Portrait of Bontarō Miake

Acting

Bontarō Miake

Career

Active from 1928 to 1969, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bontarō Miake Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Japanese Cinema 2
  • Slow Burn 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

1970s

1 title · average score 64
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Adm. Koshiro Oikawa

1960s

20 titles · average score 69
BGs of Ginza
BGs of Ginza (1969)

as Shuntaro Nonomura

Bloody Territories
Bloody Territories (1969)

as Shinsaku Fujioka, Sakura Syndicate chair

The Pit of Death
The Pit of Death (1968)

as President Yukawa

Dreams Come True at Night
Dreams Come True at Night (1967)

as Miwata

The Great White Tower
The Great White Tower (1966)
GoodWatch score 74

as Iwata

Black Report
Black Report (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Prosecutor Narumi

Black Test Car
Black Test Car (1962)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kihachi Oguri

The Great Wall
The Great Wall (1962)

as Meng Tian

Buddha
Buddha (1961)

as Channa

Anchin and Kiyohime
Anchin and Kiyohime (1960)

as Kiyotsugu

Satan's Sword
Satan's Sword (1960)
GoodWatch score 66

as Urajuku no Shichibee

The Woman Who Touched Legs
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)

as Police Superintendent

1950s

29 titles · average score 69
Image of a Mother
Image of a Mother (1959)

as Kyosuke Ôki

Ripe and Marriageable
Ripe and Marriageable (1959)

as Konosuke, Shinobu's father

Warning from Space
Warning from Space (1956)
GoodWatch score 42

as Dr. Kamura

Street of Shame
Street of Shame (1956)
GoodWatch score 77

as Officer Nonomura

Zangiku monogatari
Zangiku monogatari (1956)

as Kan'ya Morita

The Phantom Horse
The Phantom Horse (1955)

as Yasuke Shiraishi

Brooba
Brooba (1955)

as Father Seiichiro

Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
GoodWatch score 91

as Kichiji

The Woman in the Rumor
The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kobayashi

Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
GoodWatch score 77

as Seki

The Battleship Yamato
The Battleship Yamato (1953)

as Chief army surgeon Yamada

Carmen Comes Home
Carmen Comes Home (1951)
GoodWatch score 52

as Maruju

1940s

3 titles
The Rainbow Man
The Rainbow Man (1949)

as Ryuzu Maya

Ghost Tower
Ghost Tower (1948)

as Sanpei Tsuchiya

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

as Hachizaemon

1930s

4 titles · average score 74
Earth
Earth (1939)

as Heizo

Five Scouts
Five Scouts (1938)

as Sergeant Fujimoto

Karisome no kuchibeni
Karisome no kuchibeni (1934)

as Karuyama

The Water Magician
The Water Magician (1933)
GoodWatch score 74

as Shinzô

1920s

3 titles · average score 63
Tokyo March
Tokyo March (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

as 松並の弟敏男

Metropolitan Symphony
Metropolitan Symphony (1929)

as Samu Kō

Town of Love
Town of Love (1928)

as Yasuzo Yasui, Kikuchi's nephew