Akira Nagoya
Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro. After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors. In 1959, he joined the Bungakuza theatre company; in 1963, he participated in the founding of the theatre company Kumo. When Kumo disbanded in 1975, he moved on to work as a freelance theatre artist, appearing on stages such as Jijinkai and Komatsuza.
Princess Mononoke
as Cowherd (voice)Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must...
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High and Low
as Detective YamamotoIn the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge...
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Flying Phantom Ship
as Hayato's Father (voice)Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the...
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Suspicion
as IwasakiA car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the...
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The Twilight Story
as uncreditedIn this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing...
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Yakuza Ladies: Decision
as uncreditedKasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family...
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Human Revolution II
as uncreditedDramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Lovers Lost
as Katsu-sanA poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the...
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A Thousand and One Nights
as Sailor (voice)Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures...
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Akitsu Hot Springs
as uncreditedYoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and...
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A Wanderer's Notebook
as uncreditedConsidered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook...
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Station
as TakadaA detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in...
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Chivalry Broken from All Sides
as TotsukaThis is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji,...
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Lullaby of Death
as uncreditedAlso known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya...
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Kandagawa
as uncreditedBased on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs...
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Woman in Witness Protection
as Director HatanoBiwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very...
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Basara: Princess Goh
as uncreditedFuruta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no...
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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Narrator (voice)The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of...
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Kaito Ruby
as Man in White ClothToru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman...
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Follow the Girls
as IchiroComedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.
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A Portrait of Shunkin
as Zensuke(善助)Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is...
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Young Challengers
as uncreditedA story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow,...
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Mahjong Horoki
as Jyoushuu ToraA mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all...
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Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
as NarratorA theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12,...
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The Symbol of a Man
as SaigaIn 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is...
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Bokyo
as uncreditedIn 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the...
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Aoba shigereru
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.
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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo...
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A Tale of Young Elopement
as RyuukichiA 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting...
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Return of Ultraman
as NarratorEpisodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Championship Festival.
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Free and Easy
as uncreditedDensuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main...
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The Great Department Store Robbery
as uncreditedKatsuyo plans her last gang robbery.
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Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
as DriverA little girl who falls into a lake and is saved by a god who then takes her up to the clouds...
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Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Kazuo Koike
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The Lucky Status Symbol
as uncreditedHiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is...
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Invitation of Lust
as uncreditedHirobe is a lonely man. After witnessing her girlfriend die with a terminal illness, he wanders...
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The Tempters: Smile After Tears
as uncreditedLayabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He...
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Love Letter
as uncreditedA romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got...
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Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Sakio HanamoriTwo men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.
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Fort Graveyard
as NezuCharged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the...
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Round About Midnight
as Homeless ManKoji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He...
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The Dragon Crest
as uncreditedA violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
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The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
as Shanghai DragonA man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the...
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Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
as Yûta AsahinaTheatrical version of episode 1 of the 'Ultraman Taro' TV series.
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Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Kazuo Koike
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Monsieur Zivaco
as NarratorInternational thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles...
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Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
as uncreditedJapanese crime film
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Ultraman Taro
as Captain Yutaro AsahinaKotaro Higashi trained to be a boxer, but after an icident with Astromons, he was killed....
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Taikouki
as Ichikawa DaisukeBased on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period...
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Tabiji
as 駅手・伊東栄吉The 7th NHK Asadora. Starring Tadashi Yokouchi in a narrative about an employee of the national...
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Return of Ultraman
as NarratorIn a fight between two giant monsters named Takkong and Zazahn, young race car driver Hideki Go...
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Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
as uncreditedA maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as...
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Stepsisters
as Pastor WakayamaA moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between...
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Oretachi no Tabi
as uncreditedA milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life,...
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Kokugo Gannen
as uncreditedSet in 1874 at the residence of an official of the Ministry of Education of Japan who was...
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Murder Case: Lover Swap
as uncreditedYoshiko Konno went on a winter trip in a car driven by her fiance, Yoichi Itokawa, but got lost...
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An Early Autumn
as uncreditedA former couple, separated for over 20 years, were reunited after being told their son had only...
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