Actor
Masayuki Mori
Born 13 January 1911 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan — died 7 October 1973
Masayuki Mori (1911–1973) was a Japanese actor, son of the novelist Takeo Arishima. Known for refined, often melancholic leading roles, he worked with Kurosawa, Mizoguchi and Naruse. He is best remembered as the husband in Rashomon and the potter Genjuro in Ugetsu.
Key films
Rashomon (1950)On Cinespective
Played the samurai in Kurosawa's landmark film, which introduced Japanese cinema to wide international audiences.
Ugetsu (1953)
Starred as the potter Genjuro in Mizoguchi's celebrated ghost story.
Floating Clouds (1955)
Led Naruse's acclaimed drama of a doomed postwar love affair, opposite Hideko Takamine.
The Idiot (1951)
Played Prince Myshkin-inspired lead in Kurosawa's adaptation of Dostoevsky.
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Appeared in Kurosawa's corporate-corruption drama, showing his range in later career.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 88
- 1944Battle Troop · as KawakamiActor
- 1945Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two · as Yoshima DanActor
- 1946Those Who Make Tomorrow · as Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)Actor
- 1947The Ball at the Anjo House · as Masahiko AnjoActor
- 1948The Most Beautiful Day of My LifeActor
- 1948The Lucky ChairActor
- 1948The Fourth LadyActor
- 1949Broken Drum · as TaroActor
- 1949Delinquent GirlActor
- 1949A Fool's Love · as KumagaiActor
- 1949Good-Bye!Actor
- 1949Kyō ware renaisuActor
- 1949Kekkon SanjûshiActor
- 1949Dai tokai no ushimitsudokiActor
- 1950Rashomon · as TakehiroActor
- 1950Devil's GoldActor
- 1950The Actress and the DetectiveActor
- 1950KazanmyakuActor
- 1950The End of the WarActor
- 1951The Idiot · as Kinji KamedaActor
- 1951The Lady of Musashino · as Tadao AkiyamaActor
- 1951The Good Fairy · as NakanumaActor
- 1951Stolen LoveActor
- 1951Tokyo ElegyActor
- 1951Pure White NightsActor
- 1951Kyūjō hirobaActor
- 1952The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail · as KameiActor
- 1952This Way, That WayActor
- 1952Beauty and the Thief · as Kuroki no TaroActor
- 1952Dokuja-tō kidan: JoōbachiActor
- 1952Taki no Shiraito · as Kin'ya MurakoshiActor
- 1953Ugetsu · as GenjurôActor
- 1953Love Letter · as Reikichi MayumiActor
- 1953Brother and Sister · as InokichiActor
- 1953The Cannery Boat · as DoctorActor
- 1953Reminiscence · as KikujiActor
- 1953ReunionActor
- 1953Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuruActor
- 1953Asakusa monogatariActor
- 1954A Certain Woman · as Sankichi KurajiActor
- 1954The Pleasures of Vice · as Masao WakisakaActor
- 1954Midori no nakamaActor
- 1955Floating Clouds · as Kengo TomiokaActor
- 1955Princess Yang Kwei-fei · as Emperor Xuan ZongActor
- 1955Forever a Woman · as MoriActor
- 1955The Heart · as NobuchiActor
- 1955The Romance of YushimaActor
- 1956The Balloon · as Haruki MurakamiActor
- 1956Human Torpedoes AttackActor
- 1956Love is Beyond the Falling StarsActor
- 1956Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata niActor
- 1956ConfessionActor
- 1957Untamed Woman · as Hamaya, her loverActor
- 1957Elegy of the North · as Setsuo KatsuragiActor
- 1957This Day's LifeActor
- 1958Night Drum · as Miyaji, the drum teacherActor
- 1958Woman UnveiledActor
- 1958Shiroi akumaActor
- 1959A Whistle in My HeartActor
- 1959The Path Under the Platanes · as Teizo NoroActor
- 1959ある落日Actor
- 1959A Woman's HeartActor
- 1959The Forgotten WaterfrontActor
- 1959The Aristocrat's StairsActor
- 1959The Third Dead AngleActor
- 1960The Bad Sleep Well · as Public Corporation Vice President IwabuchiActor
- 1960When a Woman Ascends the Stairs · as Nobuhiko FujisakiActor
- 1960Her Brother · as FatherActor
- 1960Daughters, Wives and a Mother · as Yuichiro SakanishiActor
- 1960This Greedy Old Skin · as KumakichiActor
- 1961The Other Woman · as Keijiro KounoActor
- 1961Love New and Old · as KuroyanagiActor
- 1961A Design for Dying · as Professor ShiraishiActor
- 1961Challenge to LiveActor
- 1961Nocturne of a WomanActor
- 1961Refresher Course for WivesActor
- 1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai · as Lord Tambanokami Munemasa HoriActor
- 1963Alone Across the Pacific · as Youth's FatherActor
- 1963Bright SeaActor
- 1964Homecoming · as 守屋恭吾Actor
- 1968Admiral Yamamoto · as Prime Minister KonoeActor
- 1968Sun Above, Death BelowActor
- 1968Wild Ducks and Green OnionsActor
- 1968Devils-in-LawActor
- 1969Gateway to Glory · as 井上成美Actor
- 1969Through Days and Months · as Matsuko's FatherActor
- 1970Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival · as Boss YamikuboActor
- 1972Sword and FlowerActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.