Portrait of Akira Terao

Acting

Akira Terao

Career

Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 2001 and 2013 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ran
Ran
GoodWatch score90/100

Characters

7

The characters Akira Terao played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Akira Terao Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Mystery
    2.5, average 3.9
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Emotional Complexity 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Urban Realism 2
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Family Under Siege 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Crime 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Atmospheric 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
刑事部屋~六本木おかしな捜査班
刑事部屋~六本木おかしな捜査班

TV show

2020s

7 titles · average score 70
One in a Million: Tax Squad
One in a Million: Tax Squad (2026)

TV show · as Yoneda Denji

Our Eternal Song
Our Eternal Song (2025)

as Tetta Mamiya / Tetsuta Mamiya

The Imaginary
The Imaginary (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

as Old Dog (voice)

Mom, Is That You?!
Mom, Is That You?! (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

as Naofumi Ogyu

Last Man: The Blind Profiler
Last Man: The Blind Profiler (2023)

TV show · as Seiji Godou

Mugonkan
Mugonkan (2022)

as Nomiyama Gyouji

Greatest Gift of Life
Greatest Gift of Life (2021)

as Ryosuke Sasai

2010s

16 titles · average score 79
The Great White Tower
The Great White Tower (2019)

TV show · as Teizo Azuma

Special Investigation Nine
Special Investigation Nine (2018)

TV show · as Sakutaro Munakata

Rikuoh
Rikuoh (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Haruyuki Iiyama

Brass Dreams
Brass Dreams (2016)

TV show · as Hikuma Koichi

Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel (2016)

TV show · as Takada Soichiro

Welcome to Our Home
Welcome to Our Home (2015)

TV show · as Taichi Kurata

Welcome to Our Home
Welcome to Our Home (2015)

as Taichi Kurata

The World Heritage
The World Heritage (2014)

TV show

Strategist KANBE
Strategist KANBE (2014)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Ieyasu Tokugawa

Delivery of Death
Delivery of Death (2014)

as Jiro Yamazaki

Chicken Race
Chicken Race (2013)

as Tobita Joe

Jikenya Kagyou
Jikenya Kagyou (2013)

TV show · as Fukamachi Jotaro

2000s

18 titles · average score 66
The Hovering Blade
The Hovering Blade (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

as Shigeki Nagamine

Awakening
Awakening (2007)

as Takayuki Sekiguchi

The Professor and His Beloved Equation
The Professor and His Beloved Equation (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Professor

Affectionate Time
Affectionate Time (2005)

TV show · as Wakui Yukichi

Aegis
Aegis (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

as Hirotaka Miyazu

Casshern
Casshern (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dr. Kotaro Azuma

Half a Confession
Half a Confession (2004)

as Soichiro Kaji

Letter from the Mountain
Letter from the Mountain (2002)
GoodWatch score 76

as Takao Ueda

Darkness in the Light
Darkness in the Light (2001)

as Toshio Kanbe

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius (2001)
GoodWatch score 66

as Takayuki Azuma

Tokyo Marigold
Tokyo Marigold (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kunio

After the Rain
After the Rain (2000)
GoodWatch score 77

as Ihei Misawa

1990s

8 titles · average score 64
Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror III
Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror III (1998)

as Matsushita

Lost Paradise
Lost Paradise (1997)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kinugawa

Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye (1997)
GoodWatch score 49

as Ryutaro Kuroda

The Story of Bodyguard Shuhei Fujisawa
The Story of Bodyguard Shuhei Fujisawa (1997)

TV show · as Gendayu Hosoya

Rebirth of Mothra
Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
GoodWatch score 57

as Doctor

Madadayo
Madadayo (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

as Sawamura

Dreams
Dreams (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

as I

Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)

as 一男

1980s

3 titles · average score 90
Ran
Ran (1985)
GoodWatch score 90

as Taro Takatora Ichimonji

Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women (1985)

as Hideo Tanase

The Politicians
The Politicians (1983)

as Nobuyuki Doi

1970s

9 titles
Seibu Keisatsu
Seibu Keisatsu (1979)

TV show · as Matsuda Takeshi

Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)

as 巡查

Big City: Days of Struggle
Big City: Days of Struggle (1976)

TV show

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)

as 观光工作人员

Sachiko no sachi
Sachiko no sachi (1976)

as Hirosawa

The Village
The Village (1975)

as Takashi Saito

The Earth is Born Again
The Earth is Born Again (1971)

as Tsuchiya

Charming Men
Charming Men (1970)

as Tamio

おくさまは18歳
おくさまは18歳 (1970)

TV show · as Kainuma (teacher)

1960s

1 title
The Sands of Kurobe
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

as Kenichi