Acting
Tōru Abe
- Titles
- 86movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 1982, busiest in 1966 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 7top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Forever a Woman76/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.6average 2.6
- Violence6.6average 4.3
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.0average 3.3
- Spiritual3.5average 2.0
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Crime4.7average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.5, average 5.2
- Wholesome1.6, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Historical Drama 6
- Revenge 4
- Yakuza 3
- Character-Driven 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Melancholy 2
- Samurai Action 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Martial Arts 2
- Revenge Story 2
- Samurai 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Umetsugu InoueDirectorThe Champion, Flame and the Code, Crossroad, Victory and Defeat, With Wife, Children, and Friends, +2 more
Koji TsurutaActorBlood of Revenge, The Biggest Gamble, Hanran, Code Between Brothers 6, Rub Out the Past, +1 more- AAkira SuzukiEditorUnderworld Beauty, Take Aim at the Police Van, Inn of the Floating Weeds, Crossroad, Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Kōji NanbaraActorLady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, Abashiri Prison, The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Kanjūrō ArashiActorAbashiri Prison, Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return, Prison Walls of Abashiri 3, The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Ryōhei UchidaActorTake Aim at the Police Van, Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair, I Have the Sun in My Back, Family Crest: Die Like a Man- AAkira MuraoWriterBlood of Revenge, The Biggest Gamble, Code Between Brothers 6, Three Gamblers
Norifumi SuzukiWriterBlood of Revenge, Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack, Code Between Brothers 6, Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
Shirō ŌsakaActorTales of Ginza, Forever a Woman, Street of Violence
Rentaro MikuniActorCrossroad, Duel at Fort Ezo, But the Flesh is Weak
Kunie TanakaActorAbashiri Prison, Prison Walls of Abashiri 3, Duel at Fort Ezo
Kenji ImaiActorGame of Chance, Gambling Den Heist, Human Target
Movies and TV shows
901980s
3 titles · average score 78
Nemuri Kyoshiro (1982)
TV show
The Blazing Valiant (1981)
as Sakae Oya
78
Shōgun (1980)
TV show · as Hiromatsu
1970s
25 titles · average score 65
72
Ballad of Orin (1977)
as Besho
Gambling Den Heist (1975)
as Hada
63
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
as Kendo Terauchi
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game (1974)
as Yakuza Boss
The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
as Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
63
Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
as Asakichi
69
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
as Boss Toubei
52
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (1971)
as Yakuza Boss
63
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
as Dobashi
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)
as Samezu no Masagoro
73
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)
1960s
41 titles · average score 68
Trapped, the Crimson Bat (1969)
as Bunzo
The Two Bodyguards (1968)
as Oike
The Homely Sister (1967)
as Ukichi Tsurumura
Code Between Brothers 6 (1967)
as Tsuyoshi Shimaoka
63
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
as Hidanokami Arakawa
Game of Chance (1966)
as Kizaki
Rub Out the Past (1966)
as Bunsho Tei
Abashiri Prison (1965)
as Heizo Yoda
Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
as Boss Yagiri Tokyuro
Bury Me Deep (1963)
as Ryuzo Goda
73
The Inheritance (1962)
as Detective A
64
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
as Akahori
1950s
20 titles · average score 80
83
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
as Watarai Gunsô
Underworld Beauty (1958)
as Mihara
The Champion (1957)
as Shinzo Takaoka
Inn of the Floating Weeds (1957)
as Murayama
But the Flesh is Weak (1957)
as Iida
The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)
as Matsu
Crossroad (1956)
as Inspector Hanada
76
Forever a Woman (1955)
as Yamagami
Tales of Ginza (1955)
as Gô Momoyama
81
Tokyo Story (1953)
as Railway Staff
The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951)
as Older brother Taro Ichi
Street of Violence (1950)
as Tajima
1940s
1 title
Great X (1948)
as X