Portrait of Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Acting

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Career

Active from 1944 to 1966, busiest in 1954 and 1956 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Black Tight Killers
Black Tight Killers
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Family Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 64
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara

1960s

17 titles · average score 75
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

as Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff

A Warm Misty Night
A Warm Misty Night (1967)

as Saeki

Black Tight Killers
Black Tight Killers (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

as Okada

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo (1966)
GoodWatch score 62

as Colonel Kawachi

Cruel Gun Story
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

as Matsumoto

Escape from Hell
Escape from Hell (1963)

as Kisuke

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
GoodWatch score 90

as Noge Shôsa

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961)

as Toshio Yamaguchi

I'll End in Hell
I'll End in Hell (1961)

as Torai Tei

Towering Waves
Towering Waves (1960)

as Tazawa - Wakako's father

Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
GoodWatch score 83

as Keizo Horio

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger (1960)

as Juzaburo Hotta

1950s

23 titles · average score 73
The Rambling Guitarist
The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

as Detective Numata

Red Pier
Red Pier (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

as Matsuda

The Eagle and the Hawk
The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)

as Onizame

Birth of a Jazz Maiden
Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)

as Yutaka Katô

The Balloon
The Balloon (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

as Masataka Tsuzuki

Mysterious Dwarf
Mysterious Dwarf (1955)

as Ryûsaku Hata

The Street Without Sun
The Street Without Sun (1954)

as Hagimura

All of Myself
All of Myself (1954)

as Yukihiko Kumazaka

The Eagle of the Pacific
The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

as Commander Furukawa

Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl (1951)

as Takehara

Repast
Repast (1951)
GoodWatch score 76

as Kazuo Takenaka

Early Summer
Early Summer (1951)
GoodWatch score 89

as Kenkichi Yabe

1940s

2 titles
A Bullet Hole Underground
A Bullet Hole Underground (1949)

as Shunji Minagawa

My Nightingale
My Nightingale (1944)

as Sumida