Isao Yamagata: movies and TV shows
Isao Yamagata has 236 credits in the archive: 232 films and 4 TV series, from 1951 to 1986. Highest rated: Seven Samurai (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 1986 · busiest year: 1960 (28 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari | President Nakata | Film | — | 70 |
| 1983 | Kazoku no sentaku | Kohei Okido | Film | — | 67 |
| 1983 | 松本清張のかげろう絵図 | Film | — | 67 | |
| 1982 | The Trout | Daigo Hamada | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1982 | 危険な誘拐 | TV | — | 66 | |
| 1982 | Kaidan botandōrō | Film | — | 66 | |
| 1982 | A Ghost Love Story of Japan | Film | — | 66 | |
| 1981 | 蛇公主 | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1980 | Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai | Itakura Katsukiyo | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 1975 | A Picture of Madame Yuki | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1975 | Kyukei no Koya | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1974 | The First Star of Happiness | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1973 | Kanbei's Wandering Adventures | Ometsuke Doi Masatoshi | TV | — | 57 |
| 1973 | Kenkaku Shōbai | TV | 10.0 | 57 | |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades | Sawatari Genba | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1971 | Kaoyaku | Ogata, Seizo | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1970 | The Ambitious | Hiroe Yamada | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1970 | Rainbow Over Paris | Tetsuji Minagawa | Film | — | 54 |
| 1969 | いつか来るさよなら | Yasuharu Chida | Film | — | 53 |
| 1968 | Sôshun | Shūichi Andō | Film | — | 52 |
| 1968 | Where did Sharaku go? | Juzaburo Tsutaya | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1968 | Eternal Love | Kenichiro Shinjo | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1968 | Fangs of a Female | Film | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 1968 | I Shall Not Forget | Film | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 1967 | Samurai Rebellion | Shobei Tsuchiya | Film | 8.2 | 51 |
| 1967 | A Killer's Key | Hojo | Film | 7.8 | 51 |
| 1967 | Secret Assignment | Takakura | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1967 | 春日和 | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1966 | Zatoichi's Pilgrimage | Boss Tohachi | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1966 | A World For Two | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1965 | Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | Film | 6.3 | 49 | |
| 1965 | A Story Written with Water | Denzo Hashimoto | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1965 | Danshun | Shinkichi Yamaguchi | Film | — | 49 |
| 1965 | Bloody Shuriken | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1965 | The Radish and the Carrot | Film | 9.0 | 49 | |
| 1965 | Code of Ruffians | Film | 7.5 | 49 | |
| 1965 | おゝい雲! | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1965 | Twilight of Tokyo | Shinzo Nakajima | Film | — | 49 |
| 1964 | The Third Ninja | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1964 | The Flower and the Sword | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1964 | Jakoman and Tetsu | Kyubei | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1964 | Our Happiness Alone | Akira Sakawa | Film | — | 48 |
| 1964 | The Eternal Life | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1964 | Black Strait | Film | 10.0 | 48 | |
| 1963 | Life of a Flower | Arimura Jizaemon | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1963 | The Big Boss | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1963 | Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1963 | Road In the Mist | Nizaemon | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1963 | Tokaido Fullhouse | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1963 | Five Ronins | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1963 | Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption | Date Masamune | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1963 | Street of Wandering Men | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1963 | The Mysterious Cape | Film | 6.0 | 47 | |
| 1963 | A Fishmonger's Tour | Film | 10.0 | 47 | |
| 1963 | The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy | Film | 6.0 | 47 | |
| 1963 | Blackmail | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1963 | 20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1962 | Shimmering Sword | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | Tengu Priest | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1962 | In Search of Mother | Yosuke | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1962 | Sakura Official | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1962 | G-Men in the Pacific | President Chin | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1962 | A Revengeful Raid | Film | 5.8 | 46 | |
| 1962 | Good Rascals | Kouchiyama Sotoshi | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1962 | Knightly Advice | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1962 | The Phantom Goblin | Film | 6.0 | 46 | |
| 1962 | The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman | Film | 6.0 | 46 | |
| 1962 | Mark of Blood | Tajiri no Heihachi | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1962 | Kisaragi Sword | Film | 5.5 | 46 | |
| 1962 | Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | あの空の果てに星はまたたく | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey | Film | 8.5 | 46 | |
| 1962 | Waka zakura kenka matoi | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | Mid-August Commotion | Minister of War | Film | — | 46 |
| 1962 | Tekka Wakashū | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | Abekobe dōchū | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | Jigoku no kagebōshi | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | Genkuro Yoshitsune | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1961 | An Eagle Eyed Lord | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1961 | An Edo Magistrate | Film | 6.6 | 45 | |
