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Yasushi Akutagawa
- Titles
- 84movies
- Career
Active from 1952 to 1982, busiest in 1957 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Fires on the Plain91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.4average 2.6
- Melancholy7.3average 4.7
- Pathos7.5average 5.2
- Social Commentary7.2average 4.9
- Psychological7.6average 5.6
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Spiritual3.4average 2.0
- Scare4.0average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.3
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.4
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Social Commentary 5
- Historical Setting 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Post-War Japan 3
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Female Protagonist 2
- Family Dynamics 2
- Melancholy 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Bleak & Disturbing 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Toshio YasumiWriterHunting Rifle, A Woman's Testament, The Battleship Yamato, Portrait of Hell, An Inn at Osaka, +12 more
Heinosuke GoshoDirectorHunting Rifle, Where Chimneys Are Seen, An Inn at Osaka, Twice on a Certain Night, Firefly Light, +11 more
Yoshitarō NomuraDirectorThe Shadow Within, Village of Eight Gravestones, The Demon, Suspicion, Writhing Tongue, +9 more
Takashi KawamataCinematographerThe Shadow Within, Village of Eight Gravestones, The Demon, Suspicion, Writhing Tongue, +9 more
Kon IchikawaDirectorOdd Obsession, Fires on the Plain, Her Brother, Bonchi, Ten Women in Black, +7 more
Natto WadaWriterOdd Obsession, Fires on the Plain, Bonchi, Ten Women in Black, The Broken Commandment, +4 more
Shirō ToyodaDirectorPortrait of Hell, Pilgrimage at Night, Shozo, a Cat and Two Women, Evening Calm, Flower Shop Curtain, +3 more- TTatsuji NakashizuEditorOdd Obsession, Fires on the Plain, Her Brother, Ten Women in Black, A Woman's Testament, +2 more
- KKeiji HasebeWriterOdd Obsession, The Heart, Twice on a Certain Night, Shiroi Kiba, Maria of the Ant Village, +2 more
- SShin NagataEditorHunting Rifle, Twice on a Certain Night, Elegy of the North, As the Clouds Scatter, Maria of the Ant Village, +2 more
Nobuko OtowaActorThe Three Undelivered Letters, Hunting Rifle, An Inn at Osaka, Twice on a Certain Night, When a Woman Loves, +1 more
Kinuyo TanakaActorHer Brother, Stepbrothers, Alone Across the Pacific, Eternity of Love, Where Chimneys Are Seen, +1 more
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841980s
4 titles · average score 70
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1970s
8 titles · average score 69
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1960s
25 titles · average score 68
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1950s
47 titles · average score 77
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