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Eijirō Yanagi

Actor · 112 credits · 15 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

Frequent collaborators: Raizō Ichikawa, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Yoshi Katō, Kunio Kaga

Movies (112 total, ranked by score)

  1. Love of the Princess

    1957 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, History, Romance

    31

  2. The Tattered Wings

    1955 · ★ 6.2 (10 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    32

  3. Farewell to the Highland Station

    1951

    Drama

    33

  4. Dice and Swords

    1968 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Action

    34

  5. The Second Bullet is Marked

    1960 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Action, Crime

    35

  6. The Famous Sword Bijomaru

    1945 · ★ 6.0 (11 votes)

    Drama

    36

  7. No Stronger Swords

    1959 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    37

  8. Seven Miles to Nakayama

    1962 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)

    Action, History

    38

  9. A Brother and His Sister

    1956 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    39

  10. The Song Lantern

    1960 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    40

  11. 日本敗れず

    1954 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    War

    41

  12. Lone Rebel

    1969

    42

  13. The Last Trump Card

    1960

    Drama, Crime

    43

  14. Always in My Heart Part 3

    1954 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    44

  15. Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

    1958 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Action

    45

  16. The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye

    1956 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Mystery

    46

  17. Homecoming

    1950

    Drama

    47

  18. The Lost Public Funds

    1958 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Adventure

    48

  19. Greed in Broad Daylight

    1961 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    49

  20. Growing Up

    1955 · ★ 6.8 (5 votes)

    Drama

    50

  21. Mist and Shadows

    1961

    Thriller, Drama

    51

  22. The Acrobats of Death

    1959 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    History, Action

    52

  23. Tange Sazen and the Princess

    1961 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    53

  24. Works of the Fish Man

    1961 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Action, Drama

    54

  25. Golden Peacock Castle, Part 1

    1961 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Drama, History, Adventure

    55

  26. Doctor's Day Off

    1952 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    56

  27. Rififi in Tokyo

    1963 · ★ 5.7 (10 votes)

    Adventure, Crime, Drama

    57

  28. Yataro’s Travel Hat

    1957

    Drama, Action

    58

  29. The Eve of the Chinese Festival

    1962

    Drama, Crime

    59

  30. The Envoy

    1958

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.