Portrait of Kusuo Abe

Acting

Kusuo Abe

Career

Active from 1932 to 1963, busiest in 1961 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kusuo Abe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Edo Period 2
  • Japanese Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

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

as Fuchikawa Goroku

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

as Fuchikawa Goroku

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

as Uncle

13 Assassins
13 Assassins (1963)
GoodWatch score 74

as Gunjiro Mitsuhashi

The Mysterious Cape
The Mysterious Cape (1963)

as Ito Gunbei

The Mysterious Purple Hood
The Mysterious Purple Hood (1963)

as Shozaburo Goto

In Search of Mother
In Search of Mother (1962)

as Shichigoro

Good Rascals
Good Rascals (1962)

as Abe Isemori

Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

as Fuchikawa Goroku

Yakuza Princess of Edo
Yakuza Princess of Edo (1961)

as Yami no Dogoro

Official with a Tattoo
Official with a Tattoo (1960)

as Tokaiya Nizaemon

The Man of Seven Faces
The Man of Seven Faces (1960)

as Yozo Yamaoka

1950s

15 titles · average score 90
Evil Man of Edo
Evil Man of Edo (1959)

as Chobei

Happily Tied to the Road
Happily Tied to the Road (1959)

as Heijuro

The Medicine Case
The Medicine Case (1959)

as Tosuke

Souls in the Moonlight II
Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)

as Kanbei Utabe

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

as Hirobumi Itō

Appeal on the Cross
Appeal on the Cross (1956)

as Hotta Genba

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

as Mitsumasa Yonai

Tomboy Daughter Diary
Tomboy Daughter Diary (1955)

as Eiji Izumi

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

as Temma Tsujikaze

珍説忠臣蔵
珍説忠臣蔵 (1953)

as Horibe Yasubei

Ikiru
Ikiru (1952)
GoodWatch score 91

as City Assemblyman

Five Men of Edo
Five Men of Edo (1951)

as Yume no Ichirobei

1940s

4 titles
Surônin makaritôru
Surônin makaritôru (1947)

as Jiemon Shiraishi

A Baby Given by a Fox
A Baby Given by a Fox (1945)

as Katano

Kenpu Renpeikan
Kenpu Renpeikan (1944)

as Amano Hachiro

The March of the Restoration
The March of the Restoration (1942)

as Isami Kondo

1930s

2 titles
Tenjiku Tokubei
Tenjiku Tokubei (1936)

as Tokubei Tenjiku

Kessen Kojinyama
Kessen Kojinyama (1932)

as Chokichi