Portrait of Masayuki Mori

Acting

Masayuki Mori

Career

Active from 1944 to 1970, busiest in 1953 and 1960 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ugetsu
Ugetsu
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masayuki Mori Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.2, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Post-War Japan 7
  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Classic Japanese Cinema 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Forbidden Love 3
  • Emotional Depth 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Post-War Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 73
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
GoodWatch score 73

as Boss Yamikubo

1960s

14 titles · average score 76
Through Days and Months
Through Days and Months (1969)

as Matsuko's Father

Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
GoodWatch score 76

as Prime Minister Konoe

Alone Across the Pacific
Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
GoodWatch score 70

as Youth's Father

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
GoodWatch score 70

as Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori

The Other Woman
The Other Woman (1961)
GoodWatch score 68

as Keijiro Kouno

Love New and Old
Love New and Old (1961)

as Kuroyanagi

A Design for Dying
A Design for Dying (1961)

as Professor Shiraishi

The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
GoodWatch score 91

as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
GoodWatch score 92

as Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Her Brother
Her Brother (1960)
GoodWatch score 72

as Father

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yuichiro Sakanishi

This Greedy Old Skin
This Greedy Old Skin (1960)

as Kumakichi

1950s

23 titles · average score 74
Night Drum
Night Drum (1958)
GoodWatch score 66

as Miyaji, the drum teacher

Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds (1955)
GoodWatch score 78

as Kengo Tomioka

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

as Emperor Xuan Zong

Forever a Woman
Forever a Woman (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

as Mori

The Heart
The Heart (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

as Nobuchi

Love Letter
Love Letter (1953)
GoodWatch score 70

as Reikichi Mayumi

Ugetsu
Ugetsu (1953)
GoodWatch score 92

as Genjurô

Brother and Sister
Brother and Sister (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

as Inokichi

The Idiot
The Idiot (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

as Kinji Kameda

The Lady of Musashino
The Lady of Musashino (1951)
GoodWatch score 76

as Tadao Akiyama

The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy (1951)

as Nakanuma

Rashomon
Rashomon (1950)
GoodWatch score 91

as Takehiro

1940s

6 titles · average score 70
Broken Drum
Broken Drum (1949)

as Taro

A Fool's Love
A Fool's Love (1949)

as Kumagai

The Ball at the Anjo House
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
GoodWatch score 77

as Masahiko Anjo

Those Who Make Tomorrow
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
GoodWatch score 83

as Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
GoodWatch score 52

as Yoshima Dan

Battle Troop
Battle Troop (1944)

as Kawakami