Ken Mitsuishi: Movies & Box Office
- films
- 150
- on screen
- 1980–2025
- box office
- $319M
- average score
- 77
The Best Ken Mitsuishi Movies
The highest-rated films Ken Mitsuishi is credited on, by the Movie Echo Score that blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Sham (2025) scores highest, at 83. The full ranking adds the biggest box office hits and the most awarded films.
Ken Mitsuishi's Career in Numbers
Ken Mitsuishi's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Ken Mitsuishi works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980) to Sham (2025), and the 2010s were the busiest decade.
Ken Mitsuishi Movies by Decade
- 1980s 6
- 1990s 15
- 2000s 43
- 2010s 59
- 2020s 27
The 2010s were Ken Mitsuishi's busiest decade, with 59 films.
Ken Mitsuishi Movies by Genre
- Drama 79
- Comedy 28
- Romance 9
- Thriller 6
- Crime 6
- Action 6
- Family 2
- Sci-Fi 2
- Horror 2
- Adventure 1
Drama is the genre Ken Mitsuishi has worked in most, with 79 films, ahead of comedy (28).
Ken Mitsuishi Career Milestones
- First film
- Foster Daddy, Tora! 1980
- Biggest box office hit
- Shin Godzilla $82.1M worldwide
- Best-rated film
- Sham Movie Echo Score 83
- Newest film
- Sham 2025
Ken Mitsuishi Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Ken Mitsuishi is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 77. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
- 2025
On Summer Sand as Takanobu Mochida · Drama - 2025
Sham Thriller Worldwide box office: $1.06M Movie Echo Score: 83 - 2024
The Hotel of my Dream as Hotel Manager · Drama - 2024
Cells at Work! as Trucking Company President · Adventure Worldwide box office: $39.6M Movie Echo Score: 78 - 2024
Dear Family Family Worldwide box office: $8.53M - 2024
All the Long Nights as Kazuo Kurita · Drama Worldwide box office: $2.82M - 2024
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai as 小山内正一 · Drama - 2023
In Love and Deep Water as Sakoda · Romance - 2023
Cottontail as Akiko's Father · Drama Worldwide box office: $21.1K - 2023
Dreaming in Between Drama - 2023
On a Starry Night as Marokawa Sanpei · Drama - 2023
THE DAYS as Murakami · Crime - 2022
Mr. Osomatsu as Matsuzo · Comedy - 2022
My Love from the Stars as Kurachi Seiichiro · Comedy - 2022
Roppongi Class as Shinji Miyabe · Drama - 2022
Love Dissonance as Kenji Usui · Drama - 2021
My Daddy as Chu-san · Drama - 2021
Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za as Mikio Hamano · Drama - 2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood Comedy - 2021
Pension Metsä as Koma-chan · Drama - 2021
Rainbow Chart as Kei Kirigaya · Drama - 2021
Hold on, look ahead. as Misumi Masato · Drama - 2021
Dearest as Tatsuo Asamiya · Drama - 2021
How About Coffee? as Tako · Drama - 2020
Blue, Painful, Fragile as Ohashi · Drama - 2020
The Last Three Times We’ll Meet Romance - 2020
Our Sister’s Soulmate as Kikuo Kawakami · Comedy - 2019
I Was a “Secret Bitch” as Yuji Arai · Romance - 2019
Black School Rules as Toshio Inoue · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.7M - 2019
A Beloved Wife Drama - 2019
Listen to the Universe as Tadaaki Hishinuma · Music Worldwide box office: $3.64M - 2019
Don’t You Think Girls Who Talk in Hakata Dialect Are Cute? as Mr. Naito · Comedy - 2019
The Fable as Hamada · Comedy Worldwide box office: $15.2M Movie Echo Score: 81 - 2019
Mio on the Shore as Kyosuke Misawa · Drama - 2019
Strawberry Song Drama - 2019
And, Live as Ikuta Kazutaka · Drama - 2018
When a Tree Falls as Ikuo Kamimura · Drama - 2018
You, Your, Yours Drama - 2018
The Forest of Wool and Steel as Tadashi Akino · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.57M - 2018
My Friend “A” as Shinozuka · Drama Worldwide box office: $2.26M - 2018
Mori, The Artist’s Habitat as Asahina · Comedy - 2018
