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Portrait of Tadashi Yamashita

Acting

Tadashi Yamashita

Career

Active from 1974 to 2007, with a break from 1992 to 2004, busiest in 1974 and 1980 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score37/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Octagon
The Octagon
GoodWatch score42/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tadashi Yamashita Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    1.8, average 4.7
  • Family Dynamics
    2.2, average 4.8
  • Pathos
    2.9, average 5.3
  • Historical
    0.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Martial Arts Action 2
  • Revenge Story 2
  • Violent Combat 2
  • Vigilante Justice 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance (2016)

as Grandmaster Tadashi

2000s

2 titles
GiAnts
GiAnts (2007)

as Joe Williamson

Transformed
Transformed (2005)

as Ninja

1990s

7 titles · average score 35
Pocket Ninjas
Pocket Ninjas (1997)
GoodWatch score 23

as (uncredited)

Carjack
Carjack (1996)

as Lee's Uncle

Cage II: The Arena of Death
Cage II: The Arena of Death (1994)
GoodWatch score 36

as Wang

Surf Ninjas
Surf Ninjas (1993)
GoodWatch score 39

Stunts

American Ninja 5
American Ninja 5 (1993)
GoodWatch score 34

as Tadashi

Rising Sun
Rising Sun (1993)
GoodWatch score 51

as Nakamoto Yakuza

Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment (1991)
GoodWatch score 30

as Kenji Nakata

1980s

9 titles · average score 39
Young Rebels
Young Rebels (1989)
GoodWatch score 40

as Genza

The Game
The Game (1988)

as Chin

Sword of Heaven
Sword of Heaven (1985)

as Tadashi Kiresowa

American Ninja
American Ninja (1985)
GoodWatch score 33

as Black Star Ninja

Gymkata
Gymkata (1985)
GoodWatch score 40

as Eastern Trainer

Gavilan
Gavilan (1982)

TV show · as Yakusa Asassin

The Shinobi Ninja
The Shinobi Ninja (1981)

as Ken

The Octagon
The Octagon (1980)
GoodWatch score 42

as Seikura

The Magnificent 3
The Magnificent 3 (1980)

as American painter

1970s

6 titles · average score 62
Seven
Seven (1979)
GoodWatch score 62

as Swordsman

Soul of Chiba
Soul of Chiba (1977)

as Drug Agent

The Karate 3
The Karate 3 (1975)

as Tadashi Yamashita

The Karate
The Karate (1974)

as Bronson Lee

The Karate 2
The Karate 2 (1974)

as Tadashi Yamashita

Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)

as Motai