Kokuten Kōdō
Actor · 54 credits · 10 in highly-rated films
Best known for Throne of Blood (1957)
Frequent collaborators: Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi, Utaemon Ichikawa, Toshirō Mifune, Kazuo Hasegawa
Best Kokuten Kōdō movies by genre
Movies (54 total, ranked by score)
1Throne of Blood
1957 · ★ 7.9 (1,011 votes)
Drama, History
2Early Summer
1951 · ★ 7.8 (206 votes)
Drama
3The Idiot
1951 · ★ 7.0 (134 votes)
Drama, Romance
4The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949 · ★ 6.8 (8 votes)
Drama
5No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · ★ 6.9 (88 votes)
Drama
- 6
Skull
1927 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Drama
7Sanshiro Sugata
1943 · ★ 6.5 (146 votes)
Drama
8Untamed Woman
1957 · ★ 7.4 (10 votes)
Drama
9Carmen Comes Home
1951 · ★ 6.2 (22 votes)
Comedy, Music
10A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Drama
11Snow Trail
1947 · ★ 7.0 (24 votes)
Drama, Crime, Action
12Asakusa at Night
1954
Drama, Romance
13Home Sweet Home
1951 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)
Drama
14The Kuroda Affair
1956
15Sasaki Kojiro
1951 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
Action, History
16Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
17Oath on the Burning Sands
1940 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama, War
18The Blue Pearl
1951
Drama, Romance
19Vendetta of a Samurai
1952 · ★ 6.6 (16 votes)
Drama, Action, History
20Musashibo Benkei
1942
Drama, History
21Sword for Hire
1952 · ★ 7.0 (8 votes)
Drama, Action, Adventure
22Husband and Wife
1953 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)
Drama
23Love on Rainbow Island
1956 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Romance
24Old Songs
1939
Drama
25Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)
Romance, Drama
26The Red Light Military Base
1953 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
Drama
27The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama
28An Actor's Revenge
1935 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)
Drama, History
- 29
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Drama, History
30Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · ★ 3.5 (12 votes)
Horror, Science Fiction
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.