

Acting
Eiji Funakoshi
- Titles
- 55movies8TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19481998
- Leading roles
- 25top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Fires on the Plain91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.3average 2.6
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Violence5.5average 4.3
- Uncanny3.5average 2.5
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Scare3.4average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.4, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Family Dynamics3.4, average 4.7
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Historical Drama 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Complex Characters 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Showbiz 2
- NHK Asadora 2
- Kaiju Film 2
- Campy 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- TTatsuji NakashizuEditorBlind Beast, Fires on the Plain, Gammera the Invincible, Gamera, the Giant Monster, Manji, +18 more
Ayako WakaoActorManji, An Actor's Revenge, Thousand Cranes, Elegant Beast, The Most Valuable Wife, +10 more
Yasuzō MasumuraDirectorBlind Beast, Manji, Thousand Cranes, The Woman Who Touched Legs, Black Test Car, +8 more- SSetsuo KobayashiCinematographerBlind Beast, Fires on the Plain, Manji, An Actor's Revenge, Being Two Isn't Easy, +6 more
Machiko KyōActorBrother and Sister, Thousand Cranes, Night Butterflies, The Wandering Princess, The Woman Who Touched Legs, +4 more
Natto WadaWriterFires on the Plain, The Broken Commandment, Being Two Isn't Easy, The Wandering Princess, The Woman Who Touched Legs, +4 more
Kon IchikawaDirectorFires on the Plain, The Broken Commandment, An Actor's Revenge, Being Two Isn't Easy, The Woman Who Touched Legs, +4 more
Fujiko YamamotoActorAn Actor's Revenge, Being Two Isn't Easy, Night Butterflies, Ten Dark Women, Bridge of Japan, +2 more
Jirō TamiyaActorThe Woman Who Touched Legs, Black Test Car, Stolen Pleasure, Mother, Superexpress, +2 more
Sei IkenoComposerElegant Beast, Night Butterflies, Black Test Car, Stolen Pleasure, Disobedience, +2 more
Jun HamamuraActorRomansu, Gamera, the Giant Monster, The Broken Commandment, An Actor's Revenge, Stolen Pleasure, +1 more
Kyôko KishidaActorRomansu, Manji, The Broken Commandment, Being Two Isn't Easy, Ten Dark Women
Movies and TV shows
631990s
2 titles
1980s
1 titles

Romansu (1984)
TV show · as 真之助の父・香木真太郎
1970s
6 titles

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu (1978)
TV show · as Onodera

Netchū Jidai (1978)
TV show

Kumo no Jutan (1976)
TV show · as 白川義信

女の家庭 (1974)
TV show

時間ですよ (1970)
TV show · as 松野祥造
1960s
35 titles · average score 63
85
Blind Beast (1969)
as Michio
48
Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
as Dr. Shiga
49
Gammera the Invincible (1966)
as Dr. Hidaka
56
Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
as Dr. Hidaka
66
Manji (1964)
as Kotaro Kakiuchi

Superexpress (1964)
as Masayoshi Zaitsu

A Public Benefactor (1964)
as Kazuo Arima
69
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
as Heima Kadokura
70
Black Test Car (1962)
as Kimio Hiraki

Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
as Goro
66
The Wandering Princess (1960)
as Futetsu (Fuketsu Aishinkakura)

The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
as Writer Gomu
1950s
18 titles · average score 75
91
Fires on the Plain (1959)
as Tamura

The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
as Ichiro Mihara

Goodbye, Hello (1959)
as Torao Ichige

Mother (1958)
as Hiroshi Takayama

Disobedience (1958)
as Shuichi Ema

Night Butterflies (1957)
as Shuji

Hole in One (1957)
as Koisuke Sengi

Warm Current (1957)
as Yasuhiko Shima

Dancing Girl (1957)
as Yamano

Bridge of Japan (1956)
as Shinpachiro Kasahara

The Golden Demon (1954)
as Tomiyama
69
Brother and Sister (1953)
as Kobata
1940s
1 titles

Ghost Tower (1948)
as Tatsuo Tsuchiya