Before We Vanish as Suzuki · Sci-Fi Worldwide box office: $449K Movie Echo Score: 65 - 2018
Evil and The Mask as Sakakibara · Drama - 2018
Kiss that Kills as Akira Dojima · Drama - 2017
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise as Yasuhara · Drama Worldwide box office: $15.6K - 2017
Goodbye, Grandpa! Comedy - 2017
Outrage Coda as Gomi · Action Worldwide box office: $12M - 2017
Side Job as Osamu · Drama - 2017
Rikuoh as Tooru Arimura · Drama - 2016
14 That Night as Oyama Tadao · Comedy - 2016
Fueled: The Man They Called “Pirate” as Kunioka · History Worldwide box office: $15.8M - 2016
Golden Orchestra as Yoshiro Osawa · Drama - 2016
Midnight Diner 2 as Noguchi · Family Worldwide box office: $2.35M - 2016
Shin Godzilla as Kozuka : Governor of Tokyo · Action Worldwide box office: $82.1M - 2016
Moriyamachu Driving School as Yakuza Boss · Comedy - 2016
Natsumi’s Firefly as Keizo Fukui · Drama - 2016
A Cappella as Koichi Noma · Romance - 2015
Mountain Days with Tom as Gen · Drama - 2015
Three Stories of Love as Hiroshi Fujita · Drama - 2015
The Big Bee Thriller Worldwide box office: $8.44M - 2015
Joker Game as Colonel Sasahara · Thriller - 2015
Ouroboros as Hibino Kunihiko · Drama - 2014
August in Tokyo as Daigo Shikko · Drama - 2014
The Vancouver Asahi as Yasugoro Inoue · Drama - 2014
Wood Job! as Seiichi Nakamura · Comedy Worldwide box office: $5.54M - 2014
Homeland Drama Worldwide box office: $3.33M - 2014
Testimony of N as Sugishita Susumu · Drama - 2013
Gatchaman as Dr. Kirkland · Action Worldwide box office: $3.96M - 2013
Farewell for Today as Tetsuo Machida · Drama - 2013
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story as Shohei · Drama - 2013
The Brain Man as Kuroda · Sci-Fi - 2013
Carry On! Hara-chan! as Tamada · Comedy - 2013
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather as Yamada · Drama - 2012
Rent-a-Cat as Goro Yoshida · Comedy - 2012
Bread of Happiness as Miku's Father · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.66M - 2012
Future Diary Another World as Hoshino - 2011
Tokyo Oasis as Interviewer at Zoo · Drama Worldwide box office: $222K - 2011
Tokyo Playboy Club as Seikichi · Comedy - 2011
A Man with Style as Junichi Miyata · Comedy - 2011
Peak: The Rescuers as Ichiro Kaji · Drama Worldwide box office: $18.5M - 2011
Oba: The Last Samurai as Nagata · War Worldwide box office: $17.7M - 2011
Everyday Mom Comedy - 2010
Wandering Home as Onigashira · Drama - 2010
Mother Water as Otome · Comedy Worldwide box office: $1.33M - 2010
Heaven’s Story as Shioya · Drama - 2010
Nude as Manager · Drama - 2009
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler as Koji Ishida · Thriller Worldwide box office: $24.7M - 2009
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life as Riko's Father · Drama - 2009
Oppai Volleyball as Head Coach · Comedy Worldwide box office: $5.23M - 2008
Child by Children as Hiroyuki's father · Drama - 2008
Naoko as Naoko's father · Romance Worldwide box office: $658K - 2008
DIVE!! as Coach Fujitani · Comedy - 2008
All Around Us as lawyer · Drama - 2008
Michiko & Hatchin as Ricardo (voice) · Animation - 2008
One-Pound Gospel as Hideo Mitaka · Comedy - 2007
Little DJ as Yuki Worldwide box office: $7.64K - 2007
Asyl: Park and Love Hotel Drama - 2007
Glasses as Yuji · Comedy - 2007
Sad Vacation as Shigeo · Drama Worldwide box office: $27.5K - 2007
Kaidan as Kanzou, Shinichi's uncle · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.65M - 2007
Kaidan as Kanzou, Shinichi's uncle · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.65M - 2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as Customer at bar · Drama - 2007
The Right Way of Playing with a Girl as Sumida Masayuki · Romance - 2007
