- Films
- 15
- Avg rating
- 7.11
- Peak run
- 1955’70
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Tōru by the numbers
Average
7.11
9 rated films
Vote weighted
7.13
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
25y
1955 to 1979
Total votes
31.4K
across every film
Best
8.5
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Worst
6.3
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Newest first
Filmography
| 1979 | Demon Pond | Leader of the Village Assembly | 7.0 | 1,312 |
| 1977 | Ballad of Orin | Bessho | · | 759 |
| 1975 | Cops vs. Thugs | · | 7.2 | 1,119 |
| 1974 | Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance | Terauchi Kendo | 6.3 | 4,928 |
| 1971 | Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman | Boss Toubei | 7.1 | 1,932 |
| 1970 | Blind Woman's Curse | Dobashi | 6.5 | 1,839 |
| 1966 | Wrath of Daimajin | Hidanokami Arakawa | · | 961 |
| 1965 | Abashiri Prison | Heizo Yoda | · | 422 |
| 1964 | The Great Killing | Yamaga Sokō | · | 528 |
| 1963 | Zatoichi the Fugitive | Boss Yagiri Tokyuro | 7.2 | 2,254 |
| 1960 | Take Aim at the Police Van | Akabori | 6.6 | 1,495 |
| 1959 |  The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Watarai Gunsô | 8.5 | 11,784 |
| 1958 | Underworld Beauty | Mihara | · | 773 |
| 1955 | Forever a Woman | Mr. Yamagami - poetry circle | 7.6 | 1,044 |
| 1955 | Tales of Ginza | Gô Momoyama | · | 297 |
Better together?
Tōru Abe's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Tōru Abe
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