Hiroaki Murakami
Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as Hiroshi Tsukuba in Skyrider. Hiroaki appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. He appeared the NHK jidaigeki On'yado Kawasemi in 1980–81, and in a new series Shin On'yado Kawasemi in 1997. He appeared in Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shigotonin V as the florist-turned-blacksmith named Masa, and as a repeating character in Series and popularity. Five Taiga drama roles are among his credits. They are in Haru no Hatō (1985), Kōsaka Masanobu in Takeda Shingen (1988), Fujiwara no Kiyohira in Homura Tatsu (1993), Akechi Mitsuhide in Hideyoshi (1996), and Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in Genroku Ryōran (1999). In the annual TV Tokyo New Year's spectacular, he portrayed Sasaki Kojirō in Miyamoto Musashi (1990), Kira no Nikichi in Jirōchō Sangokