
Akira Shioji
Actor · Died October 29, 1994, aged 66 · Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- January 9, 1928
- October 29, 1994 (aged 66)
- Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Actor
- 23 on MovieCove · 185 credits in all
What are Akira Shioji's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 6
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 1 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 5
Steady 0 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 2
Casual 0 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 Akira Shioji's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Akira Shioji'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
185 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Dream Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Onihei Hankachō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Carmen 1945(1988)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all filmsCheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

A Taxing Woman(1987)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Blue Rain Osaka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Amagi Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Fall Guy(1982)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Goyou Sen Enjou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)


Flames of Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Pro Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Uniform Experience Trio: I Am Ripe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Kamen Rider Super-1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Shinnyû Shain: (Maruhi) OL Ôoku Monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

An Ocean to Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Fighting Rascal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Okinawa War of Ten Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Puppets Under Starry Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Extravagant Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Story of a Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

A Scream from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Nuns That Bite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The General and His Empire of Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Decapitation of an Evil Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Oxen Split Torturing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Most Perverted Post War Crimes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Karate Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Racketeer Ishimatsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Violent Panic: The Big Crash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Female Ninjas: In Bed with the Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Decisive Power of Aikido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Boss's Head(1975)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Story of a Nymphomaniac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Company Buggers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Cops vs. Thugs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Viper Brothers and the Young General (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Graveyard of Honor(1975)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Yakuza(1974)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Code of Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Third Generation Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Karate Man and the Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Tattooed Hitman(1974)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Woman Mobsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Street Fighter(1974)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Blossom and the Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Proxy War(1973)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Japan's Top Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Miyamoto Musashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Hard Core Criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Hiroshima Death Match(1973)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Eight Men to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Hikage-Mono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Informal Dress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Pledge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Sex, Gamble and Big Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Brawling Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Modern Lady Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Lullaby for a Tough Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Zorome no San Kyoudai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Patience Has An End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Dagger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Silk Hat Boss 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Yukyo-retsuden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

The Drifting Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

House of Gamblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Gambler's Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Kanto Street Peddlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Shirozukin Sanjo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Team of Ruffians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Killer's Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Samurai Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Cross of Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Brothers Serving Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Gambler Biography (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Enlisted Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Wicked Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Bandits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Eleven Samurai(1967)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Heiji, the Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Black Ninja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Code Between Brothers 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Gambler: Victory Without Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Samurai Wolf II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Eighteen Years in Prison(1967)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Watari and the Fantasticks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Golden Ninja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Samurai Wolf(1966)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Watari, the Ninja Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Seven Gamblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Protector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Magic Serpent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Blood of Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Three Yakuza(1965)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Tattooed Lord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Domain: The Naniwa Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Gamblers and Racketeers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Giant Rumble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Ninja Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Warrior of the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Sasuke and His Comedians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

13 Assassins(1963)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Duel of Blood and Sand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Blind Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Tenamonya Sandogasa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Five Ronins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Duel at the Satta Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Tengu Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Mark of Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Abekobe dōchū (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow(1962)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Sakura Official (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

A Warrior Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Knightly Advice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Good Rascals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Restoration Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Whistling Drifter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The South Sea Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Spear of Heroism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Miyamoto Musashi(1961)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Bride of White Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

怪人まだら頭巾 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Ninjutsu at Osaka Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Morning Breeze in Edo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Castle of Flames (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Road Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Sunny and Cloudy Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

照る日くもる日 后篇 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Echo in the Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Career shape
Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 185 titles from 1959 to 1992; peak year 1975.
Film career
Peak 1975 · 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.
- 1963Screen debut· 13 Assassins
- 1976Career best· Oxen Split Torturing
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 Akira Shioji's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of the 22 of 23 with a score; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
17 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser17
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 75, 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 Akira Shioji work with?
People who share at least 2 of Akira Shioji's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Reiko Ike shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Shigehiro OzawaShared titles: The Street Fighter (1974), The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Shigehiro Ozawa

Writers
- Kôji TakadaShared titles: The Street Fighter (1974), The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Kôji Takada

- Sadao NakajimaShared titles: Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974), Three Yakuza (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Sadao Nakajima

Actors
- Reiko IkeShared titles: Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974), New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974), The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)See all 3 shared titles with Reiko Ike

- Hideo MurotaShared titles: A Taxing Woman (1987), New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Hideo Murota

- Eizô KitamuraShared titles: Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974), The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Eizô Kitamura

- Etsuko ShihomiShared titles: The Street Fighter (1974), The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Etsuko Shihomi

Composers
- Toshiaki TsushimaShared titles: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974), The Street Fighter (1974), The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)See all 3 shared titles with Toshiaki Tsushima
Producers
- Norimichi MatsudairaShared titles: The Street Fighter (1974), The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Norimichi Matsudaira

