
Yū Tokui
Actor · Born September 28, 1959 (67) · Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Yuu Tokui (徳井 優, real name: 徳井 利次, September 28, 1959) is a Japanese actor from Ōsaka City, Ōsaka Prefecture. He is 158 cm tall, weighs 50 kg, and has blood type A. He belongs to Takaoka Office. In 1979, he made his movie debut in The Fixer (Nihon no Fixer) under the stage name of 立原 繁人, and changed his name to Yuu Tokui in 1987.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 28, 1959 (67)
- Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Actor
- 28 on MovieCove · 159 credits in all
What are Yū Tokui's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
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 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Threshold guardianas Ohta in Dark Water (2002)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet4
- 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 Yū Tokui's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Yū Tokui'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
159 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page.

Miracle Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Angel Flight THE MOVIE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Sibling Intrusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

GEEKS ~Weirdo’s on the case~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Takano Tofu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Angel Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

It Is Not Good, Maybe. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Tulips in October (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Naniwa Kin'yūdō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

NEKOMIMI - Seaside Pet Detective - (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

駐在刑事SP 2022 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Good Man Nagaya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Anime Supremacy!(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
A World Without Cherry Blossoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

あの胸が岬のように遠かった〜河野裕子と生きた青春〜 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

I Fell in Love with Your Footsteps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

runaway girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Your Turn to Kill(2021)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Seiichi Morimura Mystery Special Shuchuchueki Series 37 No Retirement Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

May December Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Yell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Izakaya Choji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

It's Your Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Journey of the Sky Goddess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Koya no Shomei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Itosato(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
My Retirement, My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

極道めし (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

SICK'S Jo no Shou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Segodon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Survival Family(2016)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all filmsDetective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Last Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Murder Credit - Final Destination Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Hibana(2016)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
I Am a Hero(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all filmsDetective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

125 Years Memory(2015)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Specialist 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Her Granddaughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

ボーダーライン (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

The Vancouver Asahi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

The Long Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Specialist 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

天使とジャンプ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

A Band Rabbit and a Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

SPEC: Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

The Road Less Travelled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Specialist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

My Departure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Hitori Shizuka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

好好!キョンシーガール 東京電視台戦記 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Legal High(2012)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
SPEC: Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Innocent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Fujimi Orchestra: Cold Front Conductor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Robo-G(2012)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Solitary Gourmet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Crossroads(2011)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Jazz G Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

CSI: Crime Scene Talks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Shinsengumi Keppūroku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Toire no kamisama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

The Wife of Gegege (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Onobori monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Piecing Me Back Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Kokô no mesu(2010)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
My Husband is a Cartoonist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Rinco's Restaurant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Clouds Over the Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Silver Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Midnight Diner(2009)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

I’m a Cat Stalker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Days with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Crime or Punishment?!? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Mission To Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Welcome to the Quiet Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Loving You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

The Haunted Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Sixteen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

The Sword of Alexander (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

I Just Didn't Do It(2006)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Sakura 2-go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Rough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Junjo Kirari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Spring Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

GARO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Life on the Longboard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

The Great Yokai War(2005)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Fly, Daddy, Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Thirty Lies or So (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Swing Girls(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Eiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Paato-taimu tantei 2(2004)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Drugstore Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Zebraman(2004)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Jyunanasai(2003)

OL Zenido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Beauty or Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

恋に唄えば♪ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Fan of Hong Kong star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Shangri-La (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Travail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Pakodate-jin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Dark Water(2002)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Senrigan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Le Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Dream Maker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Exam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Accomplice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Adrenaline Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

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

Diary of Early Winter Shower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Give It All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

MIND GAME (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

The Secret Garden(1997)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Socrates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Mischievous Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Weather Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Kekkon Shiyouyo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Shall We Dance?(1996)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Snow falls on a southern island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The Files of the Young Kindaichi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Love Letter(1995)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Kirikomi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Wakaokusama no namashitagi: Ikasete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Catastrophe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Fancy Dance(1989)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Perverted Three Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Real Backroom Sex Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Your Wife is a Masochist, Let Me Hold Her! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Roppongi Slave Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Japan Snow Report: Cracks in Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Nakazawa Keiko vs Takagi Yōko: Daburuōgazumu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Hanjuku Madonna: Oishii futomomo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Yûkai misshitsu bôkô (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 159 titles from 1983 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office
The Great Yokai War (2005)

Highest rated
Shall We Dance? (1996)

Most popular right now
Dark Water (2002)
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.
- 1985Screen debut· Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- 2016Career best· I Am a Hero
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 Yū Tokui's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of the 23 of 24 with a score; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up13
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 44. 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.
Is Yū Tokui's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Yū Tokui work with?
People who share at least 2 of Yū Tokui's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Naoto Takenaka shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Shinobu YaguchiShared titles: Robo-G (2012), The Secret Garden (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Shinobu Yaguchi
- Masayuki SuōShared titles: Shall We Dance? (1996), Fancy Dance (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Masayuki Suō

Actors
- Naoto TakenakaShared titles: Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love (2001), Shall We Dance? (1996), Fancy Dance (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Naoto Takenaka

- Takashi TsukamotoShared titles: Itosato (2018), Crossroads (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Takashi Tsukamoto

- Tomoko TabataShared titles: Itosato (2018), Robo-G (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Tomoko Tabata

- Naomi NishidaShared titles: Robo-G (2012), The Secret Garden (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Naomi Nishida

Composers and editors
- Kôji EndôShared titles: The Great Yokai War (2005), Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Kôji Endô

- Jun'ichi KikuchiShared titles: Shall We Dance? (1996), Fancy Dance (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Jun'ichi Kikuchi
- Yoshikazu SuoShared titles: Shall We Dance? (1996), Fancy Dance (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Yoshikazu Suo
Producers
- Shôji MasuiShared titles: Robo-G (2012), Shall We Dance? (1996), Fancy Dance (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Shôji Masui
- Yûji OgataShared titles: Robo-G (2012), Shall We Dance? (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Yûji Ogata

