Portrait of Kenji Imai

Acting

Kenji Imai

Career

Active from 1957 to 1997, with a break from 1979 to 1990, busiest in 1961 and 1972 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 6.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kenji Imai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

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

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Crime 4
  • Gang Warfare 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Yakuza Film 2
  • Social Critique 2
  • Yakuza 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

3 titles
The Key
The Key (1997)

as Soma Hiroshi

The Brutal Insanity of Love
The Brutal Insanity of Love (1993)

as Fujisaki

Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love
Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love (1991)

as First Managing Director

1980s

2 titles
Pro Hunter
Pro Hunter (1981)

TV show

Target
Target (1980)

as Kenzo Idogaki

1970s

28 titles · average score 70
Raping!
Raping! (1978)

as Medium-sized city Detective A

The Yakuza Code Still Lives
The Yakuza Code Still Lives (1976)

as Shibata

Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

as Shunji Matsunaga

Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
GoodWatch score 59

as Masaji Aoki

Black Panther Bitch M
Black Panther Bitch M (1974)

as Kawashima

The Homeless
The Homeless (1974)

as Isokichi

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sentarô Ishihara - Vice-principal teacher

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Shiga

Eight Men to Kill
Eight Men to Kill (1972)

as Yashi Okami

Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
GoodWatch score 78

as Mad Dog Jiro

Step on the Gas!
Step on the Gas! (1970)

as Yuasa

Terror in the Streets
Terror in the Streets (1970)

as Yasoshima

1960s

16 titles · average score 66
Quick-draw Okatsu
Quick-draw Okatsu (1969)
GoodWatch score 65

as Shiozaki

Outlaw: Kill!
Outlaw: Kill! (1969)
GoodWatch score 68

as Takamatsu Hirakawa

Army Intelligence
Army Intelligence (1968)

as Shoda

Duel in the Storm
Duel in the Storm (1968)

as Shimazo Hondo

Organized Violence II
Organized Violence II (1967)

as Nakagawa

Glorious Fights
Glorious Fights (1966)

as Shingo Kitajima

Game of Chance
Game of Chance (1966)

as Ito

Tale of Japanese Burglars
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)

as Young detective

Police Precinct: Missing Person
Police Precinct: Missing Person (1964)

as Detective Mitamura

Mid-August Commotion
Mid-August Commotion (1962)

as Tsutomu Mihara

Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san (1961)

as Taichi

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind (1961)

as Kotama(as Syunji Imai)

1950s

3 titles
Four Hours of Terror
Four Hours of Terror (1959)

as Co-pilot Hara

Sister with Sister
Sister with Sister (1958)

as Shunta Sekiguchi

Jet Air Base 101
Jet Air Base 101 (1957)

as Shuji Sato