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Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Actor · Born September 21, 1947 (79) · Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 21, 1947 (79)
From
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 168% in 30 days

What are Masayuki Yui's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
28%
Power
19%
Survival
17%
Bonds
11%
Self
11%
Ideas
7%
Society
6%
Power2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Dread
2
Contemplative
2
Warm
1
Cathartic
2
Other
2

How their films linger

Haunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Masayuki Yui's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Masayuki Yui's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

44 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Karanukan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Hokori to Gensou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Cicada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Gankane-san

  • Casting Blossoms to the Sky(2012)

    as Zenjiro Hanyu

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Persimmon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Hasegawa

  • Princess Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 46 episodes · as Kiyotsuna Akao

  • Sword of Desperation(2010)

    as Ohba

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Bicycle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Old Man

  • Through the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘I Live in Fear’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘No Regrets for Our Youth’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘One Wonderful Sunday’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘Sanshiro Sugata’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘The Most Beautiful’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • To End All Wars(2001)

    as Captain Noguchi

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Siberian Express 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Tokyo Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Manager of Beauty Parlor

  • A Class to Remember II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Madadayo(1993)

    as Kiriyama

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · Producer

  • Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · Producer

  • Dreams(1990)

    as Member of Climbing Team

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • BANANASHOOT JUDGEMENT (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Actor

  • Tora-san Goes North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

  • Ran(1985)

    as Tango Hirayama

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior(1980)

    as Ieyasu Tokugawa

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 44 titles from 1980 to 2017; peak year 1980.

Biggest box office

Ran (1985)

$4.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Ran (1985)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19802017

Peak 1980 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting41 of 44: 28 only acting, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score89thDirecting2 of 44: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting14 of 44: 0 only writing, 14 with another roleProducing15 of 44: 0 only producing, 15 with another role

44 titles, 16 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1980s5 · acting1990s6 · 4 acting · 2 crew2000s26 · 25 acting · 14 crew2010s7 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 7 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Masayuki Yui's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 94th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 7 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

66th percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Ran (1985)

Midcredits 98th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 81/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 61. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Masayuki Yui's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 79 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Masayuki Yui work with?

People who share at least 2 of Masayuki Yui's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Akira Kurosawa shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers