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Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

6 films · 346 frames · top-billed in 6 · 19721974

Born 1 September 1929 · Tokyo, Japan · died 2 April 1992

Tomisaburō Wakayama (若山 富三郎), born Masaru Okumura (奥村 勝) was a Japanese actor.  His son is actor Kiichriō Wakayama.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 346 frames · top-billed in 6 · 19721974

  • Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor1980
  • Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor1978
  • Golden Arrow Award
  • Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor

How their films are shot

Measured across 346 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tomisaburō takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 6 films we hold, 64% of their frames are day, 54% natural — the look of the work Tomisaburō takes.

Time of day

Day64%
Night28%

Lighting

Natural54%
Low key31%
Silhouette6%
High key5%

Shot size

Wide37%
Closeup30%
Medium26%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
Low angle11%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral60%
Tense27%
Ominous6%
Lonely5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 346 frames from Tomisaburō Wakayama's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.