Portrait of Eiji Yoshikawa

Writing

Eiji Yoshikawa

Career

Active from 1939 to 2014, with a break from 1994 to 2013, busiest in 1961 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eiji Yoshikawa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Cringe Humor
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Epic 6
  • Martial Arts 5
  • Sword Fighting 4
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Samurai Film 3
  • Character Transformation 2
  • Feudal Japan 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Revenge 2
  • Epic Scope 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Japanese Culture 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro
Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro

Story

1970s

2 titles
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi (1973)

Novel

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death (1971)

Novel

1960s

10 titles · average score 71
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

Novel

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

Novel

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
GoodWatch score 69

Novel

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter (1963)

Original Story

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

Novel

Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

Novel

鳴門秘帖
鳴門秘帖 (1961)

Novel

Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen (1961)

Novel

Shinran, Part II
Shinran, Part II (1960)

Novel

Shinran
Shinran (1960)

Original Story

1950s

26 titles · average score 78
Echo in the Mountains
Echo in the Mountains (1959)

Novel

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi (1958)

Novel

The Abandoned Swords
The Abandoned Swords (1958)

Original Story

Secret of Naruto
Secret of Naruto (1957)

Original Story

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
GoodWatch score 78

Novel

Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956)

Novel

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

Novel

Taira Clan Saga
Taira Clan Saga (1955)
GoodWatch score 70

Novel

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
GoodWatch score 88

Novel

Chronicle of the Bulbul
Chronicle of the Bulbul (1952)

Original Story

Judge of the Ashuras
Judge of the Ashuras (1951)

Original Story

Senryō hada
Senryō hada (1950)

Original Story

1940s

6 titles
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943)

Original Story

Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill (1943)

Original Story

Komuso Keizu
Komuso Keizu (1943)

Novel

The Sound of Artillery
The Sound of Artillery (1943)

Original Story

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō (1942)

Novel

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon (1940)

Novel

1930s

3 titles
Blizzard Ronin
Blizzard Ronin (1939)

Novel

Jirokichi the Rat
Jirokichi the Rat (1931)

Original Story

Rogoku no hanayome zenpen
Rogoku no hanayome zenpen (1931)

Original Story