

Acting
Akira Terao
- Titles
- 42movies22TV shows
- Career
Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 2001 and 2013 with 3 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 31top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Ran91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Warfare3.5average 1.2
- Pathos6.8average 5.2
- Catharsis6.7average 5.1
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Wonder4.8average 3.4
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Psychological6.5average 5.6
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Pop Culture0.3, average 2.2
- Mystery2.6, average 4.1
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Coming of Age1.6, average 3.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 6
- Character-Driven 5
- Contemplative 3
- Urban Realism 2
- Post-War Japan 2
- Emotional Complexity 2
- Melancholic Tone 2
- Serene Atmosphere 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Family Under Siege 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Crime 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Hisashi IgawaActorRan, Dreams, After the Rain, Madadayo, The Professor and His Beloved Equation, +1 more- SShoji UedaCinematographerRan, Dreams, After the Rain, Madadayo, The Professor and His Beloved Equation, +1 more
Hidetaka YoshiokaActorAfter the Rain, Madadayo, The Professor and His Beloved Equation, Letter from the Mountain, Half a Confession
Mieko HaradaActorRan, Dreams, After the Rain, Half a Confession
Akira KurosawaWriterRan, Dreams, After the Rain, Madadayo
Kasumi ArimuraActorWelcome to Our Home, Welcome to Our Home, Chicken Race
Erika SawajiriActorWelcome to Our Home, The Great White Tower, Welcome to Our Home
Tetsuya WatariActorBig City: Days of Struggle, Seibu Keisatsu, The Earth is Born Again
Yūjirō IshiharaActorBig City: Days of Struggle, Seibu Keisatsu, The Earth is Born Again- TTakao SaitōCinematographerRan, Dreams, Madadayo
- HHideto AgaEditorAfter the Rain, The Professor and His Beloved Equation, Letter from the Mountain
Takashi KoizumiDirectorAfter the Rain, The Professor and His Beloved Equation, Letter from the Mountain
Movies and TV shows
63Upcoming
1 title
TV show
2020s
7 titles · average score 69
TV show · as Yoneda Denji
as Tetsuta Mamiya / Tetta Mamiya
as Old Dog (voice)
as Naofumi Ogyu
TV show · as Seiji Godou
as Nomiyama Gyouji
as Ryosuke Sasai
2010s
16 titles · average score 79
TV show · as Teizo Azuma
TV show · as Sakutaro Munakata
TV show · as Haruyuki Iiyama
TV show · as Hikuma Koichi
TV show · as Takada Soichiro
TV show · as Taichi Kurata
as Taichi Kurata
TV show
TV show · as Ieyasu Tokugawa
as Jiro Yamazaki
as Tobita Joe
TV show · as Fukamachi Jotaro
2000s
18 titles · average score 66
as Shigeki Nagamine
as Takayuki Sekiguchi
as Professor
TV show · as Wakui Yukichi
as Hirotaka Miyazu
as Dr. Kotaro Azuma
as Soichiro Kaji
as Takao Ueda
as Toshio Kanbe
as Takayuki Azuma
as Kunio
as Ihei Misawa
1990s
8 titles · average score 62
as Matsushita
as Kinugawa
as Ryutaro Kuroda
TV show · as Gendayu Hosoya
as Doctor
as Sawamura
as I
1980s
3 titles · average score 91
as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
as Hideo Tanase
as Nobuyuki Doi
1970s
9 titles
TV show · as Matsuda Takeshi
as 观光工作人员
as Hirosawa
as Takashi Saito
as Tsuchiya
as Tamio
TV show · as Kainuma (teacher)
1960s
1 title
as Kenichi





















































