Ganjirō Nakamura II
Actor · 40 credits · 9 in highly-rated films
Best known for When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Frequent collaborators: Chieko Naniwa, Ayako Wakao, Machiko Kyō, Ichirō Sugai, Michiyo Aratama
Movies (40 total, ranked by score)
1When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · ★ 8.0 (127 votes)
Drama
2Floating Weeds
1959 · ★ 7.5 (202 votes)
Drama
3The Lower Depths
1957 · ★ 7.0 (145 votes)
Drama
4The Pornographers
1966 · ★ 7.3 (57 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
5Hot Spring Doctress
1964
Comedy, Romance
6Floating Vessel
1957
Drama
7Conflagration
1958 · ★ 7.1 (30 votes)
Drama
8Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
9Love Under the Crucifix
1962 · ★ 7.1 (15 votes)
Romance, Drama, History
10Odd Obsession
1959 · ★ 6.2 (34 votes)
Drama, Comedy
11Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · ★ 7.2 (14 votes)
Documentary
12The Broken Commandment
1962 · ★ 6.8 (10 votes)
Drama
13The Rape
1982 · ★ 4.3 (9 votes)
Drama
14The Fencing Master
1962 · ★ 5.9 (4 votes)
Drama, History
15The Oil-Hell Murder
1957 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama
16Bonchi
1960 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)
Comedy, Drama
17The Story of a Blind Woman
1965 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Drama
18The Shop Curtain
1958 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
19Sentimental Mobsters
1963 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Action, Crime
20The Ginza Three Boys
1961
Comedy, Romance
21The Third Will
1963 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)
Drama
22A Lustful Man
1961 · ★ 5.6 (9 votes)
Comedy, Drama
23What Price Love?
1960 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama
24Ôsaka no onna
1958
25Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern
1962
Horror
26Travels of Lord Mito
1958
Adventure
27Princess Tsuki
1958
28Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
29Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
Action, Drama
30Yoru no keisha
1962
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.