Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro (麿 赤児 Maro Akaji, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. He was born in Sakurai, Nara and is the founder of Dairakudakan. One of his sons is the film director Tatsushi Ōmori; another is the actor Nao Ōmori.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination...
Movie page
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Boss OzawahThe Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins...
Movie page
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Boss OzawahAn assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their...
Movie page
Kikujiro
as Crazy ManBrash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is...
Movie page
Ox-Head Village
as Kanon's GrandfatherHaving launched a social media prank about a haunted building, three girls suddenly vanish....
Movie page
Suicide Club
as Detective MurataWhen 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the...
Movie page
Shaolin Girl
as Rin's MasterA Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial...
Movie page
Pornostar
as Yakuza BossA young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped...
Movie page
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
as uncreditedIn Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza...
Movie page
Sekigahara
as Ishin ShimazuThe background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in...
Movie page
Or Utopia
as uncreditedJapan, 2024. The Earth is dominated by a mysteriously giant creature (That Thing) and the group...
Movie page
Gemini
as KakubêWhen his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a...
Movie page
Kagero-za
as HomelessA 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
Movie page
Yumeji
as CriminalFollowing the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an...
Movie page
Cat's Eye
as UmeharaThree cat burgling sisters have to go up against the police and a Chinese crime syndicate in...
Movie page
Monday
as Homeless Man / DemonA simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally...
Movie page
Zigeunerweisen
as uncreditedA surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go...
Movie page
Postman Blues
as Boss of Minato GangSawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about...
Movie page
Yakuza Weapon
as Kenzo IwakiAfter four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated...
Movie page
The Emperor in August
as Admiral Hisanori FujitaIn July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration....
Movie page
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
as Lt. NakayamaMaiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese...
Movie page
Drive
as Lord KobariKenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his...
Movie page
The City of Lost Souls
as Okijima Gang MemberBrazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be...
Movie page
Tada's Do-It-All House
as OkaIn Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One...
Movie page
9 Souls
as Owner of Candy ShopAfter discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track...
Movie page
That's Cunning! Shijo Saidai no Sakusen?
as uncreditedComedy about a group of chemistry students who organize a cheating scam during their final...
Movie page
Pacchigi! Love & Peace
as uncreditedIn 1974, during the height of the recession, a Japanese Korean family relocates to Tokyo to...
Movie page
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
as ActorIn Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at...
Movie page
Will to Live
as uncreditedIt is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the...
Movie page
Fly me to the Saitama
as Sojyuro SaionjiPeople from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they...
Movie page
Hanako of the Toilet
as MonkWhen a young girl discovers that her new middle school is the same one her sister mysteriously...
Movie page
Kakekomi
as SeisetsuKakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by...
Movie page
A Last Note
as uncreditedA retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has...
Movie page
Persona
as DaimonInto the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely...
Movie page
Jam Films
as uncreditedJam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Movie page
The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Lt. NakayamaBroke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to...
Movie page
The Motive
as A-sanFour people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims...
Movie page
Hell Girl
as WanyudoTormented and bullied people can access a special website, run by a Hell Girl who will enable...
Movie page
Akame 48 Waterfalls
as uncreditedA man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange...
Movie page
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
as uncreditedA treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke...
Movie page
Dangan Runner
as uncreditedA would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to...
Movie page
SPEC: Heaven
as Akira NitanaiSaya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a...
Movie page
Samurai Resurrection
as Ieyasu TokugawaShiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of...
Movie page
Neko Ninja
as KatsuragiKagerota is a young ninja who embarks on his first mission: stealing the goldfish from a wealthy...
Movie page
The Outer Way
as uncreditedThe cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in...
Movie page
Love Will Tear Us Apart
as Ryûjin MaroWakaba saves her classmate Koki who was being bullied. From then on, people who are involved...
Movie page
Lupin's Daughter: The Movie
as Iwao MikumoAm I really the daughter of a thieves family? Hana Mikumo, daughter of the "L family", a family...
Movie page
Be a Man!! Samurai School
as Heihachi EdajimaMomotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made....
Movie page
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1
as TenkaiYuko Moriyama stars in this ninja period piece as one of seven women determined to exact revenge...
Movie page
Ghost Master
as Tetsuhiko TodorokiAkira Kurosawa is a nerdy movie buff who works on low budget romantic comedies while dreaming of...
Movie page
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
as uncreditedCommemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular...
Movie page
Tonbi
as KaiunYasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira...
Movie page
All Under the Moon
as SenbaA Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers...
Movie page
Moonlight Serenade
as Circus performerAfter the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his...
Movie page
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
as Kanji, Nobuko's fatherThe members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their...
Movie page
Circus Boys
as Tattoo MasterTwo brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta...
Movie page
Lie Lie Lie
as DenHatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day,...
Movie page
Shinran: Path to Purity
as uncreditedIn the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one...
Movie page
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
as uncreditedAsahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new...
Movie page
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
as uncreditedA wealthy real estate investor is forced to watch the rape of his girlfriend and then is sent a...
Movie page
KT
as Susumu KawaharaThis movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean...
Movie page
Uneasy Encounters
as Man of dry river bedA five-part comedy and horror anthology
Movie page
Unlucky Monkey
as HoboA dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out...
Movie page
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night
as Makai Priest AmonIn the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the...
Movie page
TAP: Perfect Education
as uncreditedIn Okinawa, a down-and-out middle-aged yakuza underling named Shidara kidnaps and confines a...
Movie page
The Whispering of the Gods
as ShopkeeperRou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods...
Movie page
Awakening
as uncreditedAfter the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy...
Movie page
The Dropout
as uncreditedDetective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was...
Movie page
The Trap
as Lt. NakayamaWhen a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I...
Movie page
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
as uncreditedTaro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with...
Movie page
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
as uncreditedNursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a...
Movie page
The Room
as The HitmanA quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him...
Movie page
Hanezu
as Yo-ChanWoodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old...
Movie page
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
as On (segment "Kuu")Six Stories based on Six Songs.
Movie page
An Angel with Many Scars
as uncreditedAn odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts...
Movie page
Ready to Shoot
as SakuradaA middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in...
Movie page
Postcard
as MonkToward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a...
Movie page
Madness in Bloom
as uncreditedYamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to "clean" the streets of...
Movie page
Mitsugetsu
as Brokerage Firm PresidentTetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been...
Movie page
The Notorious Concubines
as uncreditedDark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak....
Movie page
Disconcerto
as OkaSet within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem...
Movie page
Shangri-La
as Ookura NagashimaShangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who...
Movie page
Sukiyaki
as uncreditedKenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as...
Movie page
Kaiju Guy!
as uncreditedYamada, a good-for-nothing local civil servant who just loves monster movies, is suddenly given...
Movie page
Boxer Joe
as uncreditedA docudrama about the boxer Jôichirô Tatsuyoshi. The documentary part follows Tatsuyohi for 18...
Movie page
Into a Dream
as Sato's FatherLow-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown,...
Movie page
Ginji - The Slasher
as ŌmutaIn prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945,...
Movie page
Damejin
as uncreditedAn off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives...
Movie page
Check
as HakuginSet in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes...
Movie page
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
as TakaShirō raids the office of the organization that attacked his lover, wreaking havoc and escaping...
Movie page
Utsushimi
as SelfThis faux-documentary follows a butoh master, a fashion designer, and a filmmaker racing against...
Movie page
Toy Reanimator
as Mr IwaiSet in a toy store specialized in antique toys, a boy works in the toy store and is obsessed...
Movie page
Birdsong
as AkiraTokyo. Asuka, a young cleaning lady working the night shift, is ready to pay a high price to...
Movie page
Knockout
as Daisuke KamoiA Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.
Movie page
The Haunted Lantern
as uncreditedWife in former life plagues husband as ghost in the present
Movie page
En moi
as Man on DutyA movie director goes to the Paris Opera to shoot his new film. Lacking inspiration, he looks...
Movie page
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
as Toyotomi HideyoshiGoemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but...
Movie page
Under the Turquoise Sky
as SaburoTakeshi grew up spoiled in an affluent family. One day his businessman grandfather Saburo sends...
Movie page
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
as HimselfAn exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s.
Movie page
The Nearest Place to the Sky
as uncreditedKitagawa, a top salesman with an impressive record, is hiding a dark secret—he borrowed the 9...
Movie page
Dark Harbour
as uncreditedManzo is a fisherman in a small seaside community who lives and works alone, but longs for a...
Movie page
Kazura
as uncreditedBald Moriyama wants a new image and buys a wig. It works: suddenly he has a career and a...
Movie page
Dreams on Fire
as GrandfatherFleeing to Tokyo with the hopes that she can fulfil her dream of becoming a dancer, Yume is met...
Movie page
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
as Hirose KinzōThe film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo...
Movie page
The Projects
as GondoWhether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat,...
Movie page
Doomsday Detective
as uncreditedShinjiro, who runs a humble detective agency using a coffee shop in a certain town as his...
Movie page
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
as uncreditedRemake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.
Movie page
Known As! Pissken
as uncreditedThe thug is now back in Shaba as a legendary hitman!
Movie page
Swing Man
as OdaA man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why.
Movie page
Crazy Love
as uncreditedCorrelated with Susan Sontag's theorization of kitsch as well as employing the queer lingo of...
Movie page
Guard Dog
as uncreditedA tough and violent battle ensues between Hikaru Gotokuji, who's been assigned as the bodyguard...
Movie page
Wild Flowers
as uncreditedReal pro wrestlers Mizuho Ishikawa, Cutie Suzuki and Emi Tojyo star alongside newcomer Miki...
Movie page
Born to Be Baby
as uncreditedA detective, a mysterious beauty Ekin and other characters appear in the film. It creates a...
Movie page
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
as Himself"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in...
Movie page
SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3
as Narration (voice)The third movie in Léona Hirota's 'Candy Boys' series.
Movie page
A Light in the Distance
as uncreditedMado wakes up in the morning finding all the people disappeared. Hearing a strong typhoon might...
Movie page
Crazy Camel
as uncredited‘Many people have a preconception about butoh — that it is performed by dancers whose bodies are...
Movie page
This Is Shinogi
as uncreditedAn office worker who happens to end up helping a yakuza
Movie page
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
as uncreditedThe life and death of the men who are bound by violence.
Movie page
The Naked Summer
as uncreditedThe Naked Summer is a film that documents young artists' effort and growth while training and...
Movie page
GARO
as AmonThe Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that...
TV Show page
The Naked Director
as uncreditedFollows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. ...
TV Show page
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
as uncreditedSatoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police...
TV Show page
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
as Goryu TachibanaA young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective,...
TV Show page
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
as 老人Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during...
TV Show page
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
as uncreditedHoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during...
TV Show page
Daughter of Lupin
as Iwao MikumoHana comes from a family that has been thieves for generations. Hana refuses to become a thief...
TV Show page
dele
as uncreditedFreelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a...
TV Show page
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
as uncreditedThe heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues...
TV Show page
Tada's Do-It-All House
as uncreditedIn the fictional town of Mahoro on the outskirts of Tokyo is Tada Benriken, a small business...
TV Show page
Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian
as Otori-samaThe fourteenth entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.
TV Show page
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
as Fujita DenzaburoA 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment...
TV Show page
Hayabusa Fire Brigade
as Tasuku EnishiMima Taro is a writer who has hit a slump. Tired of city life, he moves into the house he...
TV Show page
Affectionate Time
as Amano RokusukeThis is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of...
TV Show page
The Password is Courage
as uncreditedThe story takes place in a small rural village surrounded by beautiful nature. However, it is...
TV Show page
Way Too Kawaii!
as Shinjiro TatsumiA newly transferred employee discovers the hard work and passion of the professionals that fuels...
TV Show page
Kamogawa Shokudo
as uncreditedCustomers relying on a single line advertisement “Search for food with memories”, finally arrive...
TV Show page
Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita
as uncreditedYamashita Tomo is just an average junior high school girl...but her father is a "NEET" (Not in...
TV Show page
Goldfish Club
as Mizuki YozoIrie plays Hiiragi Haru, a third-year high school student with no real interest in women or...
TV Show page
