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Ken Mitsuda

Career

Active from 1944 to 1983, with a break from 1968 to 1982, busiest in 1964 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ken Mitsuda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
The Yoshida School
The Yoshida School (1983)

as Kijūrō Shidehara

1970s

2 titles
Professional Killers
Professional Killers (1973)

as Seiten no Daigorô

Professional Killers
Professional Killers (1972)

TV show

1960s

22 titles · average score 75
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ariaki Yamagata

The Threat
The Threat (1966)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sakata

Red Beard
Red Beard (1965)
GoodWatch score 84

as Genpaku Amano

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
GoodWatch score 59

as Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")

Manji
Manji (1964)
GoodWatch score 64

as Novelist

Fumiko's Five Benefactors
Fumiko's Five Benefactors (1964)

as Composer

Two Bitches
Two Bitches (1964)

as Miki

Revenge
Revenge (1964)
GoodWatch score 79

as Katagai Yoromo

The Lost Alibi
The Lost Alibi (1960)

as Okazaki

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

as Public Corporation President Arimura

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
GoodWatch score 92

as Sonoda

The Wandering Princess
The Wandering Princess (1960)
GoodWatch score 69

as Asabuki

1950s

14 titles · average score 82
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
Vagabond Employee: Revenge (1959)

as President Shōji

The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night (1959)

as Daizo Oka

The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
GoodWatch score 83

as Teruyan

The Spell of the Hidden Gold
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)

as Kobayakawa

Zesshou
Zesshou (1958)

as Sobei Sonoda

Mother
Mother (1958)

as Hiroshi Ômachi

A Dangerous Hero
A Dangerous Hero (1957)

as Junnosuke Mihara

I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear (1955)
GoodWatch score 73

as Judge Araki

Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
GoodWatch score 91

as Prime Minister Fujiwara

White Fish
White Fish (1953)

as Toyama

Zoku jūdai no seiten
Zoku jūdai no seiten (1953)

as Principle

Dispersed Clouds
Dispersed Clouds (1951)

as Ryohei Fujimura

1940s

5 titles · average score 66
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ichimonjiya Kihei

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ichimonjiya Kihei

Great X
Great X (1948)

as Sekikawa

A Descendant of Urashima Taro
A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)

as Gotaro Goda

Army
Army (1944)
GoodWatch score 66

as Tomonojo