Acting
Kai Ato
- Titles
- 33movies14TV shows
- Career
Active from 1978 to 2015, busiest in 1987 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 5top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness75/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Violence6.5average 4.3
- Crime5.7average 3.7
- Historical3.8average 2.6
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
- Dark Humor4.0average 2.9
- Melancholy5.8average 4.7
- Tension6.7average 6.1
- Mystery4.7average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Romance2.4, average 3.8
- Wholesome2.1, average 3.3
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Family Dynamics3.8, average 4.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- 1980s Japan 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Character Study 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Yūsaku MatsudaActorThe Beast to Die, The Killing Game, No Grave for Us- OOsamu TanakaEditorThe Beast to Die, The Killing Game, No Grave for Us
Hachiro TakoActorPenguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness, Capone Cries a Lot
Itsuji ItaoActorCromartie High School: The Movie, The King of Jail Breakers
Koichi IwakiActorThe Beast to Die, No Grave for Us
Kahori TakedaActorThe Killing Game, No Grave for Us
Ken WatanabeActorA Tale of Two Truncheons, Izakaya Chōji
Kenichi HagiwaraActorNight Train, Capone Cries a Lot
Tōru MurakawaDirectorThe Beast to Die, The Killing Game- SSeizō SengenCinematographerThe Beast to Die, The Killing Game
Yasuharu HasebeDirectorShizukanaru Don, Attacked!!
Movies and TV shows
462010s
3 titles
Cinema Angel (2015)
as Okubo
Princess Go (2011)
TV show · as Tadachika Ōkubo
The King of Jail Breakers (2010)
as Goto, Director of Shinshu Second Prison
2000s
8 titles · average score 60
Raise the Castle! (2009)
as Kansuke Ihara / Kantetsu Saruwatari
Weekly Yoko Maki (2008)
TV show
The Homeless Student (2008)
as Father
Tanaka Express 3 (2007)
TV show
59
Another Heaven (2000)
as Shinji Ohno
Watashi no Aozura (2000)
TV show
1990s
6 titles
Shizukanaru Don (1994)
TV show
At the Scene of Life (1992)
TV show · as Kudo Kenzo
Izakaya Chōji (1992)
TV show
Tales of the Bizarre (1990)
TV show
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
as Detective Tsukada
1980s
21 titles · average score 66
40
Cyclops (1987)
as Michio Sonezaki
The Shinjuku Love Story (1987)
as Tashiro
Night Train (1987)
as Samejima
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure (1987)
as Kanda Criminal
75
Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness (1985)
as Al (voice)
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
as Bank Manager
Fireflies in the North (1984)
as Ryuzo
Summer Secrets (1982)
as Sakichi Kitabayashi
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1982)
TV show · as Ken Dabo
67
Station (1981)
as Ryosuke Honjo
63
The Beast to Die (1980)
as Tojo
84
Kagemusha (1980)
as Zenjiro Amemiya
1970s
8 titles · average score 71
No Grave for Us (1979)
as Kanbe
75
Demon Pond (1979)
as The Bone
59
The Woman with Red Hair (1979)
as Takao
Attacked!! (1978)
as Ôkubo
68
The Killing Game (1978)
as Bunta Izutsu
Lost Love (1978)
as Yakuza
83
Lady Snowblood (1973)
as Henchman
