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Denden
Born: 23rd Jan 1950 Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan
Dept: Acting
Denden (でんでん Denden, born Yoshihiro Ogata (緒方 義博); 23 January 1950) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1981.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 174
Film: 123 (71%)
Television: 51 (29%)
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Filmography
Original title: 劇場版 緊急取調室 THE FINAL
2025
Movie based on the Emergency Interrogation Room series. ... view
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Original title: 平場の月
2025
Kensho Aoto reunites with Yoko Sudo, whom he had feelings for in junior high school, for the first time in 35 years.
On the second floor window sill ... view
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Apr 2025 (first aired)
A relentless and passionate staff member at a children’s care home and his five former disillusioned students embark on a daring quest for vengeance ... view
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Yozo Ohara (8 ep.)
Original title: Yōkai - le monde des esprits
2025
Legendary singer Claire Emery flies to Japan for a final sold-out concert. But when the show ends, so does Claire’s life on earth. However, an unexp ... view
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Koji
Oct 2024 (first aired)
The appearance of a mysterious little boy interrupts the quiet, predictable life shared by an artist with autism and his caring older brother. ... view
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Yoshimi Torakichi (11 ep.)
Original title: ぼくが生きてる、ふたつの世界
2024
Dai grows up in a small town, interpreting for his loving deaf parents, until he moves to Tokyo in search of his own independent life. ... view
Character:
Yasuo Suzuki
Jun 2024 (first aired)
Kohei, a deaf university student, meets Taichi, an optimistic classmate who volunteers to take notes for Kohei's lectures in exchange for food. As the ... view
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Sagawa Genji (12 ep.)
Original title: パレード
2024
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spiri ... view
Character:
Keisuke
Original title: ミステリと言う勿れ
2023
Kuno Totono, a curly-haired college student, visits Hiroshima and becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding the inheritance of the Kariatsumari famil ... view
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Original title: 山女
2023
Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of ... view
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Original title: 君は放課後インソムニア
2023
To keep using their school's abandoned observatory as a refuge, two sleepless high school students decide to revive the defunct astronomy club. ... view
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Director of a Historical Archive
Original title: レンタル×ファミリー
2023
Kenta Mikami runs a unique business offering “rental” family members, relatives, and even friends to those in need. From delivering heartfelt cong ... view
Character:
Koji Asada
Jun 2023 (first aired)
Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaste ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (8 ep.)
Apr 2023 (first aired)
A legal suspense drama featuring the unconventional lawyer Odagiri Wataru, who specializes in defending fraud victims. The story revolves around Watar ... view
Character:
Makoto Shinozaki (7 ep.)
Apr 2023 (first aired)
Scout Ora Gohara of the 'Yokohama Bay Golds' is widely acknowledged as a highly skilled individual. His aim is to discover hidden talents from all ove ... view
Character:
Rikuo Shimobe (10 ep.)
Original title: ある男
2022
Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke. ... view
Character:
Kosuge
Original title: カメの甲羅はあばら骨
2022
Based on Satoshi Kawasaki's encyclopedia which illustrates what it would be like if the human body acquired the bodily mechanics of various animals. ... view
Character:
Usazō Usagibayashi (voice)
Oct 2022 (first aired)
Nayuta is a young genius video game developer who works independently. His anonymity had gained him the moniker “the Banksy of video games,” until ... view
Character:
Kengo Yaegashi (9 ep.)
Original title: アイ・アム まきもと
2022
Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone an ... view
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Undertaker Shimobayashi
Original title: 無言館
2022
A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring artwor ... view
Character:
Shiino Chikara
Jul 2022 (first aired)
A paralegal who graduated from a big-name school teams up with an offbeat lawyer, taking on oddball little cases out of a small, neighborhood law offi ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jun 2022 (first aired)
Hashiba Takeru is the leader of Global Operation Service (GOS), a secret spy organization housed within the Public Security Investigation Bureau which ... view
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Shigenobu Kugayama (16 ep.)
Apr 2022 (first aired)
Hotshot Nagase Saichi is Tosaka Real Estate’s top realtor. He lies through his teeth and will stop at nothing to seal a deal. One day, he disturbs a ... view
Character:
Kagekatsu Todo (1 ep.)
Original title: バイプレイヤーズ もしも100人の名脇役が映画を作ったら
2021
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who g ... view
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Jul 2020 (first aired)
Aoi Midori is a pharmacist and in the 8-year span of her career, she has worked according to her strong belief that "One must know the patient well in ... view
Character:
Kanji Aragami (11 ep.)
