Portrait of Kazuo Kitamura

Acting

Kazuo Kitamura

Career

Active from 1964 to 2006, with a break from 1990 to 2002, busiest in 1964 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Yearning
Yearning
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kazuo Kitamura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Japanese New Wave 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Slow Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

9 titles · average score 62
Island of Light
Island of Light (2006)

as Taizo Suzuki

Japan Sinks
Japan Sinks (2006)
GoodWatch score 47

as Minister of Justice

Henshin
Henshin (2005)

as Hidetaka Doumoto

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
GoodWatch score 68

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Musashi
Musashi (2003)

TV show · as Ieyasu Tokugawa

The Woman Changed Her Clothes at the Bus Stop
The Woman Changed Her Clothes at the Bus Stop (2003)

as Sasaki

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

as Taro

Churasan
Churasan (2001)

TV show · as Shimada Daishin

Darkness in the Light
Darkness in the Light (2001)

as Takeo Nagata

1990s

3 titles · average score 62
I Miss Age 35
I Miss Age 35 (1996)

TV show · as Asano

Heat Wave
Heat Wave (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kosugi

Tales of a Golden Geisha
Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tsurumaru

1980s

5 titles · average score 70
Black Rain
Black Rain (1989)
GoodWatch score 76

as Shigematsu Shizuma

Iki no Iiyatsu
Iki no Iiyatsu (1987)

TV show

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

as Aladdin (voice)

Lake of Illusions
Lake of Illusions (1982)

as Onishi

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hamaguchi

1970s

14 titles · average score 74
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
GoodWatch score 81

as Shigomi Deike

The Man Who Stole the Sun
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

as Tanaka

Taro the Dragon Boy
Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
GoodWatch score 70

as (voice)

White Love
White Love (1979)

as Yoichiro Yamashita

The Wild Daisy
The Wild Daisy (1977)

as Narrator (voice)

Oretachi no Tabi
Oretachi no Tabi (1975)

TV show

Touch of Love
Touch of Love (1974)

as Yujiro Aoki

Moeru otoko Nagashima Shigeo: eikō no se-bangō 3
Moeru otoko Nagashima Shigeo: eikō no se-bangō 3 (1974)

as Narrator (voice)

Summer Soldiers
Summer Soldiers (1972)

as Tachikawa

シークレット部隊
シークレット部隊 (1972)

TV show

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka

The Militarists
The Militarists (1970)

as Yamanaka

1960s

26 titles · average score 78
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
GoodWatch score 80

as Kariya

The Great Villains
The Great Villains (1968)

as Attorney Okano

Three Seconds to Zero Hour
Three Seconds to Zero Hour (1967)

as Sugiyama

Impasse
Impasse (1967)
GoodWatch score 66

as Fujikida

Kwaidan
Kwaidan (1965)
GoodWatch score 78

as Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Yearning
Yearning (1964)
GoodWatch score 82

as Mr. Morizono

The Hunter's Diary
The Hunter's Diary (1964)

as Kentaro Hatanaka

Warrior of the Wind
Warrior of the Wind (1964)

as Yôroku Nabari

Two Bitches
Two Bitches (1964)

as Aoyama

High and Low
High and Low (1963)
GoodWatch score 90

as Third Reporter

The Insect Woman
The Insect Woman (1963)
GoodWatch score 79

as Chuji

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

as Kitagô Sôchô

1950s

1 title
Pilgrimage at Night
Pilgrimage at Night (1959)

as Takai