Portrait of Hisashi Igawa

Acting

Hisashi Igawa

Career

Active from 1957 to 2015, busiest in 1992 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Boiling Point
Boiling Point
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hisashi Igawa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Japanese Historical Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Bleak 2
  • Contemplative 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Atmospheric 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

5 titles · average score 68
Midnight Diner 2
Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

as Tetsuruo Ogawa

Marginal Village Inc.
Marginal Village Inc. (2015)

TV show · as Oouchi Kazuo

Have a Song on Your Lips
Have a Song on Your Lips (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

as Toshio Nakamura

Climbing to Spring
Climbing to Spring (2014)

as Bunji

Villain
Villain (2010)
GoodWatch score 63

as Katsuji Shimizu

2000s

13 titles · average score 70
Ordinary Miracles
Ordinary Miracles (2009)

TV show · as Shiro Tazaki

Kitokito!
Kitokito! (2007)

as Yujiro

星ひとつの夜
星ひとつの夜 (2007)

as Naitou Shosuke

The Professor and His Beloved Equation
The Professor and His Beloved Equation (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Housekeeper Agent

Star Reformer
Star Reformer (2006)
GoodWatch score 69

as Kanji Shimizu

Yamato
Yamato (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

as The Chairman

Haru and Natsu
Haru and Natsu (2005)

TV show · as Tokuji

Farewell, Kuro
Farewell, Kuro (2003)

as Tokujiro Okouchi

On-yado Kawasemi
On-yado Kawasemi (2003)

TV show

Letter from the Mountain
Letter from the Mountain (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

as Sayuri's father

Hotoke
Hotoke (2001)

as Tetsuzo

After the Rain
After the Rain (2000)
GoodWatch score 77

as Kihei Ishiyama

1990s

22 titles · average score 72
Bullet Ballet
Bullet Ballet (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

as Shooter

Sada
Sada (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Detective

Love Generation
Love Generation (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Kenichi Uesugi

Lost in Time
Lost in Time (1996)

as Editor Yabe

Deep River
Deep River (1995)

as Isobe

Madadayo
Madadayo (1993)
GoodWatch score 78

as Takayama

Luminous Moss
Luminous Moss (1992)

as Prosecutor

Basara: The Princess Goh
Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Rhapsody in August
Rhapsody in August (1991)
GoodWatch score 66

as Tadao

War and Youth
War and Youth (1991)

as Yuta Hanafusa

Boiling Point
Boiling Point (1990)
GoodWatch score 81

as Otomo

Dreams
Dreams (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

as Nuclear Plant Worker

1980s

17 titles · average score 74
Rikyu
Rikyu (1989)
GoodWatch score 74

as Soji

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ryokichi Tagami

Hachiko
Hachiko (1987)
GoodWatch score 79

as Maekawa

Actress
Actress (1987)

as Isoya

House on Fire
House on Fire (1986)
GoodWatch score 57

as Tsubono

Lost in the Wilderness
Lost in the Wilderness (1986)

as Osamu Uemura

Black Board
Black Board (1986)

as Vice-principal

Ran
Ran (1985)
GoodWatch score 91

as Shuri Kurogane

Tampopo
Tampopo (1985)
GoodWatch score 88

as Running Man

The Legend of Sayo
The Legend of Sayo (1982)

as Kikuzo

Eternal Monument
Eternal Monument (1982)

as Army Surgeon Oka

An Ocean to Cross
An Ocean to Cross (1980)

as Gyougyou

1970s

21 titles · average score 70
Demon Pond
Demon Pond (1979)
GoodWatch score 68

as The Carp

Double Suicide of Sonezaki
Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
GoodWatch score 65

as Kyuemon

Village of Eight Gravestones
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kanji Igawa

The Corporation
The Corporation (1976)

as Reporter Tahara

The Fossil
The Fossil (1975)
GoodWatch score 73

as Funazu

Home from the Sea
Home from the Sea (1972)
GoodWatch score 72

as Seiichi Ishizaki

The Long Darkness
The Long Darkness (1972)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tetsuro's brother

The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

as Koichi Ito

The Wolves
The Wolves (1971)
GoodWatch score 73

as Narrator

Where Spring Comes Late
Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
GoodWatch score 76

as Seiichi

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)

Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
GoodWatch score 73

as Masuo Masuda

1960s

14 titles · average score 77
Goyokin
Goyokin (1969)
GoodWatch score 78

as Takeuchi Shinjiro

It's Tough Being a Man
It's Tough Being a Man (1968)

TV show

Young People
Young People (1968)

as Sakurai

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

as Kempeitai Lieutenant

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
GoodWatch score 71

as Eigoro

Cash Calls Hell
Cash Calls Hell (1966)
GoodWatch score 74

as Motoki

The Face of Another
The Face of Another (1966)
GoodWatch score 84

as Man with Mole

A Trap
A Trap (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

as Man on Boat

Three Outlaw Samurai
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mosuke

Zoku ôsho
Zoku ôsho (1963)

as Matsushima

Pitfall
Pitfall (1962)
GoodWatch score 74

as Otsuka

Harakiri
Harakiri (1962)
GoodWatch score 91

as Retainer

1950s

4 titles · average score 87
Jose Torres
Jose Torres (1959)

as Narrator

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
GoodWatch score 87

as Masui Ittôhei

The Living Koheiji
The Living Koheiji (1957)

as Takuro

The Story of Pure Love
The Story of Pure Love (1957)

as Goro