Cast: Masayuki Mori

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Masayuki Mori. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Tales of Ugetsu

1953 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Machiko Kyô · Mitsuko Mito · Kinuyo Tanaka · Masayuki Mori

Plot In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants want to make their fortunes. The potter Genjuro intends to sell his wares for vast profits in the local...

Max

8.2

9K votes

8.2

9K votes

Rashomon

1950 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Machiko Kyô · Masayuki Mori · Takashi Shimura

Plot In 12th century Japan, Masako (Machiko Kyo) and her husband Takehiro (Masayuki Mori) are attacked in the woods by armed bandit Tajomaru (Toshiro Mifune), who then murders her husband. After...

Max

8.1

20K votes

8.1

20K votes

The Eternal Breasts

1955 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Kinuyo Tanaka

Cast Yumeji Tsukioka · Ryoji Hayama · Junkichi Orimoto · Hiroko Kawasaki

Plot Fumiko (Tsukioka Yurneji) is married to a taciturn and unsympathetic husband and has two children. She seems like a devoted and dutiful wife, but is dissatisfied with her situation. Her...

7.9

238 votes

7.9

238 votes

As a Wife, As a Woman

1961 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

7.8

80 votes

7.8

80 votes

Floating Clouds

1955 · Movie · 123 min. · Japan

7.7

757 votes

7.7

757 votes

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Hideko Takamine · Masayuki Mori · Daisuke Kato · Tatsuya Nakadai

Plot A successful but aging madam of a Tokyo hostess bar realizes that she will soon have to retire.

7.7

882 votes

7.7

882 votes

The Bad Sleep Well

1960 · Movie · 150 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Takeshi Katô · Masayuki Mori · Takashi Shimura

Plot A young executive hunts down his father’s killer in director Akira Kurosawa’s scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa combines elements of Hamlet...

7.7

2K votes

7.7

2K votes

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Machiko Kyô · Masayuki Mori · Sô Yamamura · Eitarô Shindô

Plot In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate...

7.6

1K votes

7.6

1K votes

Love Letter

1953 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Kinuyo Tanaka

Cast Masayuki Mori · Yoshiko Kuga · Jûkichi Uno · Kyôko Kagawa

Plot A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi (Masayuki Mori), finds a new job five years after the end of WWII. He will write love letters for other people.. His ideas...

7.5

155 votes

7.5

155 votes

Older Brother, Younger Sister

1953 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Machiko Kyô · Masayuki Mori · Yoshiko Kuga · Yuji Hori

Plot In a village not far from Tokyo, Akaza and his wife Riki worry about their childrens' future. The eldest, Inokichi, is a gambler and a womaniser. The elder of the...

7.4

139 votes

7.4

139 votes

Bushido, Samurai Saga

1963 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Yoshiko Mita · Masayuki Mori · Kyôko Kishida

Plot Episodic chronicle of one family's lineage and how it has been affected by the strict code of deference to the feudal lords.

7.3

57 votes

7.3

57 votes

Northern Elegy

1957 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

7.3

38 votes

7.3

38 votes

Whistle in My Heart (Whistling in Kotan)

1959 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Ken Yamauchi · Yoshiko Kôda · Masayuki Mori · Akira Takarada

Plot Hashimoto Shinobu wrote the script based on Ishimori Nobuo’s original story, which won prizes including the first Mimei Literature Award. Depicts an Ainu girl and her younger brother living in...

7.2

32 votes

7.2

32 votes

The Ball at the Anjo House

1947 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Setsuko Hara · Osamu Takizawa · Masayuki Mori · Yumeko Aizome

Plot After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the...

7.1

61 votes

7.1

61 votes

Untamed Woman

1957 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan

7.1

49 votes

7.1

49 votes

The Heart

1955 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

7.0

51 votes

7.0

51 votes

The Lady from Musashino

1951 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Yukiko Todoroki · Masayuki Mori · Akihiko Katayama

Plot Near the end of the War, Michiko, a middle-aged woman of samurai blood, flees Tokyo for her ancestral home in Musashino, accompanied by her husband Akiyama, a university professor of...

6.9

123 votes

6.9

123 votes

6.9

60 votes

The Idiot

1951 · Movie · 166 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Masayuki Mori · Setsuko Hara · Takashi Shimura

Plot Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Her Brother

1960 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Keiko Kishi · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Kinuyo Tanaka · Masayuki Mori

Plot "Her Brother" is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a prize for Special Distinction. In...

6.8

31 votes

6.8

31 votes