Acting
Kanji Kawara
Born 1897-04-16
Akō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Department: Acting
Known For
Prominent works featuring Kanji Kawara
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There Was a Father
1942
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Tokyo Chorus
1931
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Mr. Thank You
1936
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Warning from Space
1956
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Ornamental Hairpin
1941
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Kisses
1957
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Walk Cheerfully
1930
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Brother and Sister
1953
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The Great White Tower
1966
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No Blood Relation
1932
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (87 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | High School Geisha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Bogus Policeman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Great White Tower | Murai | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Forest of No Escape | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Black Trump Card | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Muchana Yakko | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Sentimental Mobsters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Whale God | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Princess and I | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Their Legacy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Ashita kara otona da | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Aristocrat's Stairs | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Various Flowers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Cast-Off | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | A Mother's Journey | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | A Grain of Wheat | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Lowest Man | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Women Divers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Precipice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Mother | Principal | Movie | 1958 |
 | Kisses | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | A Woman's Skin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Night Butterflies | Fortune-teller | Movie | 1957 |
 | Children Seeking a Mother | Nagasaki Orphanage Director | Movie | 1956 |
 | Asashio yushio | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Asakusa Lights | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Warning from Space | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Bride Carries On | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Hanayome no tameiki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Romance of Yushima | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Big Four of the Kodokan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Birth of Judo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | O Sorrowful White Snow of Mount Fuji | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | A Girl Who Delivers Happiness | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Haru no uzumaki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Victory or Defeat | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Midori no nakama | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
| Four Mothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 | |
 | Rakka no mon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Shinzōyaburi no oka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Brother and Sister | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Haha nami | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Machi no kotengu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
| Byakuran kōran | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 | |
| Honoo no hada | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 | |
 | Saijoke no kyoen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Enoshima Elegy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Freedom School | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Kyūjō hiroba | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
| Shimai hoshi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1950 | |
 | Town of Violence | Takada's father | Movie | 1950 |
| Aizenso | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 | |
 | Kenji to onnakanshu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
| Jōnetsu no ningyo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 | |
 | Platform at Night | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 |
| Unmei no koyomi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 | |
 | Chōchō shissō jiken | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 |
 | Odoriko monogatari | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 |
 | Dancing with a Mask | Englishman A | Movie | 1943 |
 | Port of Flowers | Kesaji | Movie | 1943 |
 | Moon of the Plateau | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1942 |
 | There Was a Father | Teacher of Junior High School | Movie | 1942 |
 | Ornamental Hairpin | Old Man | Movie | 1941 |
 | Notes of an Itinerant Performer | Kanekichi | Movie | 1941 |
 | Introspection Tower | Mr. Kono | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi | Okada, Warrant Officer | Movie | 1940 |
 | Warm Current | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1939 |
 | Mother and Child | Executive | Movie | 1938 |
 | Hotaru no hikari | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 |
 | Queen of the Wind | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Lights of Asakusa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1937 |
 | Children in the Wind | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1937 |
 | Men vs. Women | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 |
 | Mr. Thank You | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 |
 | My Elder Brother | Sumako's housekeeper | Movie | 1934 |
 | No Blood Relation | Detective | Movie | 1932 |
 | Tokyo Chorus | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1931 |
 | Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 | Detective | Movie | 1931 |
| Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 | Detective | Movie | 1931 |
 | Youth, Why Do You Cry? | Newspaper Reporter | Movie | 1930 |
 | Walk Cheerfully | Detective | Movie | 1930 |
| Parent | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1929 | |
 | The Dawning Sky | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Blacksmith of the Forest | Kiyohiko Sugimoto | Movie | 1929 |
| Symphony of Youth | Yozo Tomura | Movie | 1928 | |
 | Sword of Penitence | Manabe Tôjûrô, constable | Movie | 1927 |