Apr 2020 (first aired)
Nothing's as it seems when a charismatic conman and an aspiring film crew delve into the lives of two emotionally scarred women. ... view
Character:
Shigeru Ozawa (7 ep.)
Original title: 一度死んでみた
2020
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase ... view
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Ramen Shop Owner
Original title: 星屑の町
2020
Story of the struggling chorus group "Yamada Osamu and the Hello Nights", who gain an unexpected new member in the young Ai, who pursues her dream of ... view
Character:
Nishi Kazuo
Original title: 静かな雨
2020
A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, ... view
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Professor
Original title: 天 赤木しげる葬式編
2019
Three years after Tozai Ikusa (mahjong tournament), Hiroyuki Igawa receives a letter that Shigeru Akagi’s funeral ceremony will be held. Hiroyuki Ig ... view
Character:
Soga Mitsui
Original title: タイトル、拒絶
2019
Follows a group of female escorts who are living life as best they can. ... view
Character:
Shitara
Original title: ブラック校則
2019
Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often surprises ... view
Character:
Shio Norizuki
Oct 2019 (first aired)
People who just died first visit the death office. There, the final destinations of the deceased, who died for various reasons including suicide, murd ... view
Character:
Ishima (10 ep.)
Original title: 愛なき森で叫べ
2019
A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems. ... view
Character:
Shigeru Ozawa
Mar 2019 (first aired)
Dangerous hacker group “Phantom 20” is known internationally. They begin an attack on Hikari Bank in Japan. Kenjiro Namikoshi (Teruyuki Kagawa) is ... view
Character:
Tarao (2 ep.)
Original title: ブルーアワーにぶっ飛ばす
2019
Trapped in her anemic career and love relationship, a 30-year-old TV commercial director returns to her countryside home in the company of a free-spir ... view
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Sunada's Father
Original title: 誘拐法廷～セブンデイズ～
2018
39-year-old Meiko Amabuki (Nanako Matsushima) works as an attorney. She is married to Goro Aizawa, but they are separated. They have one daughter. Mei ... view
Character:
Oct 2018 (first aired)
Takashi Ten is called to a mahjong club one night to play against Igawa Hiroyuki, a young mahjong player. Having just robbed Ten's friends blind at ma ... view
Character:
Mitsui Soga（僧我 三威） (12 ep.)
Original title: クソ野郎と美しき世界
2018
The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a cree ... view
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(segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
Original title: 去年の冬、きみと別れ
2018
An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a g ... view
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Original title: 富美子の足
2018
When older man Tsukakoshi asks Unokichi to paint it is of his mistress, the geisha Fumiko. Tsukakoshi loves the feet and legs part of Fumiko's anatomy ... view
Character:
Tsukagoshi
Original title: 向こうの家
2018
High school junior Hagi (17) quits school and is spending a lot of time at home when his father reveals that he has another house with a mistress. His ... view
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Jan 2018 (first aired)
Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a s ... view
Character:
Yuji Sato (1 ep.)
Original title: 最後の同窓会
2017
After Isao has reached retirement, he receives a phone call from an ex- elementary school classmate Norio inviting him to a reunion. During the reunio ... view
Character:
Original title: あゝ、荒野 後篇
2017
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. The ... view
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Baba
Original title: あゝ、荒野 前篇
2017
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. The ... view
Character:
Baba
Sep 2017 (first aired)
The main character, Hanbei Hinata, who plays Mizutani, is a direct hatamoto guardian who guards Edo Castle. While working honestly on that mission, he ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 獣道
2017
Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit i ... view
Character:
Hisaya Kida
Jul 2017 (first aired)
Tomozo Sudo is a detective. Due to an incident, he is excluded from investigative work. He is then assigned to work in a division responsible for taki ... view
Character:
Shokichi Nidegawa (10 ep.)
Original title: 忍びの国
2017
Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power ... view
Character:
Kai Shimoyama
Original title: たたら侍
2017
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samur ... view
Character:
Genzo
Original title: 黒薔薇 刑事課強行犯係 神木恭子
2017
While investigating a murder case, Kamiki Kyoko finds out the truth behind the death of her father who was a police officer which leads her to the dar ... view
Character:
Tsunekichi Yasumoto
Original title: 島々清しゃ
2017
Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violinist Yuko arrives from Tokyo to play a concert o ... view
Character:
Jan 2017 (first aired)
Naotora Ii is a woman given a male name, who succeeded as the head of the Ii family during the Warring States period when her father passed away. With ... view
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奥山朝利 (50 ep.)
Original title: 疾風ロンド
2016
An illegal biological weapon K-55 is stolen from a university lab. The university lab can't even call the police because the secret nature of the weap ... view
Character:
Yamano
Original title: 狙撃
2016
Detective Ryoko Kozuki receives a demotion after having an affair with a superior. She succeeds in arresting a rapist in an undercover operation that ... view
Character:
Yoshihiko Shirota
Jul 2016 (first aired)
Natsuko is going back to the advertising agency she worked for before taking maternity leave and is shocked to learn that she is not the creative dire ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: ディストラクション・ベイビーズ
2016
Taira is a disaffected youth from a seaside town reveling in violence. Enamored by his strength, Yuya joins his crusade in attacking strangers. Meanw ... view
Character:
Original title: 下衆の愛
2016
Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'arti ... view
Character:
Kida
Original title: ぼくが命をいただいた3日間
2016
Yusuke (Kirato Wakayama) is in the 6th grade of elementary school. He has lived in the city all of his life and his father Keita (Kazuya Takahashi) re ... view
Character:
Original title: 信長協奏曲
2016
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku pe ... view
Character:
Original title: の・ようなもの のようなもの
2016
Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his s ... view
Character:
Shinsui Defunetei
Original title: 家族ごっこ
2015
Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members, wh ... view
Character:
Original title: ザ・代紋
2015
Based on the popular comic of the same name by Tetsumi Doko, who is known for drawing such as "Dochinpira", Tashiro, a man who swings between Katagi a ... view
Character:
Jul 2015 (first aired)
Yū Amagi is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investiga ... view
Character:
Yoshio Kojima (1 ep.)
Jul 2015 (first aired)
Hiroshi is now 30-years-old and lethargic, but Pyonkichi, the frog imprinted on his shirt, is always energetic. Sometimes Hiroshi does not wear t-shir ... view
Character:
Machida (10 ep.)
Character:
Self
Original title: 極道大戦争
2015
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge. ... view
Character:
Old Yakuza
Original title: 迷宮捜査
2015
Detective Yoichiro arrives at a crime scene involving the brutal murder of three family members to find a young five-year-old boy hiding in the closet ... view
Character:
Isao Kakizaki
Original title: マエストロ！
2015
Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who h ... view
Character:
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Morimura Tomomi is a housewife scorned by her husband and two sons, and yet she continues to protect the family. On her 46th birthday, she leaves home ... view
Character:
Tomita (8 ep.)
Original title: 霧の旗
2014
A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s sister, ... view
Character:
Lawyer Sasaki
Oct 2014 (first aired)
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku pe ... view
Character:
Takugen (11 ep.)
Original title: TOKYO TRIBE
2014
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of B ... view
Character:
High Priest
Jul 2014 (first aired)
Maou Matsumoto is a new forensic medical examiner who returns in Japan after studying in USA. Mao only interest is her work and the autopsies she perf ... view
Character:
Hiroshi Hosaka (8 ep.)
Apr 2014 (first aired)
Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as ... view
Character:
Shady doctor (1 ep.)
Original title: キラーズ
2014
A psychotic executive triggers a journalist's dark side, and they begin to form a strange bond through the internet. ... view
Character:
Oyaji / Father at Jukai
Original title: ジャッジ！
2014
After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a jud ... view
Character:
President of Chikuwadou
Jan 2014 (first aired)
Yukiko Makabe works at the #3 Special Investigation Team of the Metropolitan Police Department. She has excellent negotiation skills. Yukiko then atte ... view
Character:
Susumu Hishimoto (46 ep.)
