Masao Yagi
Composer · Died March 4, 1991, aged 58 · Tokyo, Japan
- November 14, 1932
- March 4, 1991 (aged 58)
- Tokyo, Japan
- Composer
- 5 on MovieCove · 103 credits in all
What are Masao Yagi's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- 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 Masao Yagi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Masao Yagi'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
103 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Kaito Ruby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Morning Moon Is Cruel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Tarao Bannai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Sensei no tsushinbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Red-Hot Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Jail Breakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Great Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
The Tattooed Hitman(1974)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Transgressor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Farewell to Rock'n Roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Delinquent Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Wolves of the City: First to Fight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Wolves on Motorcycles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Fugitive Scoundrel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Sexy Journey: Strange Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Good Little Bad Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Three Pretty Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
A Kamikaze Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Brothers of Capones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Tomorrow's Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Sunset is Calling Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Born Fighter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Zoku Isoginchaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Brave Red Flower of the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Wolves of the City: Checkmate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
L'Essayage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Love and Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Bad Guy Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Killer's Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Port City Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Inferno of Torture(1969)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
When Love Awakens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Nippon '69: Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Orgies of Edo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Yakuza Law(1969)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
New Prison Walls of Abashiri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Joy of Torture(1968)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Notorious Concubines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Age of Japanese Guerrillas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Cheating Underworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
My Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Drifting Avenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Industrial Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Once and For All Pt.２ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Good-bye Moscow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Scoundrel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Yanagase Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Chivalrous Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Once and For All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Secret Agent 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Glorious Fights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Pretty Jade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Nocturnal Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Kamikaze Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
A Sky Full of Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Pretty Devil Yoko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Night Bitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Black Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Abashiri Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
The Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Storm Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
The Shogun's Vault (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Escape from Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
An Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Defeat the Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
An Actor's Revenge(1963)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
All Rascals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Career shape
A full career of 102 titles from 1962 to 1988.
How do Masao Yagi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the sound and music 64/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
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 Masao Yagi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Masao Yagi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Teruo Ishii shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Teruo IshiiShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969), The Joy of Torture (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Teruo Ishii
Writers
- Masahiro KakefudaShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Masahiro Kakefuda
Actors
- Masumi TachibanaShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969), The Joy of Torture (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Masumi Tachibana
- Shin'ichirô HayashiShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969), The Joy of Torture (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Shin'ichirô Hayashi
- Teruo YoshidaShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969), The Joy of Torture (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Teruo Yoshida
- Bunta SugawaraShared titles: The Tattooed Hitman (1974), Yakuza Law (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Bunta Sugawara
Cinematographers and editors
- Motoya WashioShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), The Joy of Torture (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Motoya Washio
- Tadao KandaShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Tadao Kanda
Producers
- Kanji AmaoShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969), The Joy of Torture (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Kanji Amao
- Shigeru OkadaShared titles: Inferno of Torture (1969), Yakuza Law (1969), The Joy of Torture (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Shigeru Okada
