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Kazuo Funahashi

Career

Active from 1946 to 1972, busiest in 1964 and 1968 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Kisses
Kisses
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kazuo Funahashi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic Film 2
  • 1960s Japan 2
  • Psychological Depth 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

105
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

6 titles
The Ghostly Trip
The Ghostly Trip (1972)

Writer, Script

Kaiun ryokō
Kaiun ryokō (1971)

Screenplay

Rikugun rakugo-hei
Rikugun rakugo-hei (1971)

Screenplay

Innocent Sinner
Innocent Sinner (1970)

Screenplay

与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても
与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても (1970)

Screenplay

Mangan ryokō
Mangan ryokō (1970)

Screenplay

1960s

56 titles · average score 70
The Pit of Death
The Pit of Death (1968)

Screenplay

New Year Trip
New Year Trip (1968)

Screenplay

Express Train
Express Train (1967)

Screenplay

Secret Assignment
Secret Assignment (1967)

Screenplay

The Front Line Showdown
The Front Line Showdown (1966)

Screenplay

The Forest of No Escape
The Forest of No Escape (1965)

Screenplay

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.
Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. (1965)

Screenplay

Ken
Ken (1964)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

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

Screenplay

The Frolic of the Beasts
The Frolic of the Beasts (1964)

Screenplay

Black Test Car
Black Test Car (1962)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

1950s

38 titles · average score 72
Goodbye, Hello
Goodbye, Hello (1959)

Screenplay

Four Hours of Terror
Four Hours of Terror (1959)

Screenplay

Etajima, the Naval Academy
Etajima, the Naval Academy (1959)

Screenplay

Thirst
Thirst (1958)

Writer

Kisses
Kisses (1957)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay

The Chop Professor
The Chop Professor (1956)

Screenplay

Street Fight at Dawn
Street Fight at Dawn (1953)

Writer

Portrait of Madame Yuki
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)

Screenplay

The Rainbow-Colored Flower
The Rainbow-Colored Flower (1950)

Screenplay

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)

Screenplay

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)

Screenplay

1940s

5 titles
Utako's Story
Utako's Story (1949)

Screenplay

Dare ni koisen
Dare ni koisen (1948)

Screenplay

Unmei no koyomi
Unmei no koyomi (1948)

Screenplay

Kare to kanojo wa iku
Kare to kanojo wa iku (1946)

Screenplay

Kenrantaru fukushū
Kenrantaru fukushū (1946)

Screenplay