Portrait of Yoichiro Saito

Acting

Yoichiro Saito

Career

Active from 1996 to 2025, busiest in 2024 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Look Back
Look Back
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yoichiro Saito Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Politics
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Satire & Parody
    1.0, average 2.3
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Melancholy 3
  • Bleak Atmosphere 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Yakuza 2
  • Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

13 titles · average score 76
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025)
GoodWatch score 82

as Isogai

Mary of Magdalene Restaurant
Mary of Magdalene Restaurant (2025)

TV show · as 与羽诚一

Look Back
Look Back (2024)
GoodWatch score 89

as Homeroom Teacher (voice)

Futon
Futon (2024)

as Tokio Takenaka

PLAY!
PLAY! (2024)

as Gunji Yasuo

Deleting [Me] – Chain of Revenge
Deleting [Me] – Chain of Revenge (2024)

TV show · as Haibara Atsuhiko

To the Future, With You.
To the Future, With You. (2024)

TV show · as Toshio Watari

Call Me Chihiro
Call Me Chihiro (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

as Kuniko's Father

Can I Start with a Camera?
Can I Start with a Camera? (2023)

TV show · as 池田聡(いけだ さとし)

Insomniacs After School
Insomniacs After School (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

as Isaki's Father

About Miss Azami
About Miss Azami (2020)

as Kitajima

Georama Boy Panorama Girl
Georama Boy Panorama Girl (2020)

as Akihiko Shibuya

2010s

14 titles · average score 53
Kansatsui Asagao
Kansatsui Asagao (2019)

TV show

No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me
No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me (2018)

as Taiji's Father

Drowning Love
Drowning Love (2016)
GoodWatch score 60

as Naoki

Dear Deer
Dear Deer (2015)

as Yoshio

Wakako Zake
Wakako Zake (2015)

TV show

I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -
I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

The End of Puberty
The End of Puberty (2011)

as Madoka

CSI: Crime Scene Talks
CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011)

TV show

DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon
DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon (2011)

TV show · as Yoshiro Senju

The Sylvian Experiments
The Sylvian Experiments (2010)
GoodWatch score 36

as Hatori

Absolute Zero
Absolute Zero (2010)

TV show · as Ryuji Hanataka

Ekeb of Dekye
Ekeb of Dekye (2010)

as Detective

2000s

12 titles · average score 66
The Mourning Forest
The Mourning Forest (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

as Machiko's Husband

Konna otona no onnanoko
Konna otona no onnanoko (2007)

as Kazuhiko Ihara

Sad Vacation
Sad Vacation (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

as Akihiko

The Pavillion Salamandre
The Pavillion Salamandre (2006)

as Keitaro Kusuda

JAPONICA VIRUS
JAPONICA VIRUS (2006)

as Kitagawa

Heaven's Bookstore
Heaven's Bookstore (2004)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sentaro

Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

as Yano

Sky High
Sky High (2003)

TV show

Utsutsu
Utsutsu (2002)

as Eisuke Obara

Eureka
Eureka (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

as Akihiko

Tokyo Marigold
Tokyo Marigold (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Miyashita

Hanamura Daisuke
Hanamura Daisuke (2000)

TV show

1990s

4 titles · average score 55
おとり捜査官・北見志穂Ⅱ
おとり捜査官・北見志穂Ⅱ (1999)

as Tatsuo Shirai

Tokyo Eyes
Tokyo Eyes (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

as Boy at Disco

Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga
Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga (1997)

as Matsuo

Helpless
Helpless (1996)
GoodWatch score 63

as Akihiko

1970s

1 title · average score 69
Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider (1971)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Tamotsu Douan