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Masao Adachi

Actor · 45 credits · 8 in highly-rated films

Best known for Death by Hanging (1968)

Frequent collaborators: Hatsuo Yamaya, Ken Yoshizawa, Kōji Wakamatsu, Rokkō Toura, Masao Matsuda

Movies (27 total, ranked by score)

  1. Death by Hanging

    1968 · ★ 7.4 (111 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    1

  2. The Embryo Hunts in Secret

    1966 · ★ 5.9 (37 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Horror

    2

  3. Three Resurrected Drunkards

    1968 · ★ 5.4 (17 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    3

  4. TOCKA

    2023

    4

  5. Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War

    1971 · ★ 6.5 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. The Bird Is Calling

    2025 · ★ 9.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Horror

    6

  7. Under the Skin

    2002 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Pink Ribbon

    2004 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. A.K.A. Serial Killer

    1975 · ★ 5.7 (13 votes)

    Crime, Documentary

    9

  10. Running in Madness, Dying in Love

    1969 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Abnormal Blood

    1967 · ★ 3.3 (3 votes)

    History, Drama

    11

  12. The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images

    2011 · ★ 6.6 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Black Narcissus of Lust

    1967 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    13

  14. Random Lives

    2017

    Drama

    14

  15. The Pistol That Sprouted Hair

    1968

    Crime

    15

  16. Secret Flower

    1971 · ★ 3.8 (4 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Season of Betrayal

    1966

    17

  18. Children of the Revolution

    2011 · ★ 6.7 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve - Masao Adachi

    2011 · ★ 6.1 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. The Ugly One

    2013 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    20

  21. Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

    1964

    21

  22. Masao Adachi Takes a Passport Photo

    2026

    Documentary

    22

  23. Bruno & Bettina

    2018

    Documentary

    23

  24. シネマスコーレを解剖する。　コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ

    2022

    Documentary

    24

  25. Prisoners

    2006

    Documentary

    25

  26. The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka

    2016

    Documentary, Animation

    26

  27. Stars of Orion: Japanese Martyrs for Palestine

    2012

    27

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.