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Kinya Naoi

Career

Active from 1953 to 1980, busiest in 1961 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kinya Naoi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Satire & Parody
    0.7, average 2.3
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Samurai 2
  • Action 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Tragedy 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Feudal Japan 2
  • Historical Action 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

1970s

4 titles · average score 67
Zatoichi at Large
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life (1971)

Screenplay

The Last Kamikaze
The Last Kamikaze (1970)

Screenplay

The Angry Sword
The Angry Sword (1970)

Screenplay

1960s

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

Screenplay

The Curse of the Ghost
The Curse of the Ghost (1969)

Writer

Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Lone Wolf Isazo
Lone Wolf Isazo (1968)

Screenplay

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh (1967)

Writer

A Woman's Gamble
A Woman's Gamble (1966)

Screenplay

Tattooed Life
Tattooed Life (1965)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy (1965)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Life of Hishakaku
Life of Hishakaku (1963)

Screenplay

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge (1963)

Screenplay

Sakura Official
Sakura Official (1962)

Screenplay

Tange Sazen and the Princess
Tange Sazen and the Princess (1961)

Screenplay

1950s

4 titles
The Third Dead Angle
The Third Dead Angle (1959)

Screenplay

JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei
JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei (1959)

Writer

Ama Reef
Ama Reef (1958)

Screenplay

At the End of the Clouds
At the End of the Clouds (1953)

Screenplay