Noodle-making Master | 7.8 | |
| 3 | Vengeance Is Mine (1979) | Kyohei Kawashima | 5 | |
| 4 | Hunter in the Dark (1979) | Zenzaemon | 7 | |
| 5 | The Demon (1978) | Doctor | 5 | |
| 6 | The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) | Yahei Horibe | 5 | |
| 7 | Mount Hakkoda (1977) | Sakuemon | 5 | |
| 8 | Ballad of Orin (1977) | Isuke | 4 | |
| 9 | Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975) | Old Man | 7 | |
| 10 | The Castle of Sand (1974) | Chiyokichi Motoura | 3 | |
| 11 | Himiko (1974) | Ohkimi | 7.5 | |
| 12 | The Wanderers (1973) | - | 6 | |
| 13 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) | Kuroda Naritaka | 6.3 | |
| 14 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) | Choji Otomo | 7 | |
| 15 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) | Danjô Tonami | 7.3 | |
| 16 | Silence (1971) | Old man | 5.3 | |
| 17 | Blind Woman's Curse (1970) | Jutaro Mitsui | - | - |
| 18 | An Ode to Yakuza (1970) | Taisuke Inumaru, Akane's Father | - | - |
| 19 | Love and Crime (1969) | Komiya (segment "Abe Sada jiken") | 6 | |
| 20 | Portrait of Chieko (1967) | Sokichi Naganuma | 5 | |
| 21 | The Great White Tower (1966) | Professor Ōkōchi | 3 | |
| 22 | Revenge (1964) | Denbei Niwa | 6 | |
| 23 | Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) | Temple priest | 6.7 | |
| 24 | Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963) | Takahiro Hori | 4 | |
| 25 | An Actor's Revenge (1963) | - | - | - |
| 26 | A Legend or Was It? (1963) | Shintaro Shimizu | 6 | |
| 27 | Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962) | Yozo | 5 | |
| 28 | The Broken Commandment (1962) | Ushimatsu's uncle | 3 | |
| 29 | The Mad Fox (1962) | Shoji | 5 | |
| 30 | Love Under the Crucifix (1962) | - | 3 | |
| 31 | Immortal Love (1961) | Sojiro | 6 | |
| 32 | The Catch (1961) | - | - | - |
| 33 | Zero Focus (1961) | Mr. Murota | 4 | |
| 34 | The River Fuefuki (1960) | Ojii | 6 | |
| 35 | Rice (1957) | - | 4 | |
| 36 | Darkness at Noon (1956) | Oshima | 4 | |
| 37 | A Billionaire (1954) | Sanpeita Den | 4 |