Original title: ピカ☆★☆ンチ LIFE IS HARD たぶん HAPPY
2014
Pikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five friends, now in their 30s, having a reunion as they ar ... view
Character:
Original title: 清須会議
2013
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneok ... view
Character:
Geni Maeda
Original title: 地獄でなぜ悪い
2013
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie. ... view
Character:
Ramen Shop Owner
Original title: 少年Ｈ
2013
Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor s ... view
Character:
Original title: ザ・代紋
2013
Based on the manga of the same name, this hard-boiled action drama depicts the life of a man torn between being a respectable civilian and a respected ... view
Character:
Original title: ザ・代紋2
2013
The second in the series about a former businessman who rises in the world of the yakuza. Monjiro Tashiro sets out on his path. As war with the Hamaik ... view
Character:
Original title: 桜姫
2013
One evening, Princess Sakura is attacked by a man. At that time, the Princess could not see his face and only sees a tattoo on his body. Because of th ... view
Character:
Kiyoharu
Original title: 二流小説家 シリアリスト
2013
Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shi ... view
Character:
Original title: 人間蒸發
2013
An artist named Jiajia promised to show her girl friend Wei Ling around in Japan but eventually fails to show up for no reason. After Wei Ling goes an ... view
Character:
Hirai Tadao
Apr 2013 (first aired)
Up till 20 years ago, together with his father and 3 other people, Homura Masayoshi was part of the legendary group of thieves that called themselves ... view
Character:
Masuda Kozo (10 ep.)
Apr 2013 (first aired)
Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then retu ... view
Character:
长内六郎 (157 ep.)
Original title: ひまわりと子犬の7日間
2013
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog ... view
Character:
Yasuoka
2013
The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that ... view
Character:
Jin
Original title: 映画 鈴木先生
2013
Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki me ... view
Character:
Teacher Tatsuo Kawano
Original title: その夜の侍
2012
Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel. ... view
Character:
Susumu Sato
Original title: 希望の国
2012
An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that caus ... view
Character:
Ken Suzuki
2012
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her bod ... view
Character:
Hiroshi
Jul 2012 (first aired)
A young daughter (Mana Ashida) supports her father (Etsushi Toyokawa) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. ... view
Character:
Muneta Kiyoshi (12 ep.)
Original title: 劇場版 SPEC～天～
2012
Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulat ... view
Character:
Kenzo Ichiyanagi
Jan 2012 (first aired)
A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director o ... view
Character:
Shiro Ebisu (10 ep.)
Original title: ヒミズ
2012
Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to su ... view
Character:
Kaneko
2011
Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his ... view
Character:
Takagaki
Original title: 初秋
2011
As summer gives way to autumn, Matsubara Tatsuhira (played by Yakusho Koji), who runs a wine specialty store in Nagano, feels a mix of emotions as he ... view
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Oct 2011 (first aired)
The main character of the manga was Ishida Kotori, also known as "QP", the most powerful gangster in his area. The drama will shift its focus onto Azu ... view
Character:
Leader of Kiowa Team (12 ep.)
Original title: 大鹿村騒動記
2011
The annual kabuki show is the main attraction in a rural Japanese mountain town. However, Yoshi's life is thrown into disarray days before the perform ... view
Character:
Original title: 犬飼さんちの犬
2011
Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. Mr. Inukai has a strong dislike for dogs, but while he is working on the is ... view
Character:
Original title: 大木家のたのしい旅行 新婚地獄篇
2011
Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship still lacks spark. Things start to change as they meet ... view
Character:
Akaihito
Apr 2011 (first aired)
Akira Suzuki is the home room teacher for 2-A. After graduating from college Akira did not work for 3 years. Instead, he spent his time thinking about ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Original title: 死にゆく妻との旅路
2011
Why is it a crime for two people to be together? In the silence so profound that you could even hear the sound of falling snow, the man buried his wif ... view
Character:
Original title: 冷たい熱帯魚
2011
When fish shop owner Shamoto's teenage daughter Mitsuko is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man named Murata helps resolve the situation. The m ... view
Character:
Yukio Murata
Jan 2011 (first aired)
"Fuyu no Sakura" is described as a pure love story with similarities to the popular Korean drama "Winter Sonata" (titled "Fuyu no Sonata" in Japan). K ... view
Character:
Inaba Tetsuya (3 ep.)
Jul 2010 (first aired)
Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
Original title: 孤高のメス
2010
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something ... view
Character:
Shinji Okawa
Original title: ゴールデンスランバー
2010
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from ... view
Character:
Kojima Yasuo
Original title: イエローキッド
2010
Fired from his part-time job in a restaurant kitchen for absenteeism, rookie boxer Tamura has a lot to be angry and frustrated about in his life. But ... view
Character:
Original title: ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン
2010
A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves. ... view
Character:
Tanaka
Original title: 蟹工船
2009
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not co ... view
Character:
Monk
Original title: ちゃんと伝える
2009
Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before i ... view
Character:
Tanaka
Apr 2009 (first aired)
"Yukemuri Sniper" ("The Sniper in the Vapor") stars Kenichi Endo as an assassin who has decided to leave the business and try to go straight.
