Portrait of Gin Maeda

Acting

Gin Maeda

Career

Active from 1970 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gin Maeda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Gentle Humor 7
  • Nostalgic Charm 6
  • Tora-san Series 5
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Family Dynamics 4
  • Slice of Life 3
  • Japanese Comedy 3
  • Episodic 3
  • Sentimental 3
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Family Relationships 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

99
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 67
Dot to Dot: Will I Be Single Forever?
Dot to Dot: Will I Be Single Forever? (2026)

as Kenji

The Old One
The Old One (2024)

TV show

The Honest Realtor
The Honest Realtor (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Hideki Fujisaki

2010s

13 titles · average score 68
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

as 阿博

March Comes In Like a Lion
March Comes In Like a Lion (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

as Someji Kawamoto

March Goes out Like a Lamb
March Goes out Like a Lamb (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

as Someji Kawamoto

Seven Detectives
Seven Detectives (2015)

TV show · as Masanobu Kaneko

Massan
Massan (2014)

TV show · as Masashi Kameyama

Nobunaga Concerto
Nobunaga Concerto (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Muranaga

Midsummer's Equation
Midsummer's Equation (2013)
GoodWatch score 65

as Shigeharu Kawabata

R100
R100 (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

as Kiichiro Sugiura

Someday at a Place in the Sun
Someday at a Place in the Sun (2013)

TV show · as Fumihiko Oshiba

The Floating Castle
The Floating Castle (2012)
GoodWatch score 68

as Tahee

Blackboard
Blackboard (2012)

TV show · as Nogami Etsuo / Etsuo Nogami

Moonlight Mask
Moonlight Mask (2011)

as Tenraku Morinoga

2000s

5 titles · average score 78
Smile
Smile (2009)

TV show · as Machimura Sosuke

Hitomi
Hitomi (2008)

TV show · as Ishida Yujiro

Letters from Nirai Kanai
Letters from Nirai Kanai (2005)

as Tanaka

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show · as Genichi Koike

Hero
Hero (2001)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Seiichi Hasegawa

1990s

19 titles
Pride
Pride (1998)

as Sadao Akamatsu

Diary of Early Winter Shower
Diary of Early Winter Shower (1998)

as Sofue

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)

as 阿博

The Perfect Boss
The Perfect Boss (1997)

TV show · as Yoshiharu Tsuge

Tora-san to the Rescue
Tora-san to the Rescue (1995)

as 阿博

MARKS
MARKS (1995)

as Section chief Hanabusa

Tora-san's Easy Advice
Tora-san's Easy Advice (1994)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Matchmaker
Tora-san's Matchmaker (1993)

as 阿博

Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)

as 阿博

Tora-san Confesses
Tora-san Confesses (1991)

as 阿博

Making It Through
Making It Through (1990)

TV show

Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)

as 阿博

1980s

24 titles
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)

as 阿博

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)

as 阿博

Tora-san Goes North
Tora-san Goes North (1987)

as Hiroshi

Tora-san Plays Daddy
Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (1986)

as 阿博

Tora-san, the Go-Between
Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)

as 阿博

Tora-san Goes Religious?
Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)

as 阿博

Tora-san, the Expert
Tora-san, the Expert (1982)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)

as 阿博

Foster Daddy, Tora!
Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)

as 阿博

1970s

32 titles · average score 70
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)

as 阿博

Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)

as 阿博

Talk of the Town Tora-san
Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Pure Love
Tora-san's Pure Love (1976)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Lovesick
Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)

as 阿博

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
GoodWatch score 78

as Koichi Shimada

Tora-san Loves an Artist
Tora-san Loves an Artist (1973)

as 阿博

Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973)

as 阿博

Home from the Sea
Home from the Sea (1972)
GoodWatch score 72

as Kenji Ishizaki

Tora-san's Love Call
Tora-san's Love Call (1971)

as 阿博

If You Were Young: Rage
If You Were Young: Rage (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Asao Suzuki

1960s

3 titles · average score 71
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969)
GoodWatch score 73

as 阿博

Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

as 阿博

Ryoma ga Yuku
Ryoma ga Yuku (1968)

TV show · as Okada Izo