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Tadao Kanda

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Titles
9 on MovieCove · 64 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 28% in 30 days

What are Tadao Kanda's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
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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
32%
Survival
23%
Self
21%
Bonds
18%
Power
7%
Violence4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 6

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 8

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

Steady 0 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2

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 5 · Full focus 2

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
5
Thrilling
3
Absurd
3
Melancholic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet5
  • 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 Tadao Kanda's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tadao Kanda'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

64 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Jail Breakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

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  • A Savage Beast Goes Mad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

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

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  • The Rapacious Jailbreaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

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  • Code of Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

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  • Bronson Lee, Champion(1974)

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    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Jeans Blues: No Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

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  • Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

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  • The Secret Sexual Life of College Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

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  • Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture(1973)

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    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

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

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  • The Kyoto Connection(1973)

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    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Girl Boss: Guerrilla(1972)

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    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Turtle Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

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

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  • The Erotomaniac Daimyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

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  • The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

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  • Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

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  • Story of Japanese Bad Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

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  • The Viper Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

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  • The Sucker's Blunt Dagger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

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  • Inside a Girl's Dormitory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

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

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  • Three Pretty Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

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

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  • Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

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  • The Fort of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

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  • Horrors of Malformed Men(1969)

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    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

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

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

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  • Yakuza Law(1969)

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    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

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

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

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  • Nippon '69: Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

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

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  • Inferno of Torture(1969)

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    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Industrial Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

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

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

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  • Code Between Brothers 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

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  • Eleven Samurai(1967)

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    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

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

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  • Showdown of Men 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

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  • Tears of Banishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

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  • Classmates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

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  • Eighteen Years in Prison(1967)

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    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Code Between Brothers 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

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  • Watari, the Ninja Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

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  • Yakuza Hooligans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

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  • Code Between Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

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  • Four and A Half Mats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

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  • The Spying Sorceress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

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  • Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

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  • The Detective Fencer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

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  • The Third Ninja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

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  • The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

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  • Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

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  • Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

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  • Love And Order (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

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

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

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  • Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

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  • Lord Mito Komon: World commotion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

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

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Career shape

A full career of 63 titles from 1960 to 1976.

Highest rated

Eleven Samurai (1967)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture (1973)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing63 of 63: 63 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

1960s37 · crew1970s26 · crew

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.

How do Tadao Kanda's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · editor

Bronson Lee, Champion (1974)

79th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Eleven Samurai (1967)

Midcredits 87th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 52, detractors 23. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 Tadao Kanda work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tadao Kanda's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kanji Amao shares the most, 7.

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