Masayuki Yui
Masayuki Yui was born in 1947 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980) and Dreams (1990).
Kagemusha
as Ieyasu TokugawaAkira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to...
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Ran
as Tango HirayamaWith Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular...
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Dreams
as Member of Climbing TeamA collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
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Madadayo
as KiriyamaBased on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida...
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To End All Wars
as Captain NoguchiBased on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who...
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Sword of Desperation
as OhbaA talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi...
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Zenjiro HanyuIn the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a...
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A Class to Remember II
as uncreditedThe story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.
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Tokyo Eyes
as Manager of Beauty ParlorThe police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds...
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Tora-san Goes North
as uncreditedWhen his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pageAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
as Narrator/InterviewerDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pageAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pageAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Dodes'ka-den
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pageThrough the Night
as uncreditedWhen poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pageAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pagePersimmon
as HasegawaTamotsu is expecting a persimmon to dry and yet he cannot accept that it is time for a man on...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pageAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Lower Depths
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
Movie pageAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Drunken Angel
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Cicada
as Gankane-sanCicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Stray Dog
as NarratorDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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