Kanji Kawara

Acting

Born April 16, 1897, Akō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Filmography

• 1968High School Geisha
• 1967The Bogus Policeman
• 1966The Great White Tower — Murai
• 1965The Forest of No Escape
• 1964Black Trump Card
• 1964Muchana Yakko
• 1963Sentimental Mobsters
• 1962Princess and I
• 1962The Whale God
• 1962Their Legacy
• 1960Ashita kara otona da
• 1959The Aristocrat's Stairs
• 1959The Cast-Off
• 1959Various Flowers
• 1958A Grain of Wheat
• 1958A Mother's Journey
• 1958Mother — Principal
• 1958Symphony of Love
• 1958The Lowest Man
• 1958The Precipice
• 1958The Women Divers
• 1957A Woman's Skin
• 1957Eki basha osowaru
• 1957Ginga no miyako
• 1957Kisses
• 1957Night Butterflies — Fortune-teller
• 1956Ai no kaikyō
• 1956Asakusa Lights
• 1956Asashio yushio
• 1956Children Seeking a Mother — Nagasaki Orphanage Director
• 1956Dai san hijōsen
• 1956Hanayome no tameiki
• 1956Studio wa ōsawagi
• 1956The Bride Carries On
• 1956Warning from Space
• 1955A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
• 1955Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
• 1955O Sorrowful White Snow of Mount Fuji
• 1955The Big Four of the Kodokan
• 1955The Birth of Judo
• 1955The Romance of Yushima
• 1954Four Mothers
• 1954Haru no uzumaki
• 1954Midori no nakama
• 1954Rakka no mon
• 1954Shinzōyaburi no oka
• 1954Victory or Defeat
• 1953Brother and Sister
• 1953Haha nami
• 1952Byakuran kōran
• 1952Machi no kotengu
• 1951Enoshima Elegy
• 1951Freedom School
• 1951Honoo no hada
• 1951Kyūjō hiroba
• 1951Saijoke no kyoen
• 1950Shimai hoshi
• 1950Town of Violence — Takada's father
• 1949Aizenso
• 1949Kenji to onnakanshu
• 1948Jōnetsu no ningyo
• 1948Platform at Night
• 1948Unmei no koyomi
• 1947Chōchō shissō jiken
• 1947Odoriko monogatari
• 1943Dancing with a Mask — Englishman A
• 1943Port of Flowers — Kesaji
• 1942Moon of the Plateau
• 1942There Was a Father — Teacher of Junior High School
• 1941Introspection Tower — Mr. Kono
• 1941Notes of an Itinerant Performer — Kanekichi
• 1941Ornamental Hairpin — Old Man
• 1940The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi — Okada, Warrant Officer
• 1939Warm Current
• 1938Hotaru no hikari
• 1938Mother and Child — Executive
• 1938Queen of the Wind
• 1937Children in the Wind
• 1937The Lights of Asakusa
• 1936Men vs. Women
• 1936Mr. Thank You
• 1934My Elder Brother — Sumako's housekeeper
• 1932No Blood Relation — Detective
• 1931Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 — Detective
• 1931Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 — Detective
• 1931Tokyo Chorus
• 1930Walk Cheerfully — Detective
• 1930Youth, Why Do You Cry? — Newspaper Reporter
• 1929Parent
• 1929The Blacksmith of the Forest — Kiyohiko Sugimoto
• 1929The Dawning Sky
• 1928Symphony of Youth — Yozo Tomura
• 1927Sword of Penitence — Manabe Tôjûrô, constable