Bengal

Born: 1951-08-17

Bengal (Bengaru) was born as Haruo Yanagihara in Tokyo in 1951.


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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

as Honami's father
Released: 1996-07-12

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on...

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Godzilla 2000: Millennium

as uncredited
Released: 1999-12-11

An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track...

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First Love

as uncredited
Released: 2019-05-31

Set over one night in Tokyo, we follow Leo, a young boxer down on his luck as he meets his...

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Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial

as Guru
Released: 2010-12-23

Ultraman Zero, the rookie Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions’ 2009 theatrical movie returns,...

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Boiling Point

as Muto
Released: 1990-09-15

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and...

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Tokyo Noir

as uncredited
Released: 2004-09-24

In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning...

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Golden Slumber

as Shizuo Todoroki
Released: 2010-01-30

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for...

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0.5 mm

as Sueo Saito
Released: 2014-11-08

Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to...

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The Code

as uncredited
Released: 2009-05-09

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for...

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Oba: The Last Samurai

as Kazuo Oshiro
Released: 2011-02-11

In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with...

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The Shogunate's Harem

as Kanji
Released: 1986-06-14

A new shogun is appointed to the throne when his brother dies. He find out that the former...

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Happy Flight

as Bird Patrol
Released: 2008-11-15

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew,...

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Sada

as Sanosuke Tachibana
Released: 1998-04-11

Based on real-life events, this erotic thriller tells the sad and sadistic tale of a Japanese...

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Beijing Watermelon

as Haruzo Horikoshi
Released: 1989-11-18

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi,...

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Tora-san's Song of Love

as uncredited
Released: 1983-08-06

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's...

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A Taxing Woman

as Man in Apartment
Released: 1987-02-07

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering...

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99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie

as Tamotsu Ota
Released: 2021-12-30

Hiroto Miyama works with rookie lawyer Honoka Kono on a team that specializes with criminal...

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By Rule of Crow's Thumb

as uncredited
Released: 2012-11-21

Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu,...

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Alive

as Tokutake
Released: 2003-06-21

Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend....

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Chizuko's Younger Sister

as Mako's Father
Released: 1991-05-10

The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a...

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Tokyo Rhapsody

as uncredited
Released: 2007-05-12

"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as...

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Capone Cries a Lot

as Chinese man
Released: 1985-02-16

Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of...

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The Dangerous Detective Is Back

as Tanaka
Released: 2024-05-24

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Peak: The Rescuers

as uncredited
Released: 2011-05-07

Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the...

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Bonds

as Doctor
Released: 1998-06-06

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to...

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Haruka, Nostalgia

as Akira Kinomiya
Released: 1993-02-20

Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up...

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We Are Not Alone

as uncredited
Released: 1993-03-13

Businessmen competing for international building contracts in this globe-trotting comedy-adventure.

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Casting Blossoms to the Sky

as Jiro Nakahata
Released: 2012-05-12

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a...

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Delivery of Death

as uncredited
Released: 2014-05-30

Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor...

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Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

as uncredited
Released: 1995-09-02

Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II

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Love Mooning

as Shûji Uchiyama
Released: 2021-11-12

Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One...

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Star Reformer

as Kazuyoshi Kurusu
Released: 2006-02-25

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career....

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Trick: The Movie

as God No. 002
Released: 2002-11-07

Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named...

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See You Tomorrow, Everyone

as Taijiro
Released: 2013-01-26

After Satoru Watarai graduated from elementary school, he dropped out of school and decided to...

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The Discarnates

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1988-09-15

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to...

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The Tomb & the Divorce

as uncredited
Released: 1993-07-31

Yoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage...

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Abunai Deka

as Tanaka
Released: 1987-12-12

When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing,...

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Step Up Love Story: Love Forever

as Mamoru Onoda
Released: 2012-05-12

Yura and Makoto married without ever being intimate. The couple have a happy life together and...

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Samurai Kids

as uncredited
Released: 1993-07-17

A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient...

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The Rocking Horsemen

as Takayuki Fujiwara
Released: 1992-10-31

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is...

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The Glorious Team Batista

as uncredited
Released: 2008-02-09

Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the...

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Cop Festival: New Beginning

as uncredited
Released: 2003-05-24

Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films.

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Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

as uncredited
Released: 1993-08-21

A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend.

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The Motive

as Mutsuo Takarai
Released: 2004-12-18

Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims...

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The Lightning Tree

as uncredited
Released: 2010-10-22

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special...