| 1961 | Lord of Steel Heart | Kuroda Sanzaemon | Film | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1961 | Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery | Shu | Film | — | 45 |
| 1961 | The Ako Retainers | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1961 | Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san | Shozaburo Sado | Film | — | 45 |
| 1961 | Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia | Film | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1961 | Tange Sazen and the Princess | Yagyu Tsushima-no-kami | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Shogun and the Fishmonger | Film | 6.5 | 45 | |
| 1961 | A Fishwife's Tale | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1961 | Edo Purebreed | Film | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1961 | Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1961 | Whistling Drifter | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1961 | Bride of White Castle | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1961 | Mask of the Moon | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1961 | Himalayan Wanderer | Film | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1960 | Official with a Tattoo | Film | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Morning Breeze in Edo | Dobashi Daigaku | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1960 | Lord of Red Banner | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | Runway to Hell | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | The Sand City in Manchuria | Motoi | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1960 | The Man of Seven Faces | Chief Inspector Ozawa | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1960 | Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3 | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence | Serizawa Kamo | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1960 | Scarier than the Devil | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | The Master Spearman | Mitsunari Ishida | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1960 | The Second Bullet is Marked | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Road of Chivalry | Film | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill | Film | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Mighty Shosuke | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | Return of the One-Armed Swordsman | Film | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Benten Kozo | Film | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Lord Mito: All Star Version | Film | 8.3 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Ninja Assassins | Film | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Heavenly Dragon | Iidaya Kumagoro | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1960 | Unwieldy Brothers | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | Paper Crane Palanquin | Yui Shosetsu | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1960 | Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | Case of a Young Lord 8 | Film | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Saikoro mushuku | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | White Cliffs | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | The Swordsman In The Golden Valley | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Ooka Seidan: Devil Image | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1959 | Turbulent Highways | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Evil Man of Edo | Tenzen Akiyama | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1959 | Bride of Peacock Castle | Film | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Hawk of the North | Yoshitsugu Hatakeyama | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1959 | Blooded Spear | Film | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Night of the Suspicions | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1959 | The Forbidden Castle | Film | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1959 | A Spectacular Showdown | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons | Film | 5.8 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Bloody Battle at Dawn | Film | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1959 | Diary of a Wandering Lord | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun | Film | 8.2 | 43 | |
| 1959 | The Acrobats of Death | Film | 5.8 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Souls in the Moonlight III | Kamio Shuzen | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1959 | The Medicine Case | Magistrate Ooka | Film | — | 43 |
| 1959 | Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1959 | House of Spider Webs | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1959 | The Black Hooded Man Rides Again | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1959 | The Unleashed Lord | Film | 9.0 | 43 | |
| 1959 | Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy | Film | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1959 | 53 Stages of the Road | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1959 | Hell's Companion | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1958 | The Lost Public Funds | Lord Matsudaira Aki | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1958 | Secret of The Golden Spell | Mine Tanba | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1958 | Points and Lines | Tatsuo Yasuda | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi | Hijikata Toshizo | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1958 | Souls in the Moonlight II | Kamio Shuzen | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1958 | Princess of Revenge | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1958 | Seven from Edo | Tatewaki | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1958 | A Chivalrous Spirit | Kadoi | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1958 | Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute | Film | 5.5 | 42 | |
