Cast & creator

Masayuki Yui

1947-09-21 (age 79) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Website IMDb

Best known for Ran, Princess Go, Kagemusha

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).

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1980–2017 · acting roles

Credit score

7.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 8.0

Ran

Tango Hirayama · 1985

★ 8.3

Princess Go

Kiyotsuna Akao · 2011

★ 7.8

Kagemusha

Ieyasu Tokugawa · 1980

★ 7.7

Dreams

Member of Climbing Team · 1990

★ 6.4

To End All Wars

Captain Noguchi · 2001

Across film & television

Filmography (73)

Showing 73 of 73 credits

Movie

★ 8.0

Ran

Tango Hirayama

1985

Series

★ 8.3

Princess Go

Kiyotsuna Akao

2011

Movie

★ 7.8

Kagemusha

Ieyasu Tokugawa

1980

Movie

★ 7.7

Dreams

Member of Climbing Team

1990

Movie

★ 6.4

To End All Wars

Captain Noguchi

2001

Movie

★ 7.3

Madadayo

Kiriyama

1993

Movie

★ 6.7

Tokyo Eyes

Manager of Beauty Parlor

1998

Movie

★ 6.6

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

Movie

★ 7.0

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Zenjiro Hanyu

2012

Movie

★ 6.4

A Class to Remember II

1996

Movie

★ 6.9

Sword of Desperation

Ohba

2010

Movie

★ 9.0

Tora-san Goes North

1987

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

Writer

2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Movie

★ 8.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Narrator

2002

Movie

★ 8.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Producer

2002

Movie

★ 8.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'

Writer

2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

Movie

★ 10.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

Narrator

2002

Movie

★ 10.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

Writer

2002

Movie

★ 10.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

Producer

2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

Movie

★ 7.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

Narrator

2002

Movie

★ 7.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

Producer

2002

Movie

★ 7.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

Producer

2002

Movie

★ 8.0

Cicada

Gankane-san

2014

Movie

★ 8.0

Through the Night

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

Self

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'

Writer

2002

Movie

Siberian Express 2

2001

Movie

Karanukan

2017

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'

Producer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'

Writer

2002

Movie

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha'

Director

1993

Movie

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha'

Producer

1993

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

Writer

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

Producer

2002

Movie

Hokori to Gensou

2015

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘The Most Beautiful’

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘No Regrets for Our Youth’

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two’

Narrator

2002

Movie

★ 3.3

Bicycle

Old Man

2009

Movie

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran'

Director

1993

Movie

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran'

Producer

1993

Movie

BANANASHOOT JUDGEMENT

1989

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘Sanshiro Sugata’

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail’

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘One Wonderful Sunday’

Narrator

2002

Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: ‘I Live in Fear’

Narrator

2002

Movie

Persimmon

Hasegawa

2011