Portrait of Kanjūrō Arashi

Acting

Kanjūrō Arashi

Career

Active from 1928 to 1978, with a break from 1930 to 1948, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kanjūrō Arashi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.8, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    1.4, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Yakuza Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

11 titles · average score 64
Dynamite Don-Don
Dynamite Don-Don (1978)

as Genzo Okaya

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

as Yanosuke Kawamoto

Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)

as 老爷

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
GoodWatch score 57

as Devil Tiger

Female Yakuza Tale
Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
GoodWatch score 64

as Seizô Ôgi

Poem
Poem (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Moriyama

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)

as Shinbori

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)

as Hidegoro Omaeda

The Path of the King
The Path of the King (1971)

as Zenhachiro Minami

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)

as Teppokyu

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hyoroku

1960s

25 titles · average score 72
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)
GoodWatch score 71

as Teijiro Sugiyama

Kanto Street Peddlers
Kanto Street Peddlers (1969)

as Jisuke Ichii

The Fort of Death
The Fort of Death (1969)
GoodWatch score 66

as Tazaemon

Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
GoodWatch score 80

as Yamamori Futori

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil (1967)

as Onitora

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

as Shimazu

Abashiri Prison
Abashiri Prison (1965)
GoodWatch score 71

as Torakichi Akuda

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965)

as Asahi Oyabun

13 Assassins
13 Assassins (1963)
GoodWatch score 74

as Saheita Kuranaga

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)

as Commander Ushijima

Jigoku
Jigoku (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

as Enma

Honno-Ji in Flames
Honno-Ji in Flames (1960)

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

1950s

15 titles
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)

as Hideki Tojo

Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū
Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū (1959)

as Katsura Kogoro

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)

as Emperor Meiji

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

as Emperor Meiji

Traitors of the Blue Castle
Traitors of the Blue Castle (1957)

as Harada Kai

Appeal on the Cross
Appeal on the Cross (1956)

as Sôgorô

Umon Detective Story: Rare Change
Umon Detective Story: Rare Change (1954)

as Muttsuri Umon

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu
Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu (1952)

as Kurama Tengu

Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth
Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth (1952)

as Umon Kondô

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain
Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)

as Matashirô Sasai

Yasubei Nakayama
Yasubei Nakayama (1951)

as Yasubei Nakayama

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)

as Ôhara Yûgaku

1940s

1 title
Rinchi
Rinchi (1949)

as Seikichi

1920s

2 titles
Umon's First Exploit
Umon's First Exploit (1929)

as 'Muttsuri' Umon

The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu
The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu (1928)

as Kurama tengu