Directing
Kenji Misumi
- Titles
- 68movies6TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19541980
- Directed
- 73titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
The Last Samurai76/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.6average 2.6
- Violence8.1average 4.3
- Warfare4.1average 1.2
- Crime6.2average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.6
- Adrenaline6.8average 5.1
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Spiritual3.3average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.5, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Romance2.5, average 3.8
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 10
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Blind Swordsman 7
- Period Piece 4
- Samurai Action 4
- Historical Japan 4
- Samurai 4
- Feudal Japan 4
- Action 4
- Revenge 4
- Samurai Film 4
- Historical Action 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- KKanji SuganumaEditorThe Tale of Zatoichi, Ken, Buddha, Return of Giant Majin, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, +17 more
Shintarō KatsuActorHanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, The Tale of Zatoichi, Samaritan Zatoichi, Buddha, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, +10 more
Raizō IchikawaActorThe Thousand Cranes Secret scroll, Ken, Buddha, Satan's Sword: The Dragon God, Satan's Sword, +10 more- CChikashi MakiuraCinematographerHanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, The Tale of Zatoichi, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, +9 more
- TToshio TaniguchiEditorShogun Assassin, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Samaritan Zatoichi, +7 more
- IIchirō SaitōComposerWhat Price Love?, Satan's Sword: The Dragon God, Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure, Shinsengumi Chronicles, Destiny's Son, +6 more
Ryūzō ShimadaActorThe Tale of Zatoichi, Buddha, What Price Love?, Satan's Sword, The Lord Pretends, +5 more
Akira IfukubeComposerThe Tale of Zatoichi, Buddha, Return of Giant Majin, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, The Last Samurai, +5 more- FFuji YahiroWriterThe Shadow That Kills the Moon, Buddha, The Ghost of Yotsuya, Freelance Samurai, The Lord Pretends, +4 more
Tomisaburō WakayamaActorShogun Assassin, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons, +3 more
Tamao NakamuraActorSatan's Sword: The Dragon God, Satan's Sword, The Lord Pretends, Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire, Travels of Lord Mito, +3 more
Kōjirō HongōActorBuddha, Return of Giant Majin, The Magoichi Saga, The Two Bodyguards, Satan's Sword: The Dragon God, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
681980s
1 titles · average score 70
70
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Director
1970s
11 titles · average score 72
76
The Last Samurai (1974)
Screenplay, Director
Internal Sleuth (1973)
Director
The Gift of the Fox (1971)
Director
The Angry Sword (1970)
Director
1960s
38 titles · average score 68
68
Devil's Temple (1969)
Director
The Magoichi Saga (1969)
Director
71
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Director
62
Return of Giant Majin (1966)
Director
65
Sword Devil (1965)
Director
71
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
Director
75
Ken (1964)
Director
66
Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
Director
74
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Director
Buddha (1961)
Director
1950s
18 titles
Gambler and the Princess (1959)
Director
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
Director
A Thousand Flying Cranes (1959)
Director
The Lord Pretends (1959)
Director
The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall (1958)
Director
Obsessive Snake (1958)
Director
Travels of Lord Mito (1958)
Director
Freelance Samurai (1957)
Director
The Fiery Magistrate (1956)
Director
The Tale of Genji (1951)
Assistant Director