Portrait of Masayuki Yui

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
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Kagemusha
Kagemusha
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
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

Select a genre to see those titles.

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
Cicada (2014)

as Gankane-san

Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

as Zenjiro Hanyu

Princess Go
Princess Go (2011)

TV show · as Kiyotsuna Akao

Persimmon
Persimmon (2011)

as Hasegawa

Sword of Desperation
Sword of Desperation (2010)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ohba

2000s

24 titles · average score 59
Bicycle
Bicycle (2009)

as Old Man

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel' (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' (2002)

Producer, Writer

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘No Regrets for Our Youth’
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘No Regrets for Our Youth’ (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' (2002)

as Narrator

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard' (2002)

as Narrator

To End All Wars
To End All Wars (2001)
GoodWatch score 59

as Captain Noguchi

1990s

5 titles · average score 67
Tokyo Eyes
Tokyo Eyes (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

as Manager of Beauty Parlor

Madadayo
Madadayo (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

as Kiriyama

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran'
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran' (1993)

Producer, Director

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha'
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha' (1993)

Producer, Director

Dreams
Dreams (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

as Member of Climbing Team

1980s

2 titles · average score 87
Ran
Ran (1985)
GoodWatch score 90

as Tango Hirayama

Kagemusha
Kagemusha (1980)
GoodWatch score 84

as Ieyasu Tokugawa