Portrait of Morio Kazama

Acting

Morio Kazama

Career

Active from 1961 to 2025, busiest in 1973 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for And Then
And Then
GoodWatch score79/100

Characters

11

The characters Morio Kazama played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Morio Kazama Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Crime
    3.0, average 3.5
  • Cringe Humor
    1.7, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 9
  • Political Intrigue 6
  • Emotional Journey 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Japanese Historical Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Feudal Japan 3
  • Complex Relationships 2
  • Infidelity 2
  • 1970s 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

99
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 72
Tokyo Holiday
Tokyo Holiday (2025)

TV show · as Toshio Ishida

Principal Examination
Principal Examination (2025)

as Yusuke Kishimoto

Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge
Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge (2023)

TV show · as 大貫誠一郎(風間杜夫)

Lost Man Found
Lost Man Found (2022)

TV show · as Heizo Matsudo

When I Was Born Next Time
When I Was Born Next Time (2022)

TV show

Atom's Last Shot
Atom's Last Shot (2022)

TV show · as Shigeo Tominaga

Asakusa Kid
Asakusa Kid (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

as Tayama Jun

Yell
Yell (2020)

TV show

Police and Prosecutor
Police and Prosecutor (2020)

TV show · as Seiichiro Oonuki

Underdog: Part One
Underdog: Part One (2020)

as Kozaburo

2010s

18 titles · average score 70
In Hand
In Hand (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Segodon
Segodon (2018)

TV show · as Saigo Kichibei

Nomitori Samurai
Nomitori Samurai (2018)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jinbee

My High School Business
My High School Business (2017)

TV show · as Fumio Kashiwagi

Massan
Massan (2014)

TV show · as Kumatora Morino

Saving My Stupid Youth
Saving My Stupid Youth (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Heita Hara

dinner
dinner (2013)

TV show · as Hideo Tatsumi

The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

as Satomi (voice)

Kurokouchi
Kurokouchi (2013)

TV show · as Dojima Noriyuki

The Locked Room Murders
The Locked Room Murders (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Ikehata Seiichi

Brutus's Heart
Brutus's Heart (2011)

as Toshiki Nishina

My Husband is a Cartoonist
My Husband is a Cartoonist (2010)

TV show

2000s

14 titles · average score 64
Instant Swamp
Instant Swamp (2009)
GoodWatch score 68

as Denkyu

Ordinary Miracles
Ordinary Miracles (2009)

TV show · as Shigeo Tazaki

Celeb & Poor
Celeb & Poor (2008)

TV show · as Yasuo Gunji

Rokumeikan
Rokumeikan (2008)

as Hirobumi Ito

What the War Meant
What the War Meant (2008)

as Koichi Kito

Tsubaki Sanjuro
Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007)
GoodWatch score 60

as Takebayashi

Akagi
Akagi (2005)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Urabe (voice)

Pride
Pride (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Ken Egawa

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show · as Sadao Hirai

My Little Chef
My Little Chef (2002)

TV show · as Kenzo Tachibana

Bring Me to the Hotel
Bring Me to the Hotel (2001)

TV show · as Taichi Shinoda

Closed Ward
Closed Ward (2001)

as Public Prosecutor

1990s

17 titles · average score 70
Samurai Fiction
Samurai Fiction (1998)
GoodWatch score 73

as Hanbei Mizoguchi

The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius (1996)

as Confucius (voice)

Lost in Time
Lost in Time (1996)

as Master Kumai

Turning Point
Turning Point (1994)

as Shibukawa

The Tropical People
The Tropical People (1994)

as Thuy

Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)

TV show · as Jin Wakabayashi

Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike
Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (1993)

TV show

Midnight Run Main Store 2
Midnight Run Main Store 2 (1993)

as Shoichi Aratama

Kanei Chronicles
Kanei Chronicles (1991)

as Suruga Dainagon Tadanaga

Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth (1990)
GoodWatch score 67

as Imperial Messenger

Shingo's Ten Duels
Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)

as Yagyu Shinzaburo

Estate Inheritance
Estate Inheritance (1990)

as Koichi Anzai

1980s

23 titles · average score 69
The Discarnates
The Discarnates (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

as Hidemi Harada

A Chaos of Flowers
A Chaos of Flowers (1988)

as Sakae Osugi

The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji (1987)
GoodWatch score 65

as Hikaru Genji (voice)

A Tale of Young Elopement
A Tale of Young Elopement (1987)

as Yasuo

Atami Murder Case
Atami Murder Case (1986)

as Tomekichi Kumada

And Then
And Then (1985)
GoodWatch score 79

as Suganuma

Shanghai Rhapsody
Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)

as Shirou Hadano

Stewardess Story
Stewardess Story (1983)

TV show · as Hiroshi Murasawa

Fall Guy
Fall Guy (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ginshiro

The Rape
The Rape (1982)

as Shogo Ueda

Four Seasons: Natsuko
Four Seasons: Natsuko (1980)
GoodWatch score 66

as Tatsuo Kanamori

The Beast to Die
The Beast to Die (1980)
GoodWatch score 67

as Nogi

1970s

14 titles · average score 80
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly (1979)

as Unno

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

as Asai

Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin
Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin (1975)

as Matsuo

Hihon: Sode to sode
Hihon: Sode to sode (1974)

as Yonosuke Tsuruta

Last Day of the Red Light District: March 31, 1958
Last Day of the Red Light District: March 31, 1958 (1974)

as Masuo

A Modern Day Schoolma'am
A Modern Day Schoolma'am (1973)

as Keiji Shibata

Midnight Fairy
Midnight Fairy (1973)

as Kazuo Sakaguchi

Afternoon Affair: Kyoto Holy Tapestry
Afternoon Affair: Kyoto Holy Tapestry (1973)

as Mineo Kuroki

Sigh
Sigh (1973)

as Kondô

Crazy Season
Crazy Season (1973)

as Kohei Mizuguchi

The Climax
The Climax (1973)

as Ueno

Afternoon Affair: Transformation
Afternoon Affair: Transformation (1973)

as Jun Asato

1960s

3 titles · average score 68
Roadside Stone
Roadside Stone (1964)

as Kyozo

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
GoodWatch score 72

as Susanoo (voice)

The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother (1961)
GoodWatch score 64

as Young Zushiômaru (voice)