The Matsugane Potshot Affair as Detective · Comedy Worldwide box office: $3.24K - 2007
Exte: Hair Extensions as Tatsuo Sugawara · Thriller Worldwide box office: $114K - 2007
I Just Didn’t Do It as Mitsuru Sada · Drama Worldwide box office: $9.67M - 2006
The Pavillion Salamandre as Morihiro Kagawa Worldwide box office: $173 - 2006
Crickets Drama - 2006
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth as Asakura · Drama Worldwide box office: $908K - 2006
The Vanished Horror - 2006
Invisible Waves as Lizard · Crime Worldwide box office: $24.8K - 2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A as Prison Warden · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.52K - 2005
Scrap Heaven as Chief Shimada · Drama - 2005
Aegis Thriller Worldwide box office: $16.9M - 2005
Pacchigi! as Fukawa Sensei · Comedy - 2004
Going Home as Yamaoka · Drama - 2004
Black Kiss as Policeman · Crime - 2004
The Crying Wind as Hisaki Shimazaki · Drama - 2004
Prayer Beads as (segment "Apartment") · Horror - 2003
Dead End Run Action Worldwide box office: $899K - 2003
Jump as Matsunaga · Mystery - 2003
BORDER LINE Drama - 2003
You’re My Pet as 星野 茂 · Drama - 2001
Harmful Insect as Man with Cell Phone · Drama - 2001
Luxurious Bone as Doctor · Drama - 2001
Eko Eko Azarak: Awakening Drama - 2000
Film Noir as Kimio Komatsu - 2000
Firefly Drama - 2000
Boy’s Choir as Michio's Uncle · Drama - 1999
Audition as Director · Drama Worldwide box office: $365K - 1999
Shady Grove as Natsuishi · Drama - 1998
Tokyo Eyes as Video Shop Customer · Romance - 1998
Open House as Goto · Drama - 1998
April Story as Salaryman · Romance Worldwide box office: $98.2K - 1998
Blood Action - 1997
Wild Life Drama - 1996
A Weapon in My Heart as Yoshioka · Crime - 1996
Swallowtail Butterfly as Punk Man · Crime Worldwide box office: $148K - 1996
Helpless as Yasuo Matsumura · Drama - 1995
Love Letter as Kasu Abe · Romance - 1993
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? as Kurata · Drama - 1993
Fried Dragon Fish as Kiryu · Crime - 1992
Ghost Soup as Private Sakata · Comedy - 1991
Hiruko the Goblin as Archeologist · Comedy - 1988
Gate of Flesh as Sub · Drama - 1987
Yakuza Ladies 2 as Jiro · Drama - 1985
Tora-san’s Island Encounter as Young man B · Comedy - 1982
Tora-san, the Expert Comedy - 1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun as Shūhei · Action - 1980
Foster Daddy, Tora! Comedy
Who Ken Mitsuishi Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Ken Mitsuishi shares the most films with. Kanji Tsuda comes first, with 13 films together, followed by Ryo Kase (10).
Ken Mitsuishi: Questions & Answers
How many movies Ken Mitsuishi has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Ken Mitsuishi been in?
Ken Mitsuishi is credited on 150 films, from 1980 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Ken Mitsuishi's highest-grossing movie?
Shin Godzilla (2016) is Ken Mitsuishi's biggest box office hit, with $82.1M worldwide, ahead of Cells at Work! (2024) ($39.6M). Across every film with box office figures, Ken Mitsuishi's movies have made $319M.
Ken Mitsuishi's biggest hits What is the best Ken Mitsuishi movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Ken Mitsuishi's best-rated film is Sham (2025) with a score of 83, followed by The Fable (2019) (81).
Best Ken Mitsuishi movies, ranked What is Ken Mitsuishi's newest movie?
The most recent film on Ken Mitsuishi's filmography is On Summer Sand (2025), in the role of Takanobu Mochida.
Who does Ken Mitsuishi work with most often?
Ken Mitsuishi shares the most films with Kanji Tsuda (13 films), Ryo Kase (10 films) and Akira Emoto (9 films).
The Best Ken Mitsuishi Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 150 credits.
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