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Teruo Yoshida

Teruo Yoshida

Actor · Born March 23, 1936 (90) · Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Teruo Yoshida is a prominent Japanese actor and singer best known for his extensive work in mid-20th-century Japanese cinema. Born on March 23, 1936, in Osaka, Japan, he went on to graduate from Ritsumeikan University before launching his entertainment career. Yoshida is most highly recognized for his close, long-lasting collaboration with legendary cult director Teruo Ishii. During the late 1960s, he became a signature leading man in Ishii's provocative and taboo-busting genre films.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 23, 1936 (90)
From
Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 13% in 30 days

What are Teruo Yoshida's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

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

share of theme weight
Morality
34%
Self
25%
Survival
19%
Power
14%
Bonds
8%
Violence4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4
Trickster
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
4
Melancholic
2
Thrilling
1
Cold
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • 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 Teruo Yoshida's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Teruo Yoshida'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

67 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Agito Chônôryoku Sensô(2026)

    as Tanaka

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Shogun's Ninja(2025)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Burai-Heiya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Ryu

  • Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • Fear of Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • Killer's Hit List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • Horrors of Malformed Men(1969)

    as Hirosuke Hitomi / Genzaburô Komoda

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

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

    as Kurushima Tsuneki

  • Kanto Woman Fortitude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Actor

  • Love and Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Murase

  • Yakuza Law(1969)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Inferno of Torture(1969)

    as Horihide

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Yoshioka

  • Sex and Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Actor

  • Orgies of Edo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Gentatsu​

  • Blue in Isezaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Takemura

  • The Joy of Torture(1968)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Sugisaka

  • Hot Springs Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

  • Once and For All Pt.２ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Joji

  • Army Intelligence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Ichiro Kakinuma

  • Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • Lover's Duet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Ichirô Seki

  • Once and For All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • Secret Agent 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Kenji Goda

  • Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • My Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Tsuneo Oda

  • Nagisa o kakeru onna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • Melody of Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • Dislikes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • Destroyer Yukikaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • The Night We Danced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • A Million Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Shinkichi Komiya

  • Tale of Scarlet Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Dokuritsu bijin-tai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Uno

  • 恋と出世に強くなれ！ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as 宇佐美強

  • Rush to Our Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Sakiko-san chotto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as 南条京太郎

  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Ryusuke Mizuki

  • Naite waratta hanayome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • An Autumn Afternoon(1962)

    as Yutaka Miura

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Zoku aizen katsura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Tōkyō sanosa musume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Kyūjin ryokō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Akitsu Hot Springs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as News Reporter

  • Kiriko no unmei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Flower in a Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Otoko no Uta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • This Year's Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Masao Yamada

  • Mama o uchi ga moeteru no (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Actor

  • Fire Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Shin'ichi

  • I'm a Mountain Man in the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Actor

  • Sexy Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Hiroshi Yoshioka

  • This Is a Man's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Takeshi Yoshida

  • Cave Queens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Eiji

  • Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Ryuji Hirooka

  • Kenjū to bakusō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Koji

  • Yellow Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Toshio Mayama

  • Women of Whirlpool Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Nobuhiko Ôgami

  • Female Thief and the Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Takashi Chiba

  • Kingorō no kaigun taishô (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles from 1959 to 2026; peak year 1969.

Biggest box office

Agito Chônôryoku Sensô (2026)

$2.4M worldwide

Highest rated

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

The Joy of Torture (1968)

Film career

19592026

Peak 1969 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. 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.

  • 1962Screen debut· Akitsu Hot Springs
  • 1968First top-billed film· Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 67: 67 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47th

By decade

1950s1 · acting1960s60 · acting1970s3 · acting1990s1 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 57% of 7 roles

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.

How do Teruo Yoshida's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 7 titles are Cult Classics.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Agito Chônôryoku Sensô (2026)

74th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

Midcredits 98th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 45. 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 Teruo Yoshida work with?

People who share at least 2 of Teruo Yoshida's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Teruo Ishii shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers