---
name: "Masayuki Mori"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/masayuki-mori-7452"
fi1m_id: "masayuki-mori-7452"
imdb_id: "nm0605270"
tmdb_id: 7452
wikidata_id: "Q2590475"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 January 1911"
died: "7 October 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T05:29:13.989741+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Masayuki Mori

## Identity

Masayuki Mori

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/masayuki-mori-7452
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** masayuki-mori-7452
- **IMDb ID:** nm0605270
- **TMDB ID:** 7452
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2590475
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayuki_Mori_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2590475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7452

Actor. Born 13 January 1911 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Died 7 October 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 January 1911, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- **Died:** 7 October 1973
- **Active:** 1950–1953
- **Also known as:** Arishima Yukimitsu, Mori Masayuki, Yukimitsu Arishima
- **Frequently works with:** [Machiko Kyō](https://film.one/person/machiko-kyo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayuki_Mori_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2590475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7452

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rashomon*](https://film.one/film/rashomon.md) (92), [*Ugetsu*](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md) (89)

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## Biography

Masayuki Mori was a Japanese actor. Born Yukimitsu Arishima on 13 January 1911 in Sapporo, he was the son of novelist Takeo Arishima. He began his career as a stage actor in the late 1920s and 1930s with several Tokyo theatre groups before making his film debut in the early 1940s.

Mori appeared in numerous films by Akira Kurosawa, including *Rashomon* (1950) as the samurai Takehiro, *The Idiot* (1951) as Kinji Kameda and *The Bad Sleep Well* (1960) as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi. He also starred in works by Kenji Mizoguchi such as *Ugetsu* (1953) as Genjurô and by Mikio Naruse including *Floating Clouds* (1955) as Kengo Tomioka and *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960) as Nobuhiko Fujisaki. He continued acting until his death on 7 October 1973 in Tokyo.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ugetsu* (1953), Fi1m 89, as Genjurô — [page](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md)
- *Rashomon* (1950), Fi1m 92, as Takehiro — [page](https://film.one/film/rashomon.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sword and Flower* (1972), Actor
- *Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival* (1970), as Boss Yamikubo
- *Gateway to Glory* (1969), as 井上成美
- *Through Days and Months* (1969), as Matsuko's Father
- *Sun Above, Death Below* (1968), Actor
- *Admiral Yamamoto* (1968), as Prime Minister Konoe
- *Wild Ducks and Green Onions* (1968), Actor
- *Devils-in-Law* (1968), Actor
- *Homecoming* (1964), as 守屋恭吾
- *Bright Sea* (1963), Actor
- *Alone Across the Pacific* (1963), as Youth's Father
- *Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai* (1963), as Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori
- *Love New and Old* (1961), as Kuroyanagi
- *Refresher Course for Wives* (1961), Actor
- *A Design for Dying* (1961), as Professor Shiraishi
- *Challenge to Live* (1961), Actor
- *The Other Woman* (1961), as Keijiro Kouno
- *Nocturne of a Woman* (1961), Actor
- *Her Brother* (1960), as Father
- *The Bad Sleep Well* (1960), as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
- *This Greedy Old Skin* (1960), as Kumakichi
- *Daughters, Wives and a Mother* (1960), as Yuichiro Sakanishi
- *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
- *The Forgotten Waterfront* (1959), Actor
- *The Aristocrat's Stairs* (1959), Actor
- *ある落日* (1959), Actor
- *A Whistle in My Heart* (1959), Actor
- *A Woman's Heart* (1959), Actor
- *The Third Dead Angle* (1959), Actor
- *The Path Under the Platanes* (1959), as Teizo Noro
- *Night Drum* (1958), as Miyaji, the drum teacher
- *Shiroi akuma* (1958), Actor
- *Woman Unveiled* (1958), Actor
- *Elegy of the North* (1957), as Setsuo Katsuragi
- *This Day's Life* (1957), Actor
- *Untamed Woman* (1957), as Hamaya, her lover
- *Human Torpedoes Attack* (1956), Actor
- *Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni* (1956), Actor
- *Love is Beyond the Falling Stars* (1956), Actor
- *Confession* (1956), Actor
- *The Balloon* (1956), as Haruki Murakami
- *Forever a Woman* (1955), as Mori
- *The Romance of Yushima* (1955), Actor
- *The Heart* (1955), as Nobuchi
- *Princess Yang Kwei-fei* (1955), as Emperor Xuan Zong
- *Floating Clouds* (1955), as Kengo Tomioka
- *The Pleasures of Vice* (1954), as Masao Wakisaka
- *Midori no nakama* (1954), Actor
- *A Certain Woman* (1954), as Sankichi Kuraji
- *Love Letter* (1953), as Reikichi Mayumi
- *Asakusa monogatari* (1953), Actor
- *The Cannery Boat* (1953), as Doctor
- *Brother and Sister* (1953), as Inokichi
- *Reunion* (1953), Actor
- *Ugetsu* (1953), as Genjurô — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md)
- *Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru* (1953), Actor
- *Reminiscence* (1953), as Kikuji
- *This Way, That Way* (1952), Actor
- *Beauty and the Thief* (1952), as Kuroki no Taro
- *Taki no Shiraito* (1952), as Kin'ya Murakoshi
- *The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail* (1952), as Kamei
- *Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi* (1952), Actor
- *Tokyo Elegy* (1951), Actor
- *The Lady of Musashino* (1951), as Tadao Akiyama
- *Pure White Nights* (1951), Actor
- *Stolen Love* (1951), Actor
- *The Idiot* (1951), as Kinji Kameda
- *The Good Fairy* (1951), as Nakanuma
- *Kyūjō hiroba* (1951), Actor
- *The Actress and the Detective* (1950), Actor
- *The End of the War* (1950), Actor
- *Rashomon* (1950), as Takehiro — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/rashomon.md)
- *Kazanmyaku* (1950), Actor
- *Devil's Gold* (1950), Actor
- *Broken Drum* (1949), as Taro
- *A Fool's Love* (1949), as Kumagai
- *Dai tokai no ushimitsudoki* (1949), Actor
- *Good-Bye!* (1949), Actor
- *Kyō ware renaisu* (1949), Actor
- *Delinquent Girl* (1949), Actor
- *Kekkon Sanjûshi* (1949), Actor
- *The Fourth Lady* (1948), Actor
- *The Most Beautiful Day of My Life* (1948), Actor
- *The Lucky Chair* (1948), Actor
- *The Ball at the Anjo House* (1947), as Masahiko Anjo
- *Those Who Make Tomorrow* (1946), as Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)
- *Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two* (1945), as Yoshima Dan
- *Battle Troop* (1944), as Kawakami

