Noboru Mitani

Career timeline

1. 1932 · Born

   Born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

2. 1969 · Screen debut

   A Thousand and One Nights (Movie)

3. 1973 · Breakthrough

   Ultraman Taro (TV)

4. 2007 · Latest release

   The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (Movie)

5. 2023 · Died

   January 15, 2023

Career in numbers

1 1960s

28 1970s

28 1980s

16 1990s

8 2000s

• Drama40
• Horror16
• Comedy14
• Mystery13
• Action13
• Crime13

Highest-rated title Black Rain 1989 7.6 Most popular title The Files of the Young Kindaichi 1995 7.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Noboru Mitani in our catalogue.

Bunta Sugawara

4 titles together

Tetsuro Tamba

3 titles together

Takeo Chii

3 titles together

Harumi Sone

2 titles together

Michiyo Yasuda

2 titles together

Nagatoshi Sakamoto

2 titles together

1. 2007 The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia Movie
2. 2005 Summer of Ubume as Kamishibai storyteller Movie
3. 2004 Déracine Movie
4. 2003 Winter Days 6.1 Movie
5. 2003 Gozamareji Movie
6. 2002 Princess Tutu as Drosselmeyer (voice) 8.2 TV
7. 2000 Living Hell as The Professor Movie
8. 2000 Dora-heita as Masami Ochiai Movie
9. 1999 Autumn Blossoms Movie
10. 1999 The Geisha House as Mikami Movie
11. 1998 Glassy Ocean as Artist R Movie
12. 1998 Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu TV
13. 1997 The Key as Dr. Kojima Movie
14. 1997 King of Sha-kin Movie
15. 1997 Woman in Witness Protection as Theater Producer Movie
16. 1997 Parasite Eve as Mutsuo Ishihara 5.6 Movie
17. 1995 Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 2 Movie
18. 1995 A Quiet Life as Man in the Novel Movie
19. 1995 The Files of the Young Kindaichi as Jyuzo Tokita TV
20. 1993 The Last Dance as Old Man Movie
21. 1992 Hold Me and Kiss Me Movie
22. 1992 The Dream of Russia as Kudzaemon Movie
23. 1992 Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion as Gang Boss 7.0 Movie
24. 1990 Big Boobs Buster 2: Adventure Summer Movie
25. 1989 Buddies Movie
26. 1989 Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema! as Tigris TV
27. 1989 Black Rain as Post Office Clerk 7.6 Movie
28. 1989 Sweet Home as Middle-Aged Town Official 6.4 Movie
29. 1988 Tomorrow Movie
30. 1988 Evil Dead Trap as Detective 6.1 Movie
31. 1988 A Taxing Woman's Return as Detective 6.4 Movie
32. 1986 Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth as Kiyoshi Saito Movie
33. 1985 Love Letter as Vice Principal Movie
34. 1985 The Second Is a Christian Movie
35. 1985 The Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Sone 6.9 Movie
36. 1985 Big Magnum Kuroiwa as Nobuo Kishi Movie
37. 1984 Jugyo Sankan no Onna as Ryokichi Sasaki Movie
38. 1983 Choji Snack Bar as Nakamura Movie
39. 1983 Sexual Crime as Detective Movie
40. 1983 Detective Story as Love hotel manager Movie
41. 1982 Summer Secrets as Old Man Movie
42. 1982 Murder Case: Lover Swap TV
43. 1981 Angel Guts: Red Porno as Seiko's Father 5.7 Movie
44. 1981 Lonely Heart Movie
45. 1981 Love Letter as Gynecologist Movie
46. 1981 Samurai Reincarnation as Monk 5.8 Movie
47. 1981 Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon as Suekichi Nomoto Movie
48. 1980 The Detective Journey Movie
49. 1980 Dreamy Fifteen as Vice Principal (voice) Movie
50. 1980 Uno Kôichirô no Kai kurabe as Mr. Takei Movie
51. 1980 Path of the Beast as Rokyoku Artist Movie
52. 1980 Denshi Sentai Denziman as Balloon Vendor TV
53. 1979 Star of David: Beauty Hunting as Sakuzô 6.2 Movie
54. 1979 The House Where the Devil Lives Movie
55. 1979 Dog of Fortune as Tadao Ohashi Movie
56. 1979 Marital War in Kibogaoka as Ichirô Nakamura Movie
57. 1979 The House of Hanging Movie
58. 1979 No Grave for Us as Murakami Movie
59. 1979 The Woman with Red Hair as Alcoholic Man Movie
60. 1979 Devil's Flute as Detective Sawamura Movie
61. 1978 The Demon as Train Ticket Inspector 6.6 Movie
62. 1978 Message from Space as Kamesasa 5.9 Movie
63. 1978 Teacher Deer as Rihei Morioka - Vice-principal Teacher Movie
64. 1977 Island of Hell as Demobilized soldier Movie
65. 1977 Yumeno Kyusaku's Girl Hell as Hideaki Kawamura Movie
66. 1977 Curse of the Dog God Movie
67. 1977 Dan-no-ura Night Movie
68. 1976 The Inugami Family as Fujisaki - ID Officer 6.8 Movie
69. 1976 Violent Panic: The Big Crash as Heikichi Ozawa Movie
70. 1975 Great Jailbreak Movie
71. 1975 Graveyard of Honor as Stonemason 6.7 Movie
72. 1975 Fighting Dragon Movie
73. 1973 The Black Battlefront Kidnappers Movie
74. 1973 Ultraman Taro as Kazumi Nitani TV
75. 1972 Music as Syunji Movie
76. 1972 Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers as Taichi Movie
77. 1972 Street Mobster as Taniguchi 6.8 Movie
78. 1972 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun as Pvt. Tsuguo Terajima 7.6 Movie
79. 1970 Dodes'ka-den as Beggar 7.1 Movie
80. 1970 Song of the Horse as Narrator (voice) Movie
81. 1969 A Thousand and One Nights as Jin (voice) 6.7 Movie

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