Masayuki Mori
Actor
62 years (Jan 13, 1911 – Oct 7, 1973)Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Masayuki Mori, born in Sapporo in 1911, was one of the great male leads of Japan's classical cinema until his death in 1973. He played the doomed samurai husband opposite Machiko Kyo in Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950) and the potter Genjuro in Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953). He gave one of the definitive Japanese Dostoevsky performances in Kurosawa's The Idiot (1951), and returned to the director for The Bad Sleep Well (1960). He was also the melancholic married man of Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds (1955).
Masayuki Mori
Actor
Masayuki Mori, born in Sapporo in 1911, was one of the great male leads of Japan's classical cinema until his death in 1973. He played the doomed samurai husband opposite Machiko Kyo in Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950) and the potter Genjuro in Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953). He gave one of the definitive Japanese Dostoevsky performances in Kurosawa's The Idiot (1951), and returned to the director for The Bad Sleep Well (1960). He was also the melancholic married man of Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds (1955).
43 Movies
Plays Takehiro
Rashomon
1950
Plays Genjurô
Ugetsu
1953
Plays Kengo Tomioka
Floating Clouds
1955
Plays Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Plays Kinji Kameda
The Idiot
1951
Plays Kamei
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
Plays Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Plays Emperor Xuan Zong
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Plays Yoshima Dan
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
Plays Masahiko Anjo
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
Plays Kumagai
A Fool's Love
1949
Plays Nobuhiko Fujisaki
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Plays Father
Her Brother
1960
Plays Prime Minister Konoe
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
Plays Miyaji, the drum teacher
Night Drum
1958
Plays Mori
Forever a Woman
1955
Plays 井上成美
Gateway to Glory
1969
Plays Hamaya, her lover
Untamed Woman
1957
Plays Youth's Father
Alone Across the Pacific
1963
Plays Nakanuma
The Good Fairy
1951
Plays Boss Yamikubo
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Plays Setsuo Katsuragi
Elegy of the North
1957
Plays Reikichi Mayumi
Love Letter
1953
Plays Inokichi
Brother and Sister
1953
Plays Nobuchi
The Heart
1955
Plays Tadao Akiyama
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Plays Keijiro Kouno
The Other Woman
1961
Plays Kawakami
Battle Troop
1944
Plays Yuichiro Sakanishi
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Plays Haruki Murakami
The Balloon
1956
Plays Taro
Broken Drum
1949
Plays Kuroyanagi
Love New and Old
1961
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Boss Yamikubo
1970
Gateway to Glory
井上成美
1969
Admiral Yamamoto
Prime Minister Konoe
1968
Homecoming
守屋恭吾
1964
Alone Across the Pacific
Youth's Father
1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori
1963
Love New and Old
Kuroyanagi
1961
A Design for Dying
Professor Shiraishi
1961
The Other Woman
Keijiro Kouno
1961
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Masayuki Mori still alive?
Masayuki Mori passed away on October 7, 1973 at age 62.
What are the most famous roles of Masayuki Mori?
Masayuki Mori is best known for roles in Rashomon, Ugetsu, The Bad Sleep Well.
How many movies has Masayuki Mori been in?
Over a 29-year career (since 1944), Masayuki Mori has appeared in 43 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Masayuki Mori's first movie?
The career of Masayuki Mori began with Battle Troop (1944).
What is Masayuki Mori's most recent movie or series?
Masayuki Mori's most recent release is Sword and Flower, which premiered on April 14, 1972.
Masayuki Mori
1911-01-13 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Masayuki Mori (森 雅之 Mori Masayuki, January 13, 1911 – October 7, 1973) Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture) was a Japanese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji and Taishō periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa 's films such as Rashomon and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds) and other prominent directors.Masayuki Mori, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia