
Isao Hashizume
Actor · Born September 17, 1941 (85) · Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Isao Hashizume (橋爪 功, Hashizume Isao, September 17, 1941) is a Japanese actor from Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, who is affiliated with the theatre group Enkikaku (円企 画).
Biography from TMDB.
- September 17, 1941 (85)
- Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Actor
- 31 on MovieCove · 209 credits in all
What are Isao Hashizume's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 12
Light 5 · Serious 7 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 1
Steady 10 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 3
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Threshold guardian: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Shapeshifteras Yuichi's father in Kitchin (1989)
- Mentoras Masaharu Tanigawa in Wasted Land (2009)
- Heroas Shûkichi Hirayama in Tokyo Family (2013)
- Threshold guardianas Professor Konaka in The Little House (2014)
- Threshold guardianas Shuzo Hirata in What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
- Tricksteras Shuzo Hirata in What a Wonderful Family (2017)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Isao Hashizume's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Isao Hashizume's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
209 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Goodbye, My Loved Ones! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Innocent Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

NODA・MAP「華氏マイナス320°」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Good News(2025)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Tales of Kurashiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Puraibêto Bankâ(2025)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Last Town We Saw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

The Two in a Housing Complex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Black Jack(2024)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Samurai Detective Onihei: Dangerous Mercy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

お終活 再春!人生ラプソディ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

City Hunter(2024)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
橋ものがたり「約束」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Samurai Detective Onihei: Lawless Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

The Silent Service(2023)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Revolver Lily(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Vivant(2023)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
悪女について (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

About the Evil Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Shylock's Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

6-second Trajectory: Fireworks Expert Mochizuki Seitaro's Melancholy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Oshûkatsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

The Bonds of Clay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Air Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Under the Open Sky(2020)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
MOCOMI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Tokkai: Furyousaiken Tokubetsu Kaishubu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Tora-san, Welcome Back!(2019)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Legal Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Organ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

The Fox Dancing in the Dusk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

The Good Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

The Master Samurai(2018)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Mampuku(2018)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
あまんじゃく~元外科医の殺し屋 最後の闘い~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

4.50 from Paddington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
新 京都殺人案内 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

吹く風は秋 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Unrequited Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

The Third Murder(2017)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
What a Wonderful Family(2017)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Prison Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

And Then There Were None (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Hamon: Yakuza Boogie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Cold Case: Door of Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

The Copycat Criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Seeing with the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

The Blind Teacher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
共犯 元刑事 永井耕作の誘拐捜査 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

After the Storm(2016)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
OUR HOUSE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
検事・悪玉 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

What a Wonderful Family!(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Saikyou no Futari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Revenge Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

A Fading Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Kiri no Hata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Boat to the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Truth of Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Tsuyoki ari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Leaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Shunichi Doba Suspense Obsession ~First Investigation Division/Keiji Sawamura 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Housekeeper the Peeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Time Never Stops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
逆光 保護司・笹本邦明の奔走 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

The Little House(2014)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
300 Million Yen Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

The Fighter Pilot(2013)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Doubles - Futari no Keiji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
京都殺人授業 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Shunichi Doba Suspense Deviation ~First Investigation Division/Keiji Sawamura~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Tokyo Family(2013)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Onihei Gaiden - Promise in the Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

「わたし」の人生(みち) 我が命のタンゴ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Father of the Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Our Stardust Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

The Castle of Sand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

I Wish(2011)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all filmsヤメ判 新堂謙介 殺しの事件簿 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

CO: Transplant Coordinator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

告発〜国選弁護人 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

The Two Strategists of the Warring States Era (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Space Battleship Yamato(2010)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films雪冤 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Railways (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

樅ノ木は残った (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

The Negotiator: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Wasted Land(2009)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Konkatsu! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

A Thousand Year Song of Baobab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Time Lost, Time Found (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

What the War Meant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

The Auditor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Rokumeikan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

High and Low (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Tensai Keiji: Noro Bonroku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Ri Kôran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

李香兰 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Watashi ga watashi de aru tame ni (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Tears for You(2006)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films指紋捜査官・塚原宇平の神業 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Matrilineal Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
横山秀夫サスペンス「モノクロームの反転」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
冤罪~父と子の旅路~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
横山秀夫サスペンス 囚人のジレンマ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Akai Tsuki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

ペルソナの微笑 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
横山秀夫サスペンス「ペルソナの微笑」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Atarashii Kaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

竜馬がゆく (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
医局派遣医 藪仁平 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

第三の時効 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Central Ikegami Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Mr. Rookie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Shin Kyoto Meikyu Annai SP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Otose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

The Wife is 3 Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Delicious Proposal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Return Of Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Open tonight! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Suzuran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Kyōto Meikyū Annai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Akimahende! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

I Don't Have a Grave! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Red Beard(1997)
グッドラック (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Campus Note (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Tatakau Oyomesama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Toki no kagayaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Story of Four Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
新・赤かぶ検事奮戦記 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Ghost Pub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Sweet Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Kamisan no Waruguchi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Baian the Assassin: Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

A Samurai's Sorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

愛するということ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Future Memories: Last Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Baian the Assassin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

A Desirable Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Kimi no na wa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

世にも奇妙な物語 冬の特別編 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Baian the Assassin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

The Most Suitable Profession for Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Tange Sazen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Battleship Yamato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Tales of a Golden Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

さよなら李香蘭 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Kitchin(1989)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Political Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Still Life - Kiriko and Marie's Criminal Cohabitation Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Seishun kazoku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

The Juliet Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Jūkyūsai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Takeda Shingen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

To Shoot Without Shooting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
熱くなるまで待って! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

The Lady in a Black Dress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

A Taxing Woman(1987)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Tampopo(1985)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Love Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

水曜ドラマスペシャル (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

The Yoshida School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Summer Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Roads Men Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

World Famous Fairy Tale Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Graveyard of Masks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

A Thousand & One Nights(1969)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Ryoma ga Yuku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

A Wanderer's Notebook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Crystal House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 208 titles, 207 of them dated from 1962 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office
Tears for You (2006)

Highest rated
Tampopo (1985)

Most popular right now
Wasted Land (2009)
Film career
Peak 2016 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1969Screen debut· A Thousand and One Nights
- 2013First top-billed film· Tokyo Family
- 2013Breakout· Tokyo Family
- 2013Career best· Tokyo Family
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Isao Hashizume's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of the 25 of 26 with a score; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th13
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
18 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser18
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Isao Hashizume work with?
People who share at least 2 of Isao Hashizume's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yōji Yamada shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Yōji YamadaShared titles: Tora-san, Welcome Back! (2019), What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Yōji Yamada

Writers
- Emiko HiramatsuShared titles: What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Emiko Hiramatsu
Actors
- Satoshi TsumabukiShared titles: What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013), Tears for You (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Satoshi Tsumabuki

- Nenji KobayashiShared titles: Tora-san, Welcome Back! (2019), What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Nenji Kobayashi

- Kazuko YoshiyukiShared titles: What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Kazuko Yoshiyuki

- Yui NatsukawaShared titles: What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Yui Natsukawa

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Iwao IshiiShared titles: Tora-san, Welcome Back! (2019), What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Iwao Ishii
- Masashi ChikamoriShared titles: Tora-san, Welcome Back! (2019), What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Masashi Chikamori
- Joe HisaishiShared titles: What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Joe Hisaishi

- Ryûji MiyajimaShared titles: Under the Open Sky (2020), The Great War of Archimedes (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ryûji Miyajima

Producers
- Hiroshi FukazawaShared titles: What a Wonderful Family (2017), What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Hiroshi Fukazawa
- Jun'ichi SakomotoShared titles: What a Wonderful Family! (2016), The Little House (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jun'ichi Sakomoto

- Hitoshi IwataShared titles: The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Hitoshi Iwata
- Tomohiko SaitôShared titles: The Little House (2014), Tokyo Family (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Tomohiko Saitô
