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Kei Tasaka

Career

Active from 1960 to 1984, busiest in 1963 and 1966 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Eleven Samurai
Eleven Samurai
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kei Tasaka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.3, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.5, average 4.9
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Revenge 5
  • Samurai Film 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Feudal Japan 2
  • Lone Warrior 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Action 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Samurai 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Loyalty 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

4 titles
Turkish March: Castle of Dreams
Turkish March: Castle of Dreams (1984)

Screenplay

Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot (1982)

Screenplay

Lowly Ronin
Lowly Ronin (1981)

Screenplay

I Saw a Monster Fish
I Saw a Monster Fish (1981)

Writer

1970s

13 titles · average score 69
Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable
Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable (1978)

Screenplay

Manhunt
Manhunt (1976)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse (1975)

Writer

Doterai Man
Doterai Man (1975)

Screenplay

Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi (1974)

Screenplay

Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro (1973)

Writer

It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!!
It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! (1972)

Screenplay

Maiko Girls, Everybody Gather!!
Maiko Girls, Everybody Gather!! (1972)

Screenplay

The Wolves
The Wolves (1971)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay

It's Springtime, It's Drifters Time, Everybody Gather!!
It's Springtime, It's Drifters Time, Everybody Gather!! (1971)

Screenplay

Fun on the Run
Fun on the Run (1970)

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アッと驚く為五郎
アッと驚く為五郎 (1970)

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1960s

21 titles · average score 74
Goyokin
Goyokin (1969)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

Our Miyo-chan
Our Miyo-chan (1969)

Screenplay

Samurai Wolf II
Samurai Wolf II (1967)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

Eleven Samurai
Eleven Samurai (1967)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay

Heiji, the Detective
Heiji, the Detective (1967)

Screenplay

Samurai Wolf
Samurai Wolf (1966)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Rub Out the Past
Rub Out the Past (1966)

Screenplay

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves (1966)

Writer

The Flower and the Dragon
The Flower and the Dragon (1965)

Screenplay

The Third Ninja
The Third Ninja (1964)

Screenplay

Itsudemo yume o
Itsudemo yume o (1963)

Screenplay