Directing
Kenji Misumi
- Titles
- 69movies6TV shows
- Career
Active from 1954 to 1980, busiest in 1960 and 1972 with 6 main titles each.
- Directed
- 74titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.6average 2.6
- Violence8.2average 4.2
- Warfare4.3average 1.2
- Crime6.0average 3.7
- Adrenaline6.8average 4.9
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.7
- Spiritual3.5average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.5, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Wholesome2.1, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 11
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Blind Swordsman 7
- Feudal Japan 5
- Historical Japan 5
- Action 4
- Samurai Film 4
- Historical Action 3
- Samurai 3
- Tragic Hero 3
- Period Piece 3
- Samurai Action 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- KKanji SuganumaEditorThe Ghost of Yotsuya, The Tale of Zatoichi, Zatoichi and the Chess Expert, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, Satan's Sword, +18 more
Shintarō KatsuActorThe Tale of Zatoichi, Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, Zatoichi and the Chess Expert, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, Samaritan Zatoichi, +10 more
Raizō IchikawaActorSatan's Sword, Buddha, Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God, Ken, Gonpachi, +9 more- CChikashi MakiuraCinematographerThe Tale of Zatoichi, 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, Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, +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, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons, +7 more
Akira IfukubeComposerThe Tale of Zatoichi, Zatoichi and the Chess Expert, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, Zatoichi Challenged, The Last Samurai, +6 more- IIchirō SaitōComposerSatan's Sword II: The Dragon God, Destiny's Son, Princess Sen in Edo, The Demon of Sendai's Castle, Ōkuma Shigenobu the great, +6 more
Ryūzō ShimadaActorThe Tale of Zatoichi, Satan's Sword, Buddha, Sword Devil, Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire, +5 more- FFuji YahiroWriterThe Ghost of Yotsuya, The Shadow That Kills the Moon, Buddha, Princess Sen in Edo, The Demon of Sendai's Castle, +5 more
Tamao NakamuraActorSatan's Sword, Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God, Princess Sen in Edo, The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider, Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire, +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
Kōjirō HongōActorSatan's Sword, Buddha, Return of Giant Majin, Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God, Princess Sen in Edo, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
69Type
Upcoming
1 title
1980s
1 title · average score 79
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1970s
11 titles · average score 77
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1960s
38 titles · average score 69
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1950s
18 titles · average score 48
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