Jirô Tomoda

What are Jirô Tomoda's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

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 Jirô Tomoda's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on The Criterion Channel (3).

• The Criterion Channel3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Ballad of Narayama (1983) · producer
  • The Insect Woman (1963) · producer
  • The Pornographers (1966) · producer

Subscription and free streaming for Jirô Tomoda'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

9 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

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  The Ballad of Narayama(1983)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films95^th
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  Eijanaika (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

  Producer
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  Lost Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

  Producer
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  The Rough One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

  Producer
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  The Pornographers(1966)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films84^th
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  Murder Unincorporated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

  Producer
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  Intentions of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

  Producer
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  The Insect Woman(1963)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films90^th
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  Teenage Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

  Producer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 1962 to 1983.

Highest rated

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Midcredits 95^th

How do Jirô Tomoda's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90^th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved1
• Crowd Pleaser2

Most loved · producer

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Midcredits 95^th · 82% liked

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 Jirô Tomoda work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jirô Tomoda's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shōhei Imamura shares the most, 3.