Portrait of Ken Mitsuishi

Acting

Ken Mitsuishi

Career

Active from 1985 to 2026, busiest in 2019 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Eureka
Eureka
GoodWatch score81/100

Characters

35

The characters Ken Mitsuishi played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 100 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 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
Ken Mitsuishi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4
  • Showbiz
    0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 19
  • Japanese Drama 10
  • Character Study 9
  • Japanese Cinema 9
  • Coming-of-Age 8
  • Melancholy 8
  • Social Critique 6
  • Character-Driven Narrative 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Psychological Drama 5
  • Human Connection 5
  • Social Commentary 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

279
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
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1 title
Byplayers: What If Supporting Actors Lived On a Deserted Island for a TV Tokyo Morning Drama?
Byplayers: What If Supporting Actors Lived On a Deserted Island for a TV Tokyo Morning Drama?

TV show

2020s

68 titles · average score 69
Until We Meet Again
Until We Meet Again (2026)
GoodWatch score 63

as Minoru Bando

Chosen Home
Chosen Home (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Jin Ichigaya

Monster
Monster (2025)

TV show · as Moridaira Saburo

Shady Job Family
Shady Job Family (2024)

TV show · as Ogawa Kenzo

When Spring Comes
When Spring Comes (2024)

TV show · as Awano Hiromu

THE DAYS
THE DAYS (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Murakami

Ripples
Ripples (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

as Osamu Sudo

Fence
Fence (2023)

TV show · as Higashi Yukichi

One Day, You Will Reach the Sea
One Day, You Will Reach the Sea (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

as Fuminori Narahara

BL Metamorphosis
BL Metamorphosis (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

as Numada

Pension Metsä
Pension Metsä (2021)

TV show · as Koma-chan

Hold on, look ahead.
Hold on, look ahead. (2021)

TV show · as Misumi Masato

2010s

107 titles · average score 67
In Hand
In Hand (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Hajime Amino

Outrage Coda
Outrage Coda (2017)
GoodWatch score 55

as Gomi

Side Job
Side Job (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

as Osamu

Cold Case: Door of Truth
Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016)

TV show · as Kaneko Toru

Ouroboros
Ouroboros (2015)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Hibino Kunihiko

Three Stories of Love
Three Stories of Love (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

as Hiroshi Fujita

Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather (2013)

TV show · as Yamada

Rent-a-Cat
Rent-a-Cat (2012)
GoodWatch score 68

as Goro Yoshida

Beyond Outrage
Beyond Outrage (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

as Eijiro Gomi

Himizu
Himizu (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

as Sumida's Father

Nude
Nude (2010)
GoodWatch score 54

as Manager

Kakera: A Piece of Our Life
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2010)
GoodWatch score 63

as Riko's Father

2000s

73 titles · average score 67
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
GoodWatch score 65

as Koji Ishida

Oppai Volleyball
Oppai Volleyball (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

as Head Coach

Pandemic
Pandemic (2009)
GoodWatch score 58

as Shôsuke Kamikura

Michiko & Hatchin
Michiko & Hatchin (2008)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Ricardo (voice)

All Around Us
All Around Us (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

as lawyer

One-Pound Gospel
One-Pound Gospel (2008)

TV show · as Hideo Mitaka

I Just Didn't Do It
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
GoodWatch score 78

as Mitsuru Sada

Glasses
Glasses (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

as Yuji

Time Limit Investigator
Time Limit Investigator (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as 諸澤

Noriko's Dinner Table
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

as Tetsuzo Shimabara

Eureka
Eureka (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

as Shigeo

Chaos
Chaos (2000)
GoodWatch score 65

as Takayuki Komiyama

1990s

18 titles · average score 66
April Story
April Story (1998)
GoodWatch score 72

as Salaryman

Open House
Open House (1998)

as Goto

The Eel
The Eel (1997)
GoodWatch score 67

as Detective

Helpless
Helpless (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

as Yasuo Matsumura

Swallowtail Butterfly
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
GoodWatch score 80

as Punk Man

Love Letter
Love Letter (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kasu Abe

The Files of the Young Kindaichi
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)

TV show · as Yûichirô Matoba

The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

as The Husband

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993)
GoodWatch score 70

as Kurata

Fried Dragon Fish
Fried Dragon Fish (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

as Kiryu

Ghost Soup
Ghost Soup (1992)
GoodWatch score 64

as Private Sakata

Hiruko the Goblin
Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
GoodWatch score 61

as Archeologist

1980s

12 titles · average score 64
Gate of Flesh
Gate of Flesh (1988)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sub

Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sergeant Hakata

Yakuza Ladies 2
Yakuza Ladies 2 (1987)

as Jiro

冷たいのがお好き
冷たいのがお好き (1987)

as Toru Kitamura

Virgin Boy's Story
Virgin Boy's Story (1986)

as Kenta Daikokuya

The Seburi Story
The Seburi Story (1985)

as Jiro

Tora-san's Island Encounter
Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)

as Young man B

Female Detective Yuko Kasumi
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi (1985)

TV show · as Sakuragi Hiroshi

Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki (1985)

as Yuichiro Saito

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983)

TV show · as Shimizu / Satomi

No no kiyora yama no kiyora ni hikari sasu
No no kiyora yama no kiyora ni hikari sasu (1983)

as Toru Kaneko

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

as Shūhei