Portrait of Eiji Okada

Acting

Eiji Okada

Career

Active from 1950 to 1995, busiest in 1978 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes
GoodWatch score93/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eiji Okada Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 6
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Character Study 4
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Cultural Clash 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Philosophical 2
  • Poverty 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Samurai Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 66
The Stairway to the Distant Past
The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

as White Man

Heat Wave
Heat Wave (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

as Masakichi Ono

1980s

9 titles · average score 66
Onihei Hankachō
Onihei Hankachō (1989)

TV show

Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu (1987)

TV show

Spring Bell
Spring Bell (1985)

as Hachiro Ishimoto

Agi, the Fury of Evil
Agi, the Fury of Evil (1984)

as Omi-no-kami

Antarctica
Antarctica (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

as Ozawa Taicho

Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis (1983)

as Taichi Dôjima

Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey (1982)

as Kozo Hisamatsu

Crazed Fruit
Crazed Fruit (1981)

as Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)

Magnitude 7.9
Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
GoodWatch score 54

as Professor Watanabe

1970s

30 titles · average score 70
The Strangling
The Strangling (1979)

as Yoshio Morikawa

The Glacier Fox
The Glacier Fox (1978)

as Narrator (voice)

Blood Type: Blue
Blood Type: Blue (1978)

as Dr. Hyodo

Take Me Away!
Take Me Away! (1978)

as Ryunosuke Tamaru

Utamaro's World
Utamaro's World (1977)

as Tanuma

Lullaby of the Earth
Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
GoodWatch score 66

as Evangelist

I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat (1975)
GoodWatch score 55

as Bunmei

The Yakuza
The Yakuza (1974)
GoodWatch score 61

as Tono

My Way
My Way (1974)

as Lawyer

Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
GoodWatch score 70

as Shinbei

Silence
Silence (1971)
GoodWatch score 71

as Inoue Chikugonokami

This Transient Life
This Transient Life (1970)
GoodWatch score 75

as Mori

1960s

24 titles · average score 70
Vixen
Vixen (1969)

as Nobuyuki Ishido

Secret Information
Secret Information (1968)

as Toru Kijima

The X from Outer Space
The X from Outer Space (1967)
GoodWatch score 37

as Dr. Kato

The Face of Another
The Face of Another (1966)
GoodWatch score 84

as The Boss

Pretty Devil Yoko
Pretty Devil Yoko (1966)

as Asai

Samurai Spy
Samurai Spy (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tatewaki Koriyama

Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

as Gennosuke / Tesshin

Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
GoodWatch score 93

as Entomologist Niki Jumpei

Assassination
Assassination (1964)
GoodWatch score 76

as Lord Matsudaira

The Scent of Incense
The Scent of Incense (1964)

as Nozawa

The Ugly American
The Ugly American (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Deong

She and He
She and He (1963)
GoodWatch score 71

as Eiichi Ishikawa

1950s

19 titles · average score 78
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
GoodWatch score 88

as Lui

Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki (1957)

as Kogoro Akechi

The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend (1957)

as Kogoro Akechi

The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour (1957)

as Shimano

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (1955)

as Ensign Asakura

A Billionaire
A Billionaire (1954)

as Monta

The End of a Day
The End of a Day (1954)

as Leutnant Guni Hanata

Hiroshima
Hiroshima (1953)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kitagawa

Tower of Lilies
Tower of Lilies (1953)

as Teacher Tamai

Mother
Mother (1952)
GoodWatch score 80

as Shinjiro Hirai

Vacuum Zone
Vacuum Zone (1952)

as Second Lieutenant Okamoto

Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again (1950)
GoodWatch score 72

as Saburo Tajima