# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenji-misumi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:58:07.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenji-misumi"
name: "Kenji Misumi"
slug: "kenji-misumi"
description: "Kenji Misumi  was a Japanese film director. He created film series such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi series, and also directed Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, starring Shintaro Katsu. He died at age 54."
tagline: "Japanese film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenji_Misumi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1921-03-02"
deathDate: "1975-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.793489333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593014/"
    handle:    "nm0593014"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E9%9A%85%E7%A0%94%E6%AC%A1"
    title: "三隅研次"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "كينچى ميسومى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Misumi"
    title: "Kenji Misumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Misumi"
    title: "Kenji Misumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "کنجی میسومی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Misumi"
    title: "Kenji Misumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Misumi"
    title: "Kenji Misumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E9%9A%85%E7%A0%94%E6%AC%A1"
    title: "三隅研次"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Мисуми, Кэндзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "کینجی میسومی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3028216"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump