Portrait of Eimei Esumi

Acting

Eimei Esumi

Career

Active from 1963 to 2003, with a break from 1988 to 2002, busiest in 1977 and 1978 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eimei Esumi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.3, average 3.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Erotic Thriller 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Yakuza 2
  • Japanese Exploitation 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Japanese New Wave 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 70
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

as Man in restaurant

Eureka
Eureka (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

as Seiji Sawai

1990s

2 titles
Will to Live
Will to Live (1999)

as Villager

KochiKame: The Movie
KochiKame: The Movie (1999)

as Gomesu Tonda (voice)

1980s

17 titles · average score 72
A Taxing Woman
A Taxing Woman (1987)
GoodWatch score 75

as Director General

Bishimai: Aegu
Bishimai: Aegu (1987)

as Syôichirô Yamazaki

Swap Shinsatsushitsu: Mitsu-shibuki
Swap Shinsatsushitsu: Mitsu-shibuki (1986)

as Recreation Center CEO - Yoshie's Husband

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
GoodWatch score 82

as Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

Dark Room
Dark Room (1983)

as Takei(竹井)

Sexy doll: Abe Sada sansei
Sexy doll: Abe Sada sansei (1983)

as Shigemune

Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon
Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon (1982)

as Shun'ichirô - the Director of a Hospital

Meat Slave: Broken Toy
Meat Slave: Broken Toy (1982)

as Shin'ichirô Sakuraba

Kagero-za
Kagero-za (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

as Butler

Image of a Bound Girl
Image of a Bound Girl (1980)

as Keisuke Minegishi

The Beast to Die
The Beast to Die (1980)
GoodWatch score 63

as Umezu

Pleasure Campus: Secret Games
Pleasure Campus: Secret Games (1980)

as Teacher Marukido

1970s

30 titles · average score 64
Secret of One Summer
Secret of One Summer (1979)

as Gunji

Erotic Liaisons
Erotic Liaisons (1978)

as Fujishima

Panic in High School
Panic in High School (1978)
GoodWatch score 68

as Yoneshige

Sexual Assault at a Hotel
Sexual Assault at a Hotel (1977)

as Hondo

Yumeno Kyusaku's Girl Hell
Yumeno Kyusaku's Girl Hell (1977)
GoodWatch score 56

as Tonomiya

Confessions of a Teenage Mother
Confessions of a Teenage Mother (1977)

as Sugiya

A Woman Called Sada Abe
A Woman Called Sada Abe (1975)
GoodWatch score 53

as Kichizo Ishida

Cruelty: Black Rose Torture
Cruelty: Black Rose Torture (1975)

as Narumi

The World of Geisha 2 – The Precocious Lad
The World of Geisha 2 – The Precocious Lad (1974)

as Komiyama

The World of Geisha
The World of Geisha (1973)
GoodWatch score 51

as Shinsuke

Delinquent Girl: Alley Cat In Heat
Delinquent Girl: Alley Cat In Heat (1973)

as Gomame

Naked Rashomon
Naked Rashomon (1973)

as Sadanosuke

1960s

12 titles · average score 78
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
GoodWatch score 69

as Makino

Kuroneko
Kuroneko (1968)
GoodWatch score 87

as Subordinate

わんぱく探偵団
わんぱく探偵団 (1968)

TV show

A Colt Is My Passport
A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
GoodWatch score 75

as Senzaki

Lost Sex
Lost Sex (1966)

as Young man in the village

Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
GoodWatch score 83

as Otsuka

Song of Dawn
Song of Dawn (1965)

as Nakahara

Story of a Prostitute
Story of a Prostitute (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

as Machida

Gate of Flesh
Gate of Flesh (1964)
GoodWatch score 87

as Ogasawara

The Flower and the Angry Waves
The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)
GoodWatch score 68

as Gorosuke

Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast (1963)
GoodWatch score 81

as Gorô Minami

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women (1963)

as Uchida