Portrait of Junkichi Orimoto

Acting

Junkichi Orimoto

Career

Active from 1953 to 2014, with a break from 1992 to 2005, busiest in 1984 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Junkichi Orimoto Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Wholesome
    2.4, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Revenge 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Japanese Historical Drama 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Detective Duo 2
  • Gritty 2
  • Classic Japanese Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

5 titles · average score 74
Desperate Sunflowers
Desperate Sunflowers (2016)

as Takaaki Kondo

0.5 mm
0.5 mm (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

as Shozo Kataoka

Testimony of N
Testimony of N (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Nohara Kanefumi

Night School Teacher, SAKURA
Night School Teacher, SAKURA (2014)

TV show · as Tomio Takakura(高倉 富雄)

Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File
Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File (2011)

as Shigeo Yazaki

2000s

5 titles · average score 76
Clouds Over the Hill
Clouds Over the Hill (2009)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as 長谷川祖吉

Code Blue
Code Blue (2008)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Fukushima Shigezo

Garden of the Wind
Garden of the Wind (2008)

TV show · as Misawa

Izumo no Okuni
Izumo no Okuni (2006)

TV show · as Baian

Mori no gakkō
Mori no gakkō (2002)

as Manzo Hatano

1990s

7 titles
Weekend Marriage
Weekend Marriage (1999)

TV show

Hideyoshi
Hideyoshi (1996)

TV show · as Sakuma Nobumori

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa (1996)

as priest

白馬岳殺意の峰
白馬岳殺意の峰 (1991)

TV show

Tales of the Bizarre
Tales of the Bizarre (1990)

TV show

Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis (1990)

as landowner

Don't touch the thief!
Don't touch the thief! (1990)

TV show · as Tokikuni Heisei

1980s

14 titles · average score 67
The Enchantment
The Enchantment (1989)

as Parking attendant

Kasuga the Court Lady
Kasuga the Court Lady (1989)

TV show · as Shigemichi Inaba

Mystery of the Coral Seas
Mystery of the Coral Seas (1988)

as Takuzo Nakamori

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
GoodWatch score 82

as General Mashita

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
GoodWatch score 45

as Director-General of the Defense Agency

The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

as Director-General of the Defense Agency

Ana
Ana (1984)

as Chief Sasaki

Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken
Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken (1984)

as Detective Matsuno

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983)

TV show · as Kōan Murase / Akio Kamijō

The Imperial Japanese Empire
The Imperial Japanese Empire (1982)

as Teijiro Toyoda

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 (1982)

as Yamato-no-kami Kuze

May Love Be Restored
May Love Be Restored (1980)

as Genyu

1970s

13 titles · average score 68
0計画を阻止せよ-総理大臣誘拐!!-
0計画を阻止せよ-総理大臣誘拐!!- (1979)

as Inspector Yabe

Message from Space
Message from Space (1978)
GoodWatch score 44

as Kido

The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
GoodWatch score 70

as Tokubei

New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Special Cellblock X
New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Special Cellblock X (1977)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dr. Katô

Japan's Don
Japan's Don (1977)

as Gonnosuke Umehara

Hokuriku Proxy War
Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
GoodWatch score 70

as Yanaka

Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

as Takeshi Hatano

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)
GoodWatch score 69

as Motoyama Takao

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
GoodWatch score 73

as Seiji Izeki

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
GoodWatch score 72

as Hideo Hayakawa

My Way
My Way (1974)

as Yamada

Kaoyaku
Kaoyaku (1971)

as Yoshikawa

1960s

10 titles · average score 74
Song of Vengeance
Song of Vengeance (1968)

as 杉良

Samurai Wolf
Samurai Wolf (1966)
GoodWatch score 70

as Gennai Suzuki

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ippusai

Kwaidan
Kwaidan (1965)
GoodWatch score 78

as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Tokyo Untouchable
Tokyo Untouchable (1965)

as as Hisakazu Yoshii

Roadside Stone
Roadside Stone (1964)

as Junkichi

Three Outlaw Samurai
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
GoodWatch score 79

as Kurahashi

Assassination
Assassination (1964)
GoodWatch score 76

as Kamo Serizawa

Gang vs. G-Men
Gang vs. G-Men (1962)

as Yuichi Noguchi

World War III Breaks Out
World War III Breaks Out (1960)

as 森本カメラマン

1950s

8 titles · average score 73
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
GoodWatch score 80

as (uncredited)

The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun (1958)

as Takeichi Kimura

The Story of Pure Love
The Story of Pure Love (1957)

as Detective A

I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

as Shirô Kurita

Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon (1956)

as Detective Sugita

Forever a Woman
Forever a Woman (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

as Shigeru Anzai

Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

as (uncredited)

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)

as Kiichi Yamada