Acting
Eiji Funakoshi
- Titles
- 60movies8TV shows
- Career
Active from 1948 to 1998, with a break from 1985 to 1997, busiest in 1960 and 1962 with 7 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 27top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Fires on the Plain91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.6average 3.3
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Social Commentary6.1average 4.9
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.6
- Psychological6.4average 5.6
- Politics3.3average 2.6
- Pathos5.8average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.0, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.8, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Social Commentary 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Historical Drama 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
- Complex Characters 3
- Showbiz 2
- Family Life 2
- NHK Asadora 2
- Nostalgic 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- TTatsuji NakashizuEditorBlind Beast, Manji, Fires on the Plain, Gamera, the Giant Monster, Being Two Isn't Easy, +18 more
Ayako WakaoActorManji, Stolen Pleasure, An Actor's Revenge, Thousand Cranes, A Certain Woman, +11 more
Yasuzō MasumuraDirectorBlind Beast, Manji, Stolen Pleasure, Black Test Car, The Woman Who Touched Legs, +8 more
Machiko KyōActorBrother and Sister, The Woman Who Touched Legs, Thousand Cranes, The Wandering Princess, A Certain Woman, +7 more- SSetsuo KobayashiCinematographerBlind Beast, Manji, Fires on the Plain, Being Two Isn't Easy, Stolen Pleasure, +6 more
Natto WadaWriterFires on the Plain, Being Two Isn't Easy, The Broken Commandment, The Woman Who Touched Legs, The Wandering Princess, +4 more
Kon IchikawaDirectorFires on the Plain, Being Two Isn't Easy, The Broken Commandment, An Actor's Revenge, The Woman Who Touched Legs, +4 more
Jiro TamiyaActorThe Great White Tower, Stolen Pleasure, Black Test Car, The Woman Who Touched Legs, Mother, +3 more
Fujiko YamamotoActorBeing Two Isn't Easy, An Actor's Revenge, Night Butterflies, Ten Dark Women, Bridge of Japan, +3 more
Sei IkenoComposerThe Great White Tower, Stolen Pleasure, Black Test Car, Night Butterflies, Elegant Beast, +3 more
Jun HamamuraActorRomansu, Gamera, the Giant Monster, Stolen Pleasure, The Broken Commandment, An Actor's Revenge, +1 more- MMichio TakahashiCinematographerThe Golden Demon, Mother, The Sentimental Idiot, Paper Pigeon, The Ataka Family, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
91970s
1 title
Kumo no Jutan (1976)
TV show · as 白川義信
1960s
6 titles · average score 68
72
The Great White Tower (1966)
as Professor Noboru Kikukawa
65
Manji (1964)
as Kotaro Kakiuchi
69
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
as Heima Kadokura
67
The Broken Commandment (1962)
as Keinoshin Kazama
Stolen Pleasure (1962)
as Aoyagi
67
The Wandering Princess (1960)
as Futetsu (Fuketsu Aishinkakura)
1950s
2 titles · average score 79
91
Fires on the Plain (1959)
as Tamura
68
Brother and Sister (1953)
as Kobata