Director · 1921 to 1975
Kenji Misumi
Best rated (directing): Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (7.4)
- Directing films
- 20
- Directing avg
- 6.89
- Peak run
- 1968’72
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Kenji by the numbers
Average
6.89
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.92
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.38
rating spread
Career
22y
1959 to 1980
Total votes
1.61K
across every film
Best
7.4
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Worst
6.2
Return of Giant Majin
Newest first
Filmography
| 1980 |  Shogun Assassin | 6.8 | 197 |
| 1974 |  The Last Samurai | · | 21 |
| 1973 |  Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons | 7.2 | 141 |
| 1972 | Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1972 |  Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades | 7.1 | 168 |
| 1972 |  Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx | 7.4 | 201 |
| 1972 |  Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance | 7.4 | 257 |
| 1970 |  Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1968 | Samaritan Zatoichi | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1967 |  Zatoichi Challenged | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1966 | Return of Giant Majin | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1965 |  Zatoichi and the Chess Expert | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1965 | Sword Devil | · | 16 |
| 1964 |  Fight, Zatoichi, Fight | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1964 |  Ken | · | 15 |
| 1964 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure | · | 12 |
| 1962 |  Destiny's Son | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1962 |  The Tale of Zatoichi | 7.3 | 164 |
| 1960 |  Satan's Sword | · | 12 |
| 1959 |  The Ghost of Yotsuya | · | 13 |
Better together?
Kenji Misumi's regulars
- Chikashi MakiuraCinematographer · 11 films · 6.99 avg
- Shintarō KatsuDirector and actor · 7 films · 6.80 avg●−0.04
- Kazuo KoikeWriter · 6 films · 7.02 avg▲+0.09
- Kan ShimozawaWriter · 6 films · 6.90 avg●+0.02
- Akira IfukubeComposer · 6 films · 6.80 avg
- Hideaki SakuraiComposer · 5 films · 7.18 avg
- Tomisaburō WakayamaDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.18 avg▲+0.33
- Raizō IchikawaDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.80 avg●−0.01
- Goseki KojimaWriter · 4 films · 7.13 avg▲+0.11
- Seiji HoshikawaWriter · 3 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.07
- Fujio MoritaCinematographer · 3 films · 6.73 avg
- Tetsurō YoshidaWriter · 3 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.13
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Kenji Misumi and Chikashi Makiura movies · Kenji Misumi and Shintarō Katsu movies · Kenji Misumi and Kazuo Koike movies · Kenji Misumi and Kan Shimozawa movies
Takes