Portrait of Takashi Kanda

Acting

Takashi Kanda

Career

Active from 1947 to 1985, with a break from 1971 to 1983, busiest in 1956 and 1961 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Ball at the Anjo House
The Ball at the Anjo House
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Takashi Kanda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.5, average 5.4
  • Romance
    2.4, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2
  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

5 titles · average score 67
奥飛騨二重心中
奥飛騨二重心中 (1985)

as Shunsuke Ebara

Mermaid Legend
Mermaid Legend (1984)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lawyer Daiji Hanaoka

Fine, with Occasional Murders
Fine, with Occasional Murders (1984)

as Hitoshi Tsuburaya, director

The Yoshida School
The Yoshida School (1983)

as Tadao Ohasa

Call Girl
Call Girl (1982)

as Mine

1970s

7 titles
Japan's Don
Japan's Don (1977)

as Bansui Ono

Case of the Disjointed Murder
Case of the Disjointed Murder (1977)

as Toyo Kamiyama

The Corporation
The Corporation (1976)

as Minister of Finance Sahashi

Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse (1975)

as Leader of the next Administration

Professional Killers
Professional Killers (1972)

TV show

Forbidden Affair
Forbidden Affair (1970)

as Shuzo Takeuchi

High-School Outcasts
High-School Outcasts (1970)

as Gozo Matsubara

1960s

31 titles · average score 66
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hyogo Isobe

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

as Reimon Tajimaya

Massacre Gun
Massacre Gun (1967)
GoodWatch score 65

as Akazawa

Three Seconds to Zero Hour
Three Seconds to Zero Hour (1967)

as Takashima

Return of Giant Majin
Return of Giant Majin (1966)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lord Danjô Mikoshiba

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil (1966)

as Gohei Gamagori (President of G.G. Tourism)

Gang vs. G-Men
Gang vs. G-Men (1962)

as Police Department Fujikawa

Police Precinct Part 17
Police Precinct Part 17 (1961)

as Chief Detective

Devil's Nursery Rhyme
Devil's Nursery Rhyme (1961)

as Inspector Isokawa

Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san (1961)

as Kyozo Tajima

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (1961)

as Kito Daisaku

World War III Breaks Out
World War III Breaks Out (1960)

as 大塚先生

1950s

24 titles · average score 49
Prince of Space
Prince of Space (1959)
GoodWatch score 25

as Inspector Takeda

Points and Lines
Points and Lines (1958)

as Sayama's brother

The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun (1958)

as Assistant Station Master

The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour (1957)

as Tachibana

The Black Hooded Man
The Black Hooded Man (1955)

as Matsudaira Mondonosho

If Indeed One Loves
If Indeed One Loves (1955)

as Master (segment 1)

The Black Hooded Man 2
The Black Hooded Man 2 (1955)

as Kondo Isami

Mune yori mune ni
Mune yori mune ni (1955)

as Oka

The Street Without Sun
The Street Without Sun (1954)

as Man with glasses

Hiroshima
Hiroshima (1953)
GoodWatch score 74

as Senda

Vacuum Zone
Vacuum Zone (1952)

as Troop Commander Mine

Town of Violence
Town of Violence (1950)

as Masuyama

1940s

3 titles · average score 77
Sad Whistling
Sad Whistling (1949)

as Yamaguchi

A Woman in the Typhoon Area
A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948)

as Suzuki

The Ball at the Anjo House
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
GoodWatch score 77

as Tooyama