Portrait of Ryōsuke Kagawa

Acting

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Career

Active from 1937 to 1971, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ryōsuke Kagawa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    69
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1980s

    1 title · average score 88
    The Funeral
    The Funeral (1984)
    GoodWatch score 88

    as Old People's Club Chairman

    1970s

    4 titles · average score 68
    Hell Worms
    Hell Worms (1979)

    as Shigebei, a pilgrim

    Sugata Sanshiro
    Sugata Sanshiro (1977)

    as Village chief

    The Battle of Okinawa
    The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Ill Man

    Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation
    Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation (1971)

    as Boss Izumasa

    1960s

    22 titles · average score 71
    Samurai Banners
    Samurai Banners (1969)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Nagasaka Yorihiro

    Kill!
    Kill! (1968)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Sachu Mizoguchi

    Big Time Gambling Boss
    Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Masakichi Arakawa

    Code Between Brothers 5
    Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)

    as Shiotaro Nanbu

    Japan's Longest Day
    Japan's Longest Day (1967)
    GoodWatch score 76

    as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

    The Sword of Doom
    The Sword of Doom (1966)
    GoodWatch score 81

    as Dansho Tsukue

    Sword Devil
    Sword Devil (1965)
    GoodWatch score 69

    as Shuzen Kagemura

    Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
    Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy (1965)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Hyogo Makino

    Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
    Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Boss Bunkichi

    Young Swordsman
    Young Swordsman (1963)

    as Kono Banzaemon

    Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
    Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
    GoodWatch score 69

    as Naota Ryohei

    Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
    Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Naota Ryohei

    1950s

    28 titles · average score 85
    Echo in the Mountains
    Echo in the Mountains (1959)

    as Bunzaemon Kinokuniya

    A Thousand Flying Cranes
    A Thousand Flying Cranes (1959)

    as Wakisaka

    The Lord Pretends
    The Lord Pretends (1959)

    as Saibei Kamon

    Conflagration
    Conflagration (1958)
    GoodWatch score 85

    as Priest Zenkai

    Souls in the Moonlight II
    Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)

    as Mochizuki Sobei

    On This Earth
    On This Earth (1957)

    as Rokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather

    Ghost Ship Part 1
    Ghost Ship Part 1 (1957)

    as Shôgen Unno

    Sansho the Bailiff
    Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
    GoodWatch score 91

    as Ritsushi Kumotake

    Ugetsu
    Ugetsu (1953)
    GoodWatch score 82

    as Village Master

    Gate of Hell
    Gate of Hell (1953)
    GoodWatch score 82

    as Yasutada

    Ushiwakamaru
    Ushiwakamaru (1952)

    as Kaneuri Kichiji

    Claws of Iron
    Claws of Iron (1951)

    as Kenkichi Kato

    1940s

    9 titles
    Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
    Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood (1949)

    as Zen'emon Tanaka

    The Grand Master
    The Grand Master (1948)

    as Ozawa

    Signal Fires of Shanghai
    Signal Fires of Shanghai (1944)

    as Heirokurô Numata

    Thus the Divine Wind Blows
    Thus the Divine Wind Blows (1944)

    as Shôni Tsunesuke

    Initiation of the Two-Sword Style
    Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943)

    as Takuan

    Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
    Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill (1943)

    as Takuan

    The March of the Restoration
    The March of the Restoration (1942)

    as Katsukiyo Itakura

    Last Days of Edo
    Last Days of Edo (1941)

    as Okubo

    Oda Nobunaga
    Oda Nobunaga (1940)

    as Oda Nobuhide

    1930s

    5 titles · average score 67
    Singing Lovebirds
    Singing Lovebirds (1939)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Soshichi Kagawaya

    Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
    Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary (1938)

    as Kôchinokami Tôyama

    Akagaki Genzo
    Akagaki Genzo (1938)

    as Isabei Shioyama

    Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
    Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)

    as Rokuzaemon Sugano

    Kuriyama Daizen
    Kuriyama Daizen (1936)

    as Murakami Umon