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Acting

Masayuki Yui

Career: Active from 1980 to 2014, with a break from 1981 to 1992, busiest in 2002 with 22 main titles.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: Kagemusha
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Masayuki Yui Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
0.9, average 2.2
Satire & Parody
1.1, average 2.3
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Japanese Cinema 5
Akira Kurosawa 2
Film Analysis 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

5 titles · average score 69

Cicada

as Gankane-san

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

71

as Zenjiro Hanyu

Princess Go

TV show · as Kiyotsuna Akao

Persimmon

as Hasegawa

Sword of Desperation

68

as Ohba

2000s

24 titles · average score 59

as Old Man

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

Producer, Writer

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘No Regrets for Our Youth’

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'

as Narrator

To End All Wars

59

as Captain Noguchi

1990s

5 titles · average score 67

Tokyo Eyes

48

as Manager of Beauty Parlor

Madadayo

79

as Kiriyama

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran'

Producer, Director

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha'

Producer, Director

Dreams

74

as Member of Climbing Team

1980s

2 titles · average score 87

Ran

90

as Tango Hirayama

Kagemusha

84

as Ieyasu Tokugawa