Gen fig ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
Original title: トウキョウソナタ
2008
The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his ... view
Character:
Janitor
Original title: グーグーだって猫である
2008
Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as he ... view
Character:
Kajiwara
Original title: TOKYO!
2008
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. ... view
Character:
Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")
Original title: クライマーズ・ハイ
2008
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press r ... view
Character:
Masao Kamejima
Original title: 歓喜の歌
2008
Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's Ev ... view
Character:
Original title: 母べえ
2008
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. ... view
Character:
Fukuda
Nov 2007 (first aired)
Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Oct 2007 (first aired)
Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: どろろ
2007
Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge t ... view
Character:
Praying Father
Original title: 恋するトマト
2006
Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao m ... view
Character:
Original title: 雪に願うこと
2005
Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a ... view
Character:
Tamotsu Fujimaki
Jul 2005 (first aired)
"Mommy will be back in the rainy season." Mio Aio wrote these words in a picture book just before passing away. Though six-year old Yuji accepts his m ... view
Character:
Ogasawara Tomoya (10 ep.)
Original title: DV(ドメスティックバイオレンス)
2005
Shogo (Kenichi Endo) and Yasuko (Yuka Hanabusa) are happily married. Until one evening when he slaps her in the face for reconsidering the promise she ... view
Character:
Original title: 역도산
2004
Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United Stat ... view
Character:
Showman
Character:
Original title: ピカ☆☆ンチ LIFE IS HARDだからHAPPY
2004
Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi. ... view
Character:
Oct 2002 (first aired)
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the fi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 黄昏流星群 星のレストラン
2002
Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a discerning palate. He is no ordinary cook, and can p ... view
Character:
Oct 2001 (first aired)
As a former gang member, Hazama Ichiban witnessed the worst side of the emergency medical system and vowed to become a doctor to change it. With the a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: RED SHADOW 赤影
2001
The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and def ... view
Character:
Bonnobei
Original title: 溺れる魚
2001
When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Obore ... view
Character:
Original title: ユリイカ
2001
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose. ... view
Character:
Yoshida
Character:
Jul 2000 (first aired)
A comical look at the Japanese legal system. Big corporate law firm seeking to increase their profit margin notices that a lot of the partners spend a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 呪怨2 ビデオ版
2000
On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse. ... view
Character:
Yoshikawa
Original title: 呪怨
2000
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of a ... view
Character:
Yoshikawa
Original title: うずまき
2000
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals. ... view
Character:
Officer Futada
Original title: 九ノ一金融道
1999
Sacho the financial ninja saves the common folk from corporate villains with the use of her "financial ninjutsu." ... view
Character:
Original title: のど自慢
1999
Traditional Japanese pop singer Reiko (Muroi) decides to enter a well-known TV program for amateur singers along with a confused teenager (Ôtomo) and ... view
Character:
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases ... view
Character:
Yuichi Mizutani (1 ep.)
Original title: アンラッキー・モンキー
1998
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur cro ... view
Character:
Original title: キュア
1997
A wave of gruesome murders sweeps Tokyo, and the only link is a bloody X carved into the victims' necks. In each case, the murderer is found nearby an ... view
Character:
OIda
Character:
Original title: マークスの山
1995
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later i ... view
Character:
Medical examiner
Original title: 極東黒社会 DRUG CONNECTION
1993
A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine smug ... view
Character:
Feb 1993 (first aired)
The three Tribes of the Daos Empire - Shura, Dai and Gorma - were peaceful until the Gorma set out to conquer the planet, launching a magical war betw ... view
Character:
Bird Cage Vagrant (1 ep.)
Original title: ザ・中学教師
1992
The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class. ... view
Character:
Unnamed Teacher
Original title: イブは初恋のように
1991
An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love. ... view
Character:
Original title: ザ・ヒットマン 血はバラの匂い
1991
After his fiancée is killed in the crossfire of a yakuza turf war, a man on the edge remorselessly hunts down the gangsters responsible. ... view
Character:
Jan 1991 (first aired)
The drama centers on Ashikaga Takauji's rise to power, overthrowing the Kamakura shogunate and eventually establishing the Ashikaga shogunate. ... view
Character:
Masafusa Jingûji (49 ep.)
Original title: の・ようなもの
1981
Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he ... view
Character:
Shinsui