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Portrait of Masao Shimizu

Acting

Masao Shimizu

Titles
82movies1TV show
Career

Active from 1937 to 1967, busiest in 1959 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Ball at the Anjo House
The Ball at the Anjo House
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

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Masao Shimizu Catalog average

Rarely in their work

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

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Class Struggle 2
  • Post-War Trauma 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

83

1970s

4 titles

1960s

26 titles · average score 77

as Lighthouse Chief

as Prison Warden

as Shimamura Juzaemon

as Yôsuke Ishiyama

as Kikui

as Dr. Daisaku Yoshie

All 26 titles from the 1960s

1950s

39 titles · average score 74

as Mr. Yokokawa

as Shingo Mano

as Zoologist Dr. Tadokoro

as Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband

as Masauji Taira

as Setsuko's father

as Doctor

as Yoshizaki Art Dealer

All 39 titles from the 1950s

1940s

12 titles · average score 82

as Nakamura

as Ryûzaburô Shinkawa

as Policeman

as Dance Hall Manager

as Professor Hakozaki

as Section chief (uncredited)

as Police Officer Sugiyama

as Ecchûmori Katô

1930s

2 titles · average score 72

as Kazuo Sakamoto

as Kenkichi, Owner of Inn