Acting
Tomisaburō Wakayama
- Titles
- 117movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1955 to 1991, busiest in 1968 and 1969 with 9 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 77top three billing
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.5average 2.6
- Violence8.2average 4.3
- Crime6.4average 3.7
- Warfare3.6average 1.2
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Adrenaline6.7average 5.1
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Tension7.0average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.9, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
- Wholesome1.8, average 3.3
- Coming of Age1.6, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 18
- Gang Warfare 8
- Revenge 8
- Political Intrigue 7
- Yakuza 6
- Period Piece 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Yakuza Film 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Samurai Action 5
- Social Justice 4
- Feudal Japan 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Bunta SugawaraActorJapan Organized Crime Boss, Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder, The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, Flames of Blood, Yakuza on Foot, +10 more
Koji TsurutaActorJapan Organized Crime Boss, The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, Sympathy for the Underdog, Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation, The Last Kamikaze, +7 more
Kōsaku YamashitaDirectorMute Samurai, Red Peony Gambler, Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room, Fugitive Scoundrel, Samurai Geisha, +7 more
Sumiko FujiActorThe Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, Red Peony Gambler, Silk Hat Boss, Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation, Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You, +6 more
Kenji MisumiDirectorMute Samurai, Shogun Assassin, Priest of Darkness, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Bounty Hunter, +6 more- TToshio TaniguchiEditorIrezumi, Shogun Assassin, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, +5 more
Minoru ŌkiActorShogun Assassin, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Bounty Hunter, Gambler's Legacy, Eight Men to Kill, +4 more
Kōji TakadaWriterThe Fort of Death, Killer's Mission, Silk Hat Boss, Eight Men to Kill, Evil Boss vs. Henchmen, +4 more- SShintarō MiyamotoEditorThe Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, Red Peony Gambler, Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You, Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game, Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room, +4 more
Kayo MatsuoActorMute Samurai, Shogun Assassin, Iki no Iiyatsu, Zoku zoku jiken, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, +3 more
Shigehiro OzawaDirectorBounty Hunter, Killer's Mission, Gambler's Legacy, Eight Men to Kill, Festival of Swordsmen, +3 more- NNagaki YamagishiCinematographerWicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder, Wicked Priest, Killer's Mission, Eight Men to Kill, Scoundrel, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
1261990s
5 titles
Check (1991)
as Sanae Mitamura
She-Shogun (1990)
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)
as Takeda Ishin
Battleship Yamato (1990)
as Admiral Soemu Toyoda
KILL THEM ALL (1990)
as Naojiro
1980s
25 titles · average score 68
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell (1989)
as Retsudo Yagyu
59
Black Rain (1989)
as Sugai
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger (1989)
as Okubo Hikozaemon
69
Irezumi (1982)
as Kyogoro
The Shogun's Vault II (1982)
as Ichibei
The Shootout (1982)
as Captain
Domineering (1982)
as Tsuyoshi Gonno
Summer Secrets (1982)
as Yusaku Mayama
Flames of Blood (1981)
as Seihachi
64
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
as Lord Tajima no Kami Munenori Yagyu
79
Shogun Assassin (1980)
as Ogami Itto
The Young Rebels (1980)
as Asakawa Senjo
1970s
42 titles · average score 70
24
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
as Coach Shimizu
57
The Phoenix (1978)
as Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai
67
Lullaby to Kill (1977)
as Insp. Isokawa
75
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
as Ogami Itto
Mute Samurai (1973)
TV show · as Kiichi Hogan
82
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
as Ogami Itto
78
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
as Ogami Itto
77
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
as Ogami Itto
77
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
as Yonabaru
1960s
48 titles · average score 69
67
The Fort of Death (1969)
as Ichibei Shikoro
67
Killer's Mission (1969)
as Shikoro Ichibei
70
Red Peony Gambler (1968)
as Torakichi Kumasaka
68
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)
as Torakichi Kumazaka
Wicked Priest (1968)
as Mikuni Shinkai
68
Ohyaku: The Female Demon (1968)
as Boss Minokichi of Otowa
Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)
as Warden
68
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo (1964)
as Sanada Yukimura
Bronze Magician (1963)
as Prime Minister
66
Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
as Isami Kondo
88
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
as Nagisa no Yoshiro
69
The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (1961)
as Tamiya Iemon
1950s
6 titles
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)
as Jukichi Harada
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed (1957)
as Inuzuka Shino
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
as Major Tachibana
The Ghosts of Yotsuya (1956)
as Iemon
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya (1955)
as Yuminosuke Toyama