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Masao Kosugi

Career

Active from 1952 to 1980, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pale Flower
Pale Flower
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masao Kosugi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Historical Intrigue 2
  • Complex Narrative 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Feudal Japan 2
  • Atmospheric 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Japanese New Wave 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

2 titles
A Woman in Danger
A Woman in Danger (1982)

Cinematography

The Young Rebels
The Young Rebels (1980)

Director of Photography

1970s

21 titles · average score 72
Demon Pond
Demon Pond (1979)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

Cobra 2
Cobra 2 (1976)

Director of Photography

Love in the North
Love in the North (1976)

Director of Photography

Hadashi no seishun
Hadashi no seishun (1975)

Director of Photography

The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai (1974)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Cobra
Cobra (1974)

Director of Photography

Professional Killers
Professional Killers (1973)

Director of Photography

Cross-Currents
Cross-Currents (1972)

Director of Photography

Human Target
Human Target (1971)

Director of Photography

Lill, My Darling Witch
Lill, My Darling Witch (1971)

Director of Photography

Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970)

Director of Photography

1960s

25 titles · average score 69
Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
Watch Out, Crimson Bat! (1969)

Director of Photography

Samurai Spy
Samurai Spy (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

Pale Flower
Pale Flower (1964)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

Assassination
Assassination (1964)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

A Flame at the Pier
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

Our Marriage
Our Marriage (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

Killers on Parade
Killers on Parade (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Love New and Old
Love New and Old (1961)

Director of Photography

Epitaph to My Love
Epitaph to My Love (1961)

Director of Photography

Youth in Fury
Youth in Fury (1960)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

One-Way Ticket to Love
One-Way Ticket to Love (1960)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

1950s

12 titles · average score 69
Ai no Noutan
Ai no Noutan (1959)

Director of Photography

Kaze no uchi so to
Kaze no uchi so to (1959)

Director of Photography

Koko ni otoko ari
Koko ni otoko ari (1959)

Director of Photography

Red Pants
Red Pants (1959)

Director of Photography

Confronting Fear
Confronting Fear (1958)

Director of Photography

その手にのるな
その手にのるな (1958)

Director of Photography

One Step to Happiness
One Step to Happiness (1958)

Director of Photography

Akuma no kao
Akuma no kao (1957)

Director of Photography

Hakuji no hito
Hakuji no hito (1957)

Director of Photography

Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

Camera Operator

Duel
Duel (1953)

Director of Photography

Kare o korosu na
Kare o korosu na (1952)

Director of Photography