| 1958 | The Naked Sun | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1958 | Roughneck From Asama | Toragoro | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Abandoned Swords | Film | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1958 | Noble Tasuke | Film | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1958 | Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1958 | His Pistol is Hell | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1958 | Epic Crash | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1958 | Kanbei's Bargain Sale | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1958 | Aoi Secret Book | Higashiko Fujita | Film | — | 42 |
| 1957 | The Unbalanced Wheel | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1957 | The Seven Vows, Part 2 | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1957 | The Seven Vows, Part 3 | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1957 | An Osaka Story | Film | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1957 | Lords of Oppression | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Ujō | Shinpei Nakayama | Film | — | 41 |
| 1957 | A Case of Honor | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Haha to ko no mado | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Shadow Over Fuji | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1957 | Souls in the Moonlight | Lord Kamio | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1957 | Rice | Film | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1957 | The Mansion of Intrigue | Yoshiyasu (Yanagisawa Mino-no-Kami) | Film | — | 41 |
| 1957 | Travel Romances | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Akuma no kao | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Lords of Oppression 2 | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Goblin's Highway | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Ghost Ship Part 1 | Gemba Akahana | Film | — | 41 |
| 1957 | Sendō shimai | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Shimizu Port of Chivalry | Miyakodori | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1957 | Pirates Magistrate | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | Glorious Standard Bearer | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1956 | Warning from Space | Dr. Matsuda | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1956 | Virtue in Spades | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1956 | Shozo, a Cat and Two Women | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1956 | Ninja's Weapon | Sarashina Danjo | Film | — | 40 |
| 1956 | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Fujioka | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1956 | The Seven Vows | Nyudo Ichimonji | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1956 | The Swamp | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1956 | Samurai of the Great Earth | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1956 | The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces | Film | 10.0 | 40 | |
| 1956 | Lightning Karate Blow | Nagoe Gisen | Film | — | 40 |
| 1956 | Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship | Film | 10.0 | 40 | |
| 1956 | Meteor Karate Strike | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1956 | Red-Lacquered Sword | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1956 | Police Precinct Part 2 | Morita | Film | — | 40 |
| 1956 | 刑事部屋 | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1955 | Floating Clouds | Sugio Iba | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1955 | Princess Yang Kwei-fei | Yang Hsien | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1955 | Murder on the Last Train | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1955 | Ejima and Ikushima | 山田宗円 | Film | — | 39 |
| 1955 | Christ in Bronze | Magistrate | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1955 | 美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋 | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1955 | Troupers of Asakusa | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1955 | Marital Relations | Film | 5.6 | 39 | |
| 1955 | Seven Masks of Revenge | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1955 | Japan Samurai: Niiro Tsuruchiyo | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1955 | The Dawn of Judo | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1955 | Six Assassins | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1955 | Ooka Seidan: Defense of The Weak Pt. 2 | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1955 | The Samurai of Edo | Film | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | Samurai | Film | 8.4 | 38 |
| 1954 | The Princess Sen | Film | 5.0 | 38 | |
| 1954 | Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako | Film | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1954 | Hana to hatō | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1954 | Firefly Grass | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1954 | Fall of the Shogun's Militia | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1954 | The Valley Between Love and Death | Film | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1954 | Three Loves | Father Shuhei | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1954 | Hanran | Asaichi Isobe | Film | — | 38 |
| 1954 | Monster with Twenty Faces | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1953 | Gate of Hell | Wataru Watanabe | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Eagle of the Pacific | Film | 7.8 | 37 | |
| 1953 | Mr. Pu | Film | 6.7 | 37 | |
| 1953 | Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth | Plibp | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki | Deputy Kabayama | Film | — | 37 |
| 1953 | Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1951 | Stolen Love | Director of the Faculty of Arts | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1951 | Bengawan Solo | Master Sergeant Kenhei | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1951 | The Man Without a Nationality | Conspiracy commander | Film | 10.0 | 35 |