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Tsuyukusa

as uncredited
Released: 2022-04-29

Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet seaside life, she spends her days working at a small local...

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Where Are You?

as uncredited
Released: 2009-11-13

A sixteen year old boy, Ryo, experiences the painful ordeal of his mother being hospitalized and...

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Saraba Abunai Deka

as Tanaka
Released: 2016-01-30

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The Dog Bridegroom

as Suzuki Ebizo
Released: 2017-05-13

Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work...

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Kekkon Annai Mystery

as uncredited
Released: 1985-06-15

A 19-year-old girl Hiroko Terasawa working in a matching agency promises her client Masakazu...

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Matamata Abunai Deka

as Tanaka
Released: 1988-07-02

Detectives Takayama and Oshita participate in a major drug bust which arouses suspicion that the...

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Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

as uncredited
Released: 1992-12-19

A comedy about a young woman who has terminal cancer.

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Shimanto River

as uncredited
Released: 1991-12-07

A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He...

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The Yen Family

as Middle-aged man
Released: 1988-05-14

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts...

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Dance till Tomorrow

as uncredited
Released: 1991-06-22

Live action adaption of Naoki Yamamoto's romantic comedy manga series.

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Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman

as Noguchi
Released: 1979-10-06

A meek salaryman who gets no respect at home and is belittled at work gets inspiration from...

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Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie

as uncredited
Released: 1979-06-23

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Rakugo musume

as uncredited
Released: 2008-08-23

When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her...

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Tomato No Shizuku

as Matsui
Released: 2017-01-14

With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over...

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The Last Snow

as uncredited
Released: 2002-04-27

A story of two men, one recently bereaved, the other with a wife in a coma. From the popular song.

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Memories of You

as uncredited
Released: 1988-03-05

University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her...

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Goodbye for Tomorrow

as Masaru Ikenouchi
Released: 1995-09-23

People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3...

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Fly, Dakota, Fly!

as Genji, Takahashi
Released: 2013-10-05

In January 1946 a British military transport plane departs from Shanghai on its to Tokyo, Japan....

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Nejirin bou

as Fujisawa
Released: 2004-11-27

A woman as the main character, love and friendship, and one of the

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Flarella

as uncredited
Released: 2010-10-01

The experiences of a woman as she passes through several life stages.

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Broken Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-21

Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park.

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

as uncredited
Released: 2013-09-27

Arrangement instructor Makiko Norita (Yukie Nakama) displays a dignified smile, but she also...

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Where The Legend Lives

as uncredited
Released: 2008-11-01

Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the...

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Madamada Abunai Deka

as Tanaka
Released: 2005-10-22

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Big Magnum Kuroiwa

as Haruhiko Nakayama
Released: 1985-04-13

Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is...

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Ana

as Detective Katayama
Released: 1984-03-13

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real...

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Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: Once More With Feeling

as The Man in Shinjuku
Released: 1979-03-31

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Give It All

as Class Teacher
Released: 1998-10-09

Etsuko - a typical Japanese high school student, who's unlucky in love, an academic failure, and...

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Paradise

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-28

Set in a rural fishing village in southern Japan, this is the story of Erika, a celebrated...

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Mountain Days with Tom

as uncredited
Released: 2015-12-26

Hana, Toki and Toki’s daughter Toshi begin to live in the countryside. Hana’s nephew Akira, who...

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Turning Point

as uncredited
Released: 1994-06-18

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the...

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Let's Go to the Hospital

as uncredited
Released: 1990-04-07

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is...

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The Legend of Zipang

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-27

Jigoku-gokuraku-maru is a samurai on the run. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable...

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Peanuts

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-28

A hero called the legendary third baseman in the former prestigious grass baseball team...

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The Band From Nowhere

as Ikuo Miyabe
Released: 2018-06-02

Construction worker Kumada (Kiryu) used to be a member of the popular band Uma no Hone 30 years...

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Life in Overtime

as uncredited
Released: 2018-06-09

After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a...

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Sensei's Pious Lie

as uncredited
Released: 2024-07-05

Misuzu Hara (Nao) works as a high school teacher and prefers to keep a distance from her...

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Teacher's suitcase

as Matsumoto Hiroshi
Released: 2003-03-11

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former...

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Marriage

as uncredited
Released: 1993-07-16

An omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.

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Codename: Tomoko

as Koichi Kimitsu
Released: 2000-07-01

An action in which a former CIA female operative captures a revenge drama that unfolds against a...

