Acting
Tōru Abe
- Titles
- 91movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 1982, busiest in 1966 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 8top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Forever a Woman76/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.7average 2.6
- Violence6.9average 4.3
- Class & Capitalism5.0average 3.3
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Crime5.3average 3.7
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.2, average 5.2
- Wholesome1.5, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 9
- Historical Drama 6
- Revenge 5
- Yakuza 4
- Political Intrigue 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Yakuza Film 3
- Gang Warfare 3
- Crime Drama 3
- Samurai Action 2
- Melancholy 2
- Martial Arts 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Umetsugu InoueDirectorThe Champion, Flame and the Code, With Wife, Children, and Friends, Crossroad, Victory and Defeat, +2 more
Koji TsurutaActorBlood of Revenge, The Biggest Gamble, Code Between Brothers 6, Rub Out the Past, Hanran, +1 more- AAkira SuzukiEditorUnderworld Beauty, Prison Walls of Abashiri 3, Take Aim at the Police Van, Inn of the Floating Weeds, Crossroad
Yumeji TsukiokaActorTales of Ginza, Forever a Woman, But the Flesh is Weak, Unga
Kanjūrō ArashiActorPrison Walls of Abashiri 3, Abashiri Prison, Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return, The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Ryōhei UchidaActorTake Aim at the Police Van, I Have the Sun in My Back, Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair, Family Crest: Die Like a Man
Shōki FukaeActorWharf Temperament, Thirteen Times a Loser, Family Crest: Die Like a Man, Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows
Kōji NanbaraActorLady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, Abashiri Prison, The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Shirō ŌsakaActorTales of Ginza, Forever a Woman, The Trap, Street of Violence
Norifumi SuzukiWriterBlood of Revenge, Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack, Code Between Brothers 6, Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return- AAkira MuraoWriterBlood of Revenge, The Biggest Gamble, Code Between Brothers 6, Three Gamblers
Miwa TakadaActorThe Two Bodyguards, Zatoichi the Fugitive, Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
Movies and TV shows
951980s
3 titles · average score 80
Nemuri Kyoshiro (1982)
TV show
The Blazing Valiant (1981)
as Sakae Oya
80
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
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game (1974)
as Yakuza Boss
62
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
as Kendo Terauchi
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown (1974)
as Oshima Humio
The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
as Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
69
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
as Boss Toubei
52
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (1971)
as Yakuza Boss
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)
as Samezu no Masagoro
62
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
as Dobashi
64
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)
1960s
43 titles · average score 70
Trapped, the Crimson Bat (1969)
as Bunzo
The Two Bodyguards (1968)
as Oike
The Homely Sister (1967)
as Ukichi Tsurumura
63
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
as Hidanokami Arakawa
Game of Chance (1966)
as Kizaki
Blood of Revenge (1965)
as Tatsuzo Karasawa
71
Abashiri Prison (1965)
as Heizo Yoda
75
Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
as Boss Yagiri Tokyuro
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)
as Deputy Chief Kawanishi
64
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
as Akahori
1950s
23 titles · average score 76
80
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
as Watarai Gunsô
67
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
68
Tales of Ginza (1955)
as Gô Momoyama
92
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