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Masayuki Mori

Actor (1911–1973)

Masayuki Mori was a Japanese actor who appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa's films, including Rashomon, The Idiot and The Bad Sleep Well. He also starred in pictures by other prominent directors, among them Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu and Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds.

Masayuki Mori appears in 6 films in The Rerun, from 1945 to 1960. Most of that work is in drama, crime and mystery. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Akira Kurosawa (5), Takashi Shimura (4), Toshiro Mifune (3), Susumu Fujita (3), Seiji Miyaguchi (2).

Known for

  • Rashomon (1950). One of his several films for Akira Kurosawa.
  • Ugetsu (1953). His starring role for director Kenji Mizoguchi.
  • The Idiot (1951). Another of his Kurosawa films.
  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960). A later collaboration with Akira Kurosawa, from 1960.

Movies

Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Masayuki Mori been in?
Masayuki Mori appears in The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Ugetsu (1953), The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1952), The Idiot (1951), Rashomon (1950) and Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945) on The Remote.
When was Masayuki Mori born?
Masayuki Mori was born on 13 January 1911.

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