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Teito Monogatari Gaiden

as uncredited
Released: 1995-09-15

In 1995, a mental hospital is erected near the Japanese Ministry of Finance, located adjacent to...

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Ah, A Sharp Detective

as uncredited
Released: 2001-07-13

Kuroki is crazy about gambling and Shirakawa loves unrivalled women. The pair are investigating...

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Stay or go?

as uncredited
Released: 1988-08-27

Shohei Taguchi is a salaryman who works for a securities company and loves women like no other....

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Shabake

as uncredited
Released: 2007-11-24

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I Want to Hear the Wind's Song

as Ladies' Clinic doctor
Released: 1998-07-18

A heartwarming, based-on-true-story of how a hearing-impaired couple, Masahiro and Namiko, knew...

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Thriller CRT

as uncredited
Released: 1991-02-25

A creepy anthology about a homicidal little girl, a woman being stalked, a dentist and a man...

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Ah, A Sharp Detective 2

as uncredited
Released: 2001-09-14

Fight fiercely with a duo of hitmen to protect the witnesses of the trial!

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Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II

as uncredited
Released: 1994-01-08

The second 'Gotoshi' film.

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Karaoke

as uncredited
Released: 1999-06-12

Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a...

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Kazura

as uncredited
Released: 2010-01-30

Bald Moriyama wants a new image and buys a wig. It works: suddenly he has a career and a...

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39 settoudan

as uncredited
Released: 2012-11-17

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Savage City: Angel Whisper

as uncredited
Released: 1991-04-26

A corrupt cop teams up with an unlikely partner to protect the city from a gang of ruthless drug...

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Damned Files 4

as uncredited
Released: 2004-02-27

This is the fourth volume of a series of one-episode horror dramas based on rumored haunted...

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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-10-09

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner...

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Ryōmaden

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-01-03

Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010...

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The Woman of S.R.I.

as Sano
First aired: 1999-10-21

Mariko is a forensic scientist working at the Kyoto PD Crime Lab. Her credo is “science never...

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Hero

as Takuro Komori
First aired: 2001-01-08

Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a...

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Lost Man Found

as Himself
First aired: 2022-06-26

Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the...

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Detective Office 5: Another Story

as Detective
First aired: 2005-09-29

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Shinigami-kun

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-04-18

Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled...

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オリンピックの身代金

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-11-30

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A Town Without Seasons

as Tanba
First aired: 2023-08-09

It follows a group of people who are still living in temporary housing 12 years after a natural...

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The Next Generation: Patlabor

as The Mayor
First aired: 2014-03-08

In a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is...

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Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-01-09

Onda Kokoro is an oncologist called Dr Onkoro for short by the people around her and teased that...

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Everyone’s Demoted!!

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-04-21

Hiroshi Kataoka works at a bank. He receives a promotion to manager of the Kamata branch. He is...

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Dangerous Detective

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-10-05

Abunai Deka, often shortened to AbuDeka, is Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television...

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One-Pound Gospel

as Takayama, Dragon Kanzaki's coach
First aired: 2008-01-12

Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match...

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Denshichi Torimonocho

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-07-15

Denshichi of Kuromon-cho hates crime and hates people. He is a stylish and kind Okakitori....

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Mori no Asagao

as Toshiyuki Tanizaki
First aired: 2010-10-18

New prison officer Naoki Oikawa is assigned to the death-row section. When he observes the death...

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Black Kite

as President Bito
First aired: 2013-01-13

Yasu's mother passed away when he was very young and his father abandoned him. Yasu's wife,...

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Kashi Mashi Meshi

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-04-10

A man killed himself. Due to his death, three of his former classmates from art school, reunite...

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Older Sister

as Shigeta Noda
First aired: 2005-04-20

Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is...

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Kawa no Hotori de

as BB
First aired: 2021-04-02

Toshi-chan and BB live in a hut with a blue sheet on the banks of the Tama River. Having lived...

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水曜ドラマスペシャル

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-17

“Monday Drama Special” (Getsuyou Drama Special) is a long-running drama that aired on TBS every...

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Octo: Emotional Investigator Shinno Akari

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-07-07

Shinno Akari is a detective with a special ability. She is able to see the eight human emotions...

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Pension Metsä

as Ogawa
First aired: 2021-01-15

Tenko runs a pension alone. The pension is located in a forest in Nagano, that is full of the...

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Partner In Darkness

as Fumiya Ajima
First aired: 2015-04-11

year after manga master Fumiya Ajima's death, 50 unpublished sketches are discovered. The...

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