Issei Takahashi

What are Issei Takahashi's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

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 Issei Takahashi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 37 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).

• Netflix8 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021) · actor
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) · actor
  • Quartet (2017) · actor
  • Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020) · actor
  • Gunshi Kanbee (2014) · actor
  • Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange (2021) · actor
  • Reborn (2026) · actor
  • Invisible (2022) · actor
• Prime Video6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Shin Ultraman (2022) · actor
  • Hanzaisha: Criminal (2026) · actor
  • Rohan at the Louvre (2023) · actor
  • Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Zange-shitsu (2025) · actor
  • Romance Doll (2020) · actor
  • Woman (2013) · actor
• Tubi4 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) · actor · free
  • Shin Ultraman (2022) · actor · free
  • Romance Doll (2020) · actor · free
  • Meatball Machine (2005) · actor · free
• HBO Max3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Whisper of the Heart (1995) · actor
  • Only Yesterday (1991) · actor
  • Shin Godzilla (2016) · actor
• Pluto TV3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) · actor · free
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) · actor · free
  • Shin Ultraman (2022) · actor · free
• Fandor2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) · actor
  • Shin Ultraman (2022) · actor
• Peacock1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Public Enemy (2017) · actor
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) · actor · free

Subscription and free streaming for Issei Takahashi'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

111 credits, 37 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

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  ghost - end of night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

  as Masu (voice)
• Political Lupin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Show 1 episode · as Masakado Natsume
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  Hanzaisha: Criminal(2026)

  Show 7 episodes · as Ryosuke Soma

  Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows62^nd
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  Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Kyoka Izumi Will Not Be Silenced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  as Rohan Kishibe
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  泉京香は黙らない (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Show 1 episode · as Rohan Kishibe
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  Rhapsody, Rhapsody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Actor
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  Reborn(2026)

  Show 9 episodes · as Neo Kosei / Eito Nomoto

  Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows27^th
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  The Forest of Sunekosuri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  as 謎の男
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  1972 Fireflies on the Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Show 5 episodes · as Taichi Maeda
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  Zero Day Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Show 2 episodes · as Fujiwara Isamu
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  Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Zange-shitsu(2025)

  as Rohan Kishibe

  Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films58^th
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  Black Jack(2024)

  as Black Jack

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~60^th
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  Rohan at the Louvre(2023)

  as Rohan Kishibe

  Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films59^th
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  6-second Trajectory: Fireworks Expert Mochizuki Seitaro's Melancholy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  Show 19 episodes · Actor
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  2020 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  Actor
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  Shin Ultraman(2022)

  as Ultraman (voice)

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Invisible(2022)

  Show 10 episodes · as Takafumi Shimura

  Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows21^st
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  Snow Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Shimamura
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  雪国 -SNOW COUNTRY- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  Show 1 episode · as 島村
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  Two People Who Can't Fall in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  Show 8 episodes · Actor
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  Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning(2021)

  as Kogoro Katsura

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange(2021)

  Show 10 episodes · as Hidaka Haruto

  Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows28^th
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  Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan(2020)

  Show 9 episodes · as Rohan Kishibe

  Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows67^th
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  Wife of a Spy(2020)

  as Yūsaku Fukuhara

  Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films66^th
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  Path of the Dragons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Show 10 episodes · as Ryuji Yabata
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  Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Show 1 episode · as Issei Takahashi
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  Romance Doll(2020)

  as Tetsuo Kitamura

  Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films54^th
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  Samurai Shifters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Genemon Takamura
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  Nagi's Long Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Show 10 episodes · as Gamon Shinji
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  Tokyo Bachelors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Show 8 episodes · as Tarou Ishibashi
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  Until I Meet September's Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Susumu Hirano
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  Crescent Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Show 5 episodes · as Oshima Goro
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  Okuotoko(2018)

  as Tsukumo

  Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films26^th
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  Miracles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Show 10 episodes · as Kazuki Aikawa
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  Recall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  as Kazuaki Izaki
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  Blank 13(2017)

  as Koji Hashida

  Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films55^th
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  The Lies She Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  as Kippei Koide
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  My Long Awaited Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Kurokawa Soichiro
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  Public Enemy(2017)

  Show 10 episodes · as Makoto Todo

  Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~5^th
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  The Limit of Sleeping Beauty(2017)

  as Kaito Sada

  Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films38^th
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  Warotenka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Show 151 episodes · Actor
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  March Comes in Like a Lion 2(2017)

  as Takashi Hayashida

  Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films72^nd
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  March Comes in Like a Lion(2017)

  as Takashi Hayashida

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Quartet(2017)

  Show 10 episodes · as Yutaka Iemori

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows68^th
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  Naotora: The Lady Warlord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Show 50 episodes · as Ono Masatsugu
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  Princess Maison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Show 8 episodes · as Seiichi Date
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  Shin Godzilla(2016)

  as Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director

  Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films83^rd
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  The Prime Minister's Chef (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Show 8 episodes · as Haruki Kiyosawa
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  Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Actor
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  Tamio Bangai Hen: Hisho Kaibara to 6 Nin no Ayashi Kyaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Show 6 episodes · as Mohei Kaibara
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  民王スピンオフ～恋する総裁選～ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Actor
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  My Dangerous Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Show 9 episodes · as Kujirai Kazuki
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  Love That Makes You Cry(2016)

