Portrait of Keinosuke Uekusa

Writing

Keinosuke Uekusa

Career

Active from 1938 to 1981, with a break from 1968 to 1980, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Keinosuke Uekusa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Run Melos!
Run Melos! (1981)

Writer

1960s

5 titles · average score 54
Temptation by Night
Temptation by Night (1967)

Screenplay

All My Children
All My Children (1963)

Screenplay

The Song of the Season
The Song of the Season (1961)

Screenplay

Alakazam the Great!
Alakazam the Great! (1960)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay

Sotobori Murder Case
Sotobori Murder Case (1960)

Writer

1950s

8 titles
Her Name Was Sakura
Her Name Was Sakura (1959)

Screenplay

The Outsiders
The Outsiders (1958)

Screenplay

Shiroi akuma
Shiroi akuma (1958)

Screenplay

Kosui monogatari
Kosui monogatari (1957)

Adaptation

Mother and Child
Mother and Child (1956)

Screenplay

The Wind Blows Twice
The Wind Blows Twice (1952)

Screenplay

The Whisper of Spring
The Whisper of Spring (1952)

Screenplay

Weeping Doll
Weeping Doll (1951)

Screenplay

1940s

4 titles · average score 83
Bibō no kaoyaku
Bibō no kaoyaku (1949)

Adaptation

Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel (1948)
GoodWatch score 86

Writer

One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

Once More
Once More (1947)

Adaptation

1930s

1 title
Kurama Tengu
Kurama Tengu (1938)

Writer