Houka Kinoshita has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Sonatine.
CriticCrunch Career Percentile
Top 5%
Titles Scored
2
Highest-Ranked Title
Sonatine (Top 5%)
Primary Role
Actor
Career Overview
By decade
Top 5%Top 6–25%Below 25%Unranked
Best Work
Top 21%
2 titles scored
By genre
Action
2
Crime
1
Thriller
1
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
Houka Kinoshita’s Typical Vibe
2 films — slow-burn, dark, intense, layered, quiet
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
Dir. Ten Shimoyama · With Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri, Tomoka Kurotani
