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Masahiko Nishimura
Born: 12th Dec 1960 Toyama, Japan
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 160
Film: 89 (56%)
Television: 71 (44%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Animation, Music, Adventure, Fantasy, Kids, War & Politics, War, Documentary, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Filmography
Original title: チルド
2026
A supermarket as both a microcosm of Japanese society and the setting for a socially critical horror film. Expressionless faces and a supervisor who d ... view
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Original title: 眠狂四郎
2026
Blue-eyed ronin Nemuri Kyōshirō is ordered to eliminate assassins targeting a senior official. A rosary links the plot to hidden Christians, drawing ... view
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Original title: 祝日
2024
A middle-schooler, Kiho lives alone after her father committed suicide and her mother who has been absorbed in a cult religion disappeared. One day, w ... view
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Jul 2023 (first aired)
A 'spoof comedy" in which a housewife who lives an ordinary life is forced to live a double life while pretending to be a major actress active in the ... view
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Unknown/various (10 ep.)
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Oct 2022 (first aired)
The First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, which is based in the Dai-Tokyo Police Station , is headed by Keiichiro Funako ... view
Character:
Nishimura Masao (6 ep.)
Original title: バスカヴィル家の犬 シャーロック劇場版
2022
Based on the feature-length novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" written by Arthur Conan Doyle, which is the movie version of the TV drama "Sherlock" ... view
Character:
Chizuo Hasukabe
Original title: 大河への道
2022
In the present day, the local government of Katori City is in the process of sponsoring a taiga drama about its famous historical figure Tadataka Ino, ... view
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Nov 2021 (first aired)
A young Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Yamamoto Koji) meets a homeless orphan Ryosuke (Kurokawa Souya). Surprised by his deadly skills with a wooden sword, Mitsu ... view
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Unknown/various (8 ep.)
Original title: 僕と彼女とラリーと
2021
Taiga Kitamura, who was separated from his mother at an early age, believes that his father's selfishness in devoting himself to the rally hastened he ... view
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Sep 2021 (first aired)
Chitose, a former bullied girl who became a talent manager, is put in charge of is a domineering actor who was a bully as a child. ... view
Character:
Higashiyama Kazuki (12 ep.)
Original title: お終活 熟春！人生、百年時代の過ごし方
2021
Shinichi and Chikako Ohara have been married for 50 years. After Shinichi retired from his job, he has stayed at home, which Chikako stresses over. Th ... view
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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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Jan 2021 (first aired)
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of seri ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 大コメ騒動
2021
In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to c ... view
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Nov 2020 (first aired)
The head of the Mamiya clan committed suicide in protest against the feudal lord, Matsudaira. Matsudaira is a tyrant whose brother has appointed him t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 2020 (first aired)
After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the coun ... view
Character:
Akechi Mitsuyasu [Mitsuhide's uncle] (44 ep.)
Original title: アパレル・デザイナー
2020
HIRAKATA a major apparel manufacturer in financial crisis, decides to launch a new brand to revive its fortunes, and brings back Yuji Fujimura (Masano ... view
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Original title: 決算！忠臣蔵
2019
Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuk ... view
Character:
Chuzaemon Yoshida
Oct 2019 (first aired)
A young man has college and a failed business behind him. Unemployed and planning his next steps he is lodging with is mother, a small business owner. ... view
Character:
Motomu Makimoto (10 ep.)
Original title: 引っ越し大名！
2019
Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He receives a mission to help a daimyo move. With the assistance of Genemon Takamura and Oran, Shunno ... view
Character:
Shuzo Fujiwara
Original title: もみ消して冬 2019夏～夏でも寒くて死にそうです～
2019
Shusaku, who is the second son of the Kitazawa family, is going through hard times. He fails his job interviews for a patisserie position, which he ho ... view
Character:
Ikee Hidenori
Original title: 永遠のニㇱパ 北海道と名付けた男 松浦武四郎
2019
Takeshiro Matsuura was a Japanese explorer who was the first person to document the inner reaches of what is now known as Hokkaido. He explored the ar ... view
Character:
Sajima Kageyu
Oct 2018 (first aired)
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he th ... view
Character:
Tadashi Okawara (1 ep.)
Original title: 妻よ薔薇のように 家族はつらいよIII
2018
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to ... view
Character:
Konosuke Hirata
Original title: 紅い襷 富岡製糸場物語
2017
This is the story of beginning of Tomioka Silk Mill in Meiji Era. Young Ladies who came from all over Japan struggle to obtain skills of yarn-making a ... view
Character:
Atsutada Odaka
Original title: リンキング・ラブ
2017
Struggling high schooler Miyui Mashio is transported back to 1991, where she attends school with her quarreling parents—realizing she must form an i ... view
Character:
Original title: 家族はつらいよ2
2017
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problem ... view
Character:
Konosuke Hirata
Original title: ブルーハーツが聴こえる
2017
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song. ... view
Character:
(segment “Be Kind To Others”)
Original title: 花嵐の剣士～幕末を生きた女剣士・中澤琴～
2017
Koto Nakazawa (Meisa Kuroki) learned from her father Emon Mago (Masahiko Nishimura) "Hoshinryu" which is a Japanese fencing school of thought. She lea ... view
Character:
Emon Mago
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
Drama, Mystery
Original title: 巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の逆襲
2016
Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently b ... view
Character:
Nobutsuna Nakae
Original title: 超高速！参勤交代 リターンズ
2016
Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants h ... view
Character:
Advisor Kenji
Original title: 殿、利息でござる！
2016
Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future o ... view
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Original title: 家族はつらいよ
2016
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies th ... view
Character:
Konosuke Hirata
Original title: クローバー
2014
Saya Suzuki is an ordinary employee working at a hotel. She falls in love with her elite boss Susumu Tsuge. Through their romance, Saya Suzuki grows a ... view
Character:
Section Chief Matsushita
Original title: アウトバーン マル暴の女刑事・八神瑛子
2014
Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs ... view
Character:
Tetsuo Sawaki
Original title: 超高速！参勤交代
2014
During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a g ... view
Character:
Advisor Kenji
Apr 2014 (first aired)
Saku Shingo is a non-career police officer but rose to become a director at an unusually young age. He is one of only 10 directors in the Tokyo Metrop ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 内田康夫サスペンス 信濃のコロンボ ~死者の木霊~
2013
The first in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, ... view
Character:
Shuji Ohmori
Original title: 風立ちぬ
2013
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II figh ... view
Character:
Kurokawa (voice)
Original title: 草原の椅子
2013
Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Ju ... view
Character:
Original title: 東京家族
2013
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved. ... view
Character:
Koichi Hirayama
Original title: のぼうの城
2012
In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes ac ... view
Character:
Ujinaga Narita
Original title: ウタヒメ 彼女たちのスモーク・オン・ザ・ウォーター
2012
Mieko is a housewife with some problems. Her husband is indifferent to her and her daughter Sayako refuses to go to school. One day, Mieko meets Kaori ... view
Character:
Mieko's husband
Original title: 境遇
2011
Youko and Harumi have been friends since youth as their life circumstances were similar. Youko ends up marrying a politician and publishes a successfu ... view
Character:
Miyashita Kouhei
Original title: RAILWAYS 愛を伝えられない大人たちへ
2011
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife. ... view
Character:
Original title: ボクら星屑のダンス
2011
A drab middle-aged man with thoughts of committing suicide and an extraordinary child prodigy plan a fake kidnap in exchange for a ransom of 10 billio ... view
Character:
Sep 2011 (first aired)
On December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Jul 2011 (first aired)
“IS” stands for “intersexual,” a term referring to people who cannot clearly be classified as male or female, and who may biologically possess ... view
Character:
Aihara Kenichi (10 ep.)
Apr 2011 (first aired)
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, ... view
Character:
Sosuke Morita (9 ep.)
Original title: ジーン･ワルツ
2011
Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a challenging environment with clinics shutting down d ... view
Character:
Professor Yashikiki
Original title: 武士の家計簿
2010
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for fina ... view
Character:
Yosohachi Nishihisashi
Oct 2010 (first aired)
Tottori Kenichi is a foul-mouthed but gifted veterinarian nicknamed Dolittle. His catch phrase is 'pet care means business'. He is the director of his ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 桜田門外ノ変
2010
Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events. ... view
Character:
Original title: 恋愛戯曲～私と恋におちてください。～
2010
Popular TV screenwriter Mayumi Taniyama suffers from the dreaded writer's block. When producer Masaya Mukai asks for a screenplay written for him, May ... view
Character:
Toshio Gamou
Original title: 新・ミナミの帝王
2010
Loan shark Ginjiro Manda meets an old friend, banker Imamiya. Harassed by his manager and pestered about past mistakes, Imamiya commits suicide. ... view
Character:
Original title: 猿ロック THE MOVIE
2010
Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks h ... view
Character:
Kanai
Original title: 震えて眠れ
2009
Mizushima Shinji is staying a highlands for his health with his wife Miwako after he recieved a heart transplant. But his tender personality turns to ... view
Character:
Original title: 沈まぬ太陽
2009
Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head offic ... view
Character:
Chuji Yaba
Oct 2009 (first aired)
Amano Yoshihiko works at the giant Mizunami Bank. Trusted by the president, he is put in charge of hiding 700 million yen worth of bad debt. For the s ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (5 ep.)
Original title: 黒の奔流
2009
A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety. ... view
Character:
屋代邦和
Original title: 禅
2009
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was ca ... view
Character:
Original title: 忠臣蔵 音無しの剣
2008
Keinosuke (Masakazu Tamura) is a ronin (wandering samurai) who lives on the streets although he is a nobleman. There’s just one woman in this world ... view
Character:
Original title: 私は貝になりたい
2008
1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with ... view
Character:
Nemoto
Original title: 相棒 -劇場版- 絶体絶命! 42.195km 東京ビッグシティマラソン
2008
A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutak ... view
Character:
Keisuke Shikatebukuro
Original title: のだめカンタービレ in ヨーロッパ
2008
This 2 night special takes off during their graduation, where Chiaki-senpai & Nodame left for Europe. The first special centered on Chiaki's story, th ... view
Character:
Tanioka Hajime
Dec 2007 (first aired)
The drama revolves around Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium, which opened in 2002 and was the largest in the world until 2005. Tokito Saburo stars in the dr ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 国道20号線
2007
Hisashi was once a member of a motorcycle gang. Now he plays pachinko everyday with his live-in girlfriend, Junko. He has a habit of "huffing" paint t ... view
Character:
Akira
Original title: 明日への遺言
2007
A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen. ... view
Character:
Hidemi Machida
Original title: 生きる
2007
In a Post-War Tokyo, when the bureaucratic chief of department of the City Hall Kanji Watanabe finds that he has a terminal cancer, he decides to inte ... view
Character:
Jul 2007 (first aired)
Maizu Tsukasa grew up with his famous grandfather and father. He has been called Sushi Oji since the age of 10. An unfortunate accident happened which ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (8 ep.)
Jan 2007 (first aired)
A man who is content with his life - decent job and wonderful wife - suddenly faces the crisis of marriage when he finds out his wife is about to have ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Oct 2006 (first aired)
When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing. ... view
Character:
Tanioka Hajime (11 ep.)
Original title: 名探偵コナン- 工藤新一への挑戦状
2006
In order to uphold his title of High School Detective, a teen sleuth must protect his classmates from kidnapping after receiving a threatening letter. ... view
Character:
Inspector Megure
Original title: 花田少年史 幽霊と秘密のトンネル
2006
Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the manga ... view
Character:
Daijiro Hanada
2006
Five youngsters are obsessed with graffiti, but after painting their masterpiece in Shibuya, they begin to drift apart. ... view
Character:
Original title: 古畑任三郎ファイナル ラスト・ダンス
2006
Kyoko Kagami is a pen name for a pair of twin writers. After one sister kills the other, their technical advisor Furuhata investigates. His investigat ... view
Character:
Original title: 古畑任三郎ファイナル フェアな殺人者
2006
Ichiro Suzuki, a baseball player obsessed with fair play, murders a man who was blackmailing his brother who is none other than Furuhata's faithful fr ... view
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Original title: 古畑任三郎ファイナル 今、甦る死
2006
Furuhata investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly random accidental deaths. He zeroes in on the suspected murderer, but loses faith in his instinct ... view
Character:
Original title: 不良少年の夢
2005
In the cold region of Hokkaido, there is a Beiyou Yushi High School that specializes in recruiting high school students from all over the country who ... view
Character:
Original title: 零のかなたへ
2005
Two Osaka comedians, Makoto (Tomomitsu Yamaguchi) and Kinta (Go Morita), are riding bicycles in Tokyo when they're hit by a dump truck. They regain co ... view
Character:
Original title: 交渉人 真下正義
2005
In this movie, Japan's top negotiator confronts a formidable foe threatening Tokyo's subways. As high-stakes tension brews, Mashita must outsmart an a ... view
Character:
Jul 2004 (first aired)
Everything started when a high school couple, Chiyomi and Minami had a mysterious and ominous fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant… “If you stay ... view
Character:
Kenichi Minami (11 ep.)
Apr 2004 (first aired)
Wonderful Life is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2004. It stars Takashi Sorimachi, Kyoko Hasegawa, Norito Yashima, and Ken Horiu ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
Jan 2004 (first aired)
A free-spirited young woman, Yukari, touches those around her with a zest for life, full of passion. Following her unexplained suicide, her envious yo ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (9 ep.)
Original title: 天使の牙B.T.A.
2003
Police struggle to uncover Klein, a powerful criminal organization. Asuka, a young detective, is assigned to contact and escort Hatsumi, a mistress of ... view
Character:
Nakanishi
Jul 2003 (first aired)
As a former manager of a top hotel, Seiji has been entrusted with the reopening of a hotel in the high plains that has been boarded up and closed for ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari: 2003 Spring Special
2003
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inag ... view
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Jan 2003 (first aired)
26-year-old Tanimachi Mizuho (Matsu Takako) moves to Tokyo hoping to become a successful author, but finds that Tokyo isn't so welcoming. There she me ... view
Character:
Fuwa Keijiro (11 ep.)
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:
Keisuke Shikatebukuro (4 ep.)
Original title: 明智小五郎対怪人二十面相
2002
At the end of World War II, a secret human experiment was being conducted in Manchuria, which was in the sphere of influence of the Japanese military. ... view
Character:
Aikawa
Original title: ギブリーズ episode2
2002
Ghiblies (pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gallop") is a short film aired during a TV special about Ghibli. It's about a fictional animation studio n ... view
Character:
Nonaka-kun (Voice)
Jan 2002 (first aired)
Toko (Fukatsu Eri), decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any future career hopes or romance, so she turns to the bottle ... view
Character:
Yoshitake Nobuo (11 ep.)
Original title: ナンバーワン
2001
Kubozuka plays Araki Ryunosuke who starts working at a host club called "club NO.1" to pay his debt. ... view
Character:
Apr 2001 (first aired)
It's a dilemma many young women face - they want to get married, but don't want the responsibilities of a daughter-in-law. Miyuki is an engineer worki ... view
Character:
Shinsuke (11 ep.)
Feb 2001 (first aired)
Suzuko Shiraishi, a strong-minded attractive female chef, is known for her foul mouth and masterly cooking skills. With an attitude like hers, she wou ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Jan 2001 (first aired)
The concept of the show is like a Mary Poppins set in modern Japan, with Mama Shingo entering a client's home and resolving family discord. In the fir ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 2000 (first aired)
Nanako, determined to marry rich after poverty, is dubbed the "gokon queen". Shinichi, a brilliant academic turned fishmonger, misleads her into belie ... view
Character:
Tamehisa Sakuma (11 ep.)
Character:
Original title: ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム
1999
An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are ... view
Character:
Original title: 黒い家
1999
A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively ... view
Character:
Shigenori Komoda
Original title: お受験
1999
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes job ... view
Character:
Original title: 古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖
1999
Furuhata comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bizarre serial killings which would look like deaths by natural causes except for the note ... view
Character:
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 古畑任三郎 VS SMAP
1999
Furuhata is called in to investigate a murder committed by the well-known Japanese boy band SMAP. ... view
Character:
Shintaro Imaizumi
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Nowadays, kids have their parents wrapped around their fingers. While they appear to despise their parents, they are actually insecure and want someon ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Jul 1998 (first aired)
Set in New York , three friends fall in love with the same woman, causing their feelings to waver between friendship and love. One day, Kosuke Kosuke ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
Jan 1998 (first aired)
Tamaki Aso (Honami Suzuki) is a dedicated news anchor known for her stoic professionalism, even reporting on her own husband's tragic death during a b ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Original title: ラヂオの時間
1997
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various ... view
Character:
Tatsuhiko Ushijima
Original title: マルタイの女
1997
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two ... view
Character:
Detective Tachibana
Original title: もののけ姫
1997
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he ... view
Character:
Kouroku (voice)
Jul 1997 (first aired)
Three close friends realize, at the age of 40, that maybe it's time to think seriously about getting married. Employed by an advertising agency, each ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (13 ep.)
Apr 1997 (first aired)
What happens when the Prime Minister of Japan suddenly has the lowest approval ratings in history? Tamura Masakazu plays an unpopular Prime Minister w ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Original title: 瀬戸内ムーンライト・セレナーデ
1997
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II. ... view
Character:
Assistant photographer
Original title: 友子の場合
1996
Tomoko Tamura, a second-year high school student living in a detached house in Miyahara-chō, Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture (now Kita Ward, Saitama C ... view
Character:
Michihiro Tamura
Jul 1996 (first aired)
Kubota Nagisa, a spoiled brash executive, is the chief of Food Import Section in a first-rate trading company. Nagisa is transferred to an affiliate c ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
Original title: ７月７日晴
1996
Hinata Mochizuki (Arisa Mizuki) is a superstar in the pop music scene, and Kenta Yamabe (Masato Hagiwara) is a very ordinary office worker. One day, t ... view
Character:
Apr 1996 (first aired)
SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it ... view
Character:
Skit Guest (1 ep.)
Original title: 消えた古畑任三郎
1996
Famous detective Furuhata Ninzaburo has disappeared, so a TV crew decide to make a documentary about his career interviewing his associates and the ki ... view
Character:
Original title: 古畑任三郎 しばしのお別れ
1996
The head of a flower arrangement clan murders her overbearing teacher and rival during a flamenco recital. The one thing Furuhata, who was in the audi ... view
Character:
Jan 1996 (first aired)
Furuhata Ninzaburo's goofy sidekick Shintaro vents his frustrations to the uninterested forensic technician Kuwabara. ... view
Character:
今泉慎太郎 (12 ep.)
Oct 1995 (first aired)
Two hundred years ago, two star-crossed lovers commit suicide rather than be apart, and vow to get together in their next life. It's now present day, ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice) (10 ep.)
Original title: 古畑任三郎 笑うカンガルー
1995
A love triangle turns deadly during an awards ceremony in Australia. Unfortunately for the killers, however, Furuhata and Shintaro are on a well-deser ... view
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Jul 1994 (first aired)
Minori Amano becomes a widow on her honeymoon. Still, she becomes part of the Amano family's funeral home business. From now on, the woman not only ha ... view
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Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Apr 1994 (first aired)
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was writte ... view
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今泉慎太郎 (36 ep.)
Jan 1994 (first aired)
Natsuko, who was a copywriter, starts to cultivate rice called Tatsunishiki, which is a phantom kind and it is very difficult to grow. She does it to ... view
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Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Jul 1993 (first aired)
Ryuichiro's bride, company president Mayumi Kitahara dies, leaving him to take care of her daughter Natsumi. Natsumi moves into Ryuichiro's flat, but ... view
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Business Advisor (12 ep.)
Jan 1993 (first aired)
This is a story of two physicians who are complete opposites. Although he's a skilled surgeon, Dr. Shiba does not believe that every life is worth sav ... view
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平賀友一 (11 ep.)
Oct 1992 (first aired)
Manabu and his father Kouhei love Tsubasa in the same time, but they don't know that they are in love with the same girl. Tsubasa doesn't know they ar ... view
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Unknown/various (11 ep.)