  Show 10 episodes · as Joji Sabiki

  Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows52^nd
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  Wise and Foolish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  Show 9 episodes · as 貝原茂平
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  Toward the Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  Show 8 episodes · as Kameda Shogo
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  Nobunaga Concerto(2014)

  Show 6 episodes · as Nagamasa Azai

  Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows57^th
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  Funeral Parade of St.Peter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Show 11 episodes · Actor
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  Devoted Cookbook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Actor
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  Mosaic Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Show 5 episodes · Creator · Actor
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  Mosaic Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Show 5 episodes · as Yoshiaki Kui
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  Night School Teacher, SAKURA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Show 10 episodes · as Ichiro Yamada（山田 一郎）
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  Gunshi Kanbee(2014)

  Show 50 episodes · as Kuroemon Inoue

  Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows67^th
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  ライクドロシー (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Show 1 episode · Actor
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  Woman(2013)

  Show 11 episodes · as Sawamura Yugo

  Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows51^st
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  Hitori Shizuka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Show 1 episode · as 木崎信吾
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  Devoted Cookbook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Actor
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  Delusional Investigation – A Stylish life of Associate Professor Koichi Kuwagata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Show 8 episodes · Actor
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  Kasha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  as Koji Kurata
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  ウルトラゾーン (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  Show 23 episodes · as 宇佐美 信
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  Stranger in My Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  as Toshiyuki Okabayashi
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  Desperate Motherhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  Show 11 episodes · as Anno Hidetaka
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  Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair(2004)

  as Crazy 88 #4

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Monster Magnitude: 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Show 13 episodes · as Ryo Haida
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  Steel Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Show 5 episodes · Actor
• 74851 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Show 10 episodes · Actor
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  Detoroito Metaru Shiti(2008)

  as Hideki Saji (singer of Tetrapod Melon Tea)

  Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films71^st
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  Gonzo: The Legendary Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

  Show 10 episodes · as Yuuji Hibino
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  One-Pound Gospel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

  Show 9 episodes · as Yusuke Ishizaka
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  Marriage Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Actor
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  Tanaka Express 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Show 11 episodes · as Ken Mishima
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  Love My Life(2006)

  as Takechan

  Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films49^th
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  Meatball Machine(2005)

  as Yôji

  Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films36^th
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  I am a Housewife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  Show 40 episodes · as Asano
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  Returning the Favor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  as Masaichi Kitahara
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  クライマーズ・ハイ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  Show 2 episodes · as 安西燐太郎
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  The Great Horror Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

  Show 13 episodes · as Kiyoshi Imawano
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  Swing Girls(2004)

  as School Brass Band Leader

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
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  The Taste of Tea(2004)

  as Chairman of Go Club

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  Crying Out Love in the Center of the World(2004)

  as Young Ryunosuke

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
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  Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)

  as Crazy 88

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
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  Half a Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

  Actor
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  Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003)

  as Crazy 88 #4

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
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  Collage of Our Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  as Sekiguchi
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  Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  as Kazunori
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  AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Show 3 episodes · as Naotaro Anzai
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  Handoku!!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Show 1 episode · Actor
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  All About Lily Chou-Chou(2001)

  as Ikeda-senpai

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  Suki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Actor
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  Ikebukuro West Gate Park(2000)

  Show 11 episodes · as Kazunori Morinaga

  Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows74^th
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  Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

  as Yuichi Kimizima
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  In Tomoko's Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

  as Tokio Okada
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  Whisper of the Heart(1995)

  as Seiji Amasawa (voice)

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
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  Yoi Ko to Asobou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

  as Namio
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  Super Sentai Zyuranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

  Show 4 episodes · as Kai
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  Special Rescue Exceedraft (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

  Show 1 episode · as Taro Osaki
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  Only Yesterday(1991)

  as Classmate (voice)

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films95^th
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  Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

  Show 5 episodes · Actor
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  Hoshi wo tsugu mono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

  as Shohei Endo
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  NODA・MAP「兎、波を走る」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Actor
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  Out of the Cradle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Show 3 episodes · as 演员
• 保護司・夏目清一　父親殺し (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 111 titles, 107 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Shin Godzilla (2016)

$82M worldwide

Highest rated

Whisper of the Heart (1995)

Midcredits 98^th

How do Issei Takahashi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71^st percentile, the median of all 25; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73^rd percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 37 titles are Mixed.

10615

• Universally Loved10
• Universally Panned1
• Cult Classic3
• Crowd Pleaser6
• Broadly Agreed2
• Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

Gunshi Kanbee (2014)

82^nd percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004)

Midcredits 99^th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 39. 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.

Is Issei Takahashi's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Issei Takahashi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Issei Takahashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Keishi Otomo shares the most, 4.