Acting
Akira Takarada
- Titles
- 117movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1954 to 2022, with a break from 1978 to 1989, busiest in 1957 with 15 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 69top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.7
- Warfare3.4average 1.2
- Fantasy4.0average 1.7
- Wonder5.4average 3.4
- Tech & Humanity3.1average 1.6
- Violence5.4average 4.2
- Scare3.4average 2.6
- Politics3.4average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.5, average 5.4
- Crime2.4, average 3.7
- Cringe Humor1.2, average 2.2
- Psychological4.7, average 5.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 13
- Social Commentary 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Family Drama 3
- Post-War Japan 3
- Melancholic Tone 2
- Psychological Depth 2
- Character Study 2
- Kaiju Film 2
- Monster Movie 2
- Fantasy Adventure 2
- Cross-Cultural Romance 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Yōko TsukasaActor3 Dolls in College, Samurai Saga, All is Well, The College Ruggers, Frame of Snow, +14 more
Akihiko HirataActorGodzilla, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean, Ironfinger, +10 more
Reiko DanActor3 Dolls in College, Daughters, Wives and a Mother, The Daphne, The Capital of Love, Devices Stronger Than Women, +9 more
Izumi YukimuraActorYaji and Kita on the Road, The Blue Mountains, The Singing Tireless Town, Singing in the Sun, Birth of Romance, +8 more
Momoko KôchiActorGodzilla, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean, Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman, Godzilla, +8 more- RRyōzō KasaharaWriterA Woman's Life, 3 Dolls in College, Yaji and Kita on the Road, The College Ruggers, Me and Me, +8 more
Akira IfukubeComposerGodzilla, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean, Godzilla vs. Mothra, +7 more- TTaiichi KankuraCinematographerLatitude Zero, 3 Dolls in College, All is Well, Me and Me, The Capital of Love, +7 more
Yumi ShirakawaActorThe Last War, Reign of Terror, Different Sons, The 6th Suspect, The Capital of Love, +6 more
Ishirō HondaDirectorGodzilla, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean, Mothra vs. Godzilla, +6 more
Toshio SugieDirector3 Dolls in College, All is Well, Me and Me, The Capital of Love, More Than 10,000 Women But..., +6 more
Toshiro IdeWriterA Wanderer's Notebook, Daughters, Wives and a Mother, A Night in Hong Kong, The Capital of Love, Price of Beauty, +6 more
Movies and TV shows
1212020s
1 title
2010s
9 titles · average score 69
as Machin Ueda
as Narrator
as CEO Ogata
TV show · as Shigeaki Ikeda
as Immigration Officer
as Sec. General Fuji
as Jafar (voice)
TV show
2000s
8 titles · average score 67
as Gentleman in a White Mercedes
as Voiceover
as UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo
as ナレーション
as Prince Anahobe / Mononobe no Moriya
TV show · as Mononobe no Moriya
TV show · as Joji Murai
1990s
7 titles · average score 72
as Police Commissioner
as Kichitaro Shiratori
TV show · as Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]
as Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino
TV show
as Inukai
1980s
2 titles
as Emcee
TV show
1970s
1 title · average score 59
as Ogata
1960s
39 titles · average score 67
as Dr. Ken Tashiro
as Andrew Hoshino
as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
as Yoshimura
as Astronaut Kazuo Fuji
as Andrew Hoshino
as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
as Koichi Shimizu
as Fukuya
as Gunpei Takada
as Kosuke Sakai
as Takano
1950s
54 titles · average score 62
as Mineo Komatsu
as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
as Daisuke Kaneko
as Shin'ichi Takada
as Kunio Murata
as The Boy (Her Brother)
as Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)
as Tatsuo Ito
as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani
as Takeshi Iijima
as Hideto Ogata