## Gallery

- ![Masayuki Mori](https://film.one/media/person/106689/gallery-f1e8ca69e937.jpg) Masayuki Mori — 時事世界社 (Jiji Sekai-sha)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Masayuki_Mori_1955_IMG_20220409_0001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dekao Yokoo during the shooting of «The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail», directed by Akira Kurosawa, september 1945.](https://film.one/media/person/106689/gallery-61e529d4a98a.jpg) Dekao Yokoo during the shooting of «The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail», directed by Akira Kurosawa, september 1945. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Dekao_Yokoo_during_the_shooting_of_The_Men_Who_Tread_on_the_Tiger%27s_Tail%2C_1945.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![『わが生涯のかがやける日』（1948年）](https://film.one/media/person/106689/gallery-34b1dc6faf10.jpg) 『わが生涯のかがやける日』（1948年） — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Gendai-Nihon-no-Eiga-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Movie poster for 1951 Japanese movie The Idiot (白痴, Hakuchi) showing Toshirō Mifune (left), Masayuki Mori (center) and Setsuko Hara (right).](https://film.one/media/person/106689/gallery-a8843a796ddf.jpg) Movie poster for 1951 Japanese movie The Idiot (白痴, Hakuchi) showing Toshirō Mifune (left), Masayuki Mori (center) and Setsuko Hara (right). — Shochiku Company, Limited (松竹株式会社, Shōchiku Kabushiki Gaisha) © 1951, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Hakuchi_poster.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Masayuki Mori](https://film.one/media/person/106689/gallery-1028d384882a.jpg) Masayuki Mori — Image via TMDB
- ![Yoshiko Kuga and Masayuki Mori in Koibumi (恋文) directed by Kinuyo Tanaka - 1953](https://film.one/media/person/106689/gallery-71ce101c4ae1.jpg) Yoshiko Kuga and Masayuki Mori in Koibumi (恋文) directed by Kinuyo Tanaka - 1953 — Shintōhō, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Koibumi_%281953%29.jpg/1280px-Koibumi_%281953%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![映画『挽歌』（1957年）。久我美子、森雅之。](https://film.one/media/person/106689/gallery-24217fc81ad2.jpg) 映画『挽歌』（1957年）。久我美子、森雅之。 — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Kuga-Yoshiko-6.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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