Portrait of Eijiro Hisaita

Writing

Eijiro Hisaita

Career

Active from 1945 to 1966, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eijiro Hisaita Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Post-War Japan 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 65
Highest 2 Lowest
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Film Writer

Women of the Night
Women of the Night (2022)

Original Story

1960s

5 titles · average score 90
The Kii River
The Kii River (1966)

Screenplay

High and Low
High and Low (1963)
GoodWatch score 90

Screenplay

A Million Girls
A Million Girls (1963)

Writer

Mother Country
Mother Country (1962)

Screenplay

The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
GoodWatch score 91

Writer

1950s

8 titles · average score 65
Quiet Dawn in the Front
Quiet Dawn in the Front (1959)

Screenplay

Samurai Nippon
Samurai Nippon (1957)

Screenplay

Edo no yubae
Edo no yubae (1954)

Adaptation

Firefly Grass
Firefly Grass (1954)

Screenplay

Kare o korosu na
Kare o korosu na (1952)

Screenplay

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to (1952)

Screenplay

The Idiot
The Idiot (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Wife and the Female Reporter: A Crisis of Young Love
Wife and the Female Reporter: A Crisis of Young Love (1950)

Screenplay

1940s

8 titles · average score 71
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

Women of the Night
Women of the Night (1948)
GoodWatch score 71

Novel

Apostasy
Apostasy (1948)

Screenplay

Actress
Actress (1947)

Writer

No Regrets for Our Youth
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer

Morning for the Osone Family
Morning for the Osone Family (1946)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Kanchō umi no bara
Kanchō umi no bara (1945)

Screenplay