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Akira Sera

Born October 14, 1912 in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan71 films

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Ikiru posterFirst watchIkiru19528.3as Worker in General AffairsKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs poster8.0When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto poster7.2Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954Floating Clouds poster7.7Floating Clouds1955The Castle of Sand poster7.4The Castle of Sand1974

Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. 1988Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
  2. 1980The RevoltPrime Minister Inukai
  3. 1979Dog of Fortune
  4. 1974The Castle of SandFan Shop Owner
  5. 1973The Woman Who Calls for Corpses
  6. 1970The Last Kamikaze
  7. 1969Sex and Life
  8. 1967Code Between Brothers 6
  9. 1967Onna no issho
  10. 1962Varan the UnbelievableVillage High Priest
  11. 1960Get 'em All
  12. 1960The Twilight Story
  13. 1960The Happicoat Comedian
  14. 1960The Secret of the TelegianGenzo
  15. 1960Hito mo arukebaFukuda
  16. 1960When a Woman Ascends the StairsMizutani
  17. 1960The Last GunfightNaki Jogo
  18. 1959The Three TreasuresAnazuchi
  19. 1959The Doom of Night
  20. 1959Desperado Outpost
  21. 1959The Beast Shall DieDetective Okada
  22. 1959Samurai Saga(uncredited)
  23. 1959Fox and RaccoonMail Carrier
  24. 1959A Woman's Heart
  25. 1959Echo Mountain
  26. 1959The Big BossDetective Murakami
  27. 1958Who Is the Informer?doctor
  28. 1958The Spell of the Hidden Gold
  29. 1958VaranVillage High Priest
  30. 1958Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
  31. 1958Don't Make a Mistake!
  32. 1958The H-ManHorita
  33. 1958All About MarriageMariko's Father
  34. 1957Faraway Man
  35. 1957Skin-Colored MoonDetective Maruyama
  36. 1957Seagull of the Night
  37. 1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
  38. 1957The Chieko StorySanji
  39. 1957Turtledove
  40. 1957Elephant from "Zoo Story"Ito (Small Bird)
  41. 1957ÔbanOokawara
  42. 1956The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
  43. 1956Funny Fellows
  44. 1956Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furuApartment resident
  45. 1956Love on Rainbow IslandMasakichi
  46. 1956Affair Trip
  47. 1956Wharf with the Weeping GirlPinta
  48. 1956A Wife's Heart
  49. 1956The Wife is a University StudentSection Chief (Noboru’s Boss)
  50. 1956Beyond The Stars
  51. 1956I Saw the Killer
  52. 1955Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
  53. 1955So Young, So BrightProfessor Kuwahara
  54. 1955Beast Man Snow ManMatsui
  55. 1955All is Well
  56. 1955Floating Clouds
  57. 1955A Man Among MenSafety manager
  58. 1954Invisible ManMan at street stand
  59. 1954Samurai I: Musashi MiyamotoVillager (uncredited)
  60. 1954This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
  61. 1953The Eagle of the Pacific(uncredited)
  62. 1953A Song of Little Men
  63. 1953Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
  64. 1953Bot-chanUranari
  65. 1953Their Father's WifeItaro
  66. 1953Mr. Pu
  67. 1952The Man Who Came to Port(uncredited)
  68. 1952IkiruWorker in General Affairs
  69. 1951Yu no machi jōwa
  70. 1949Jakoman and Tetsu
  71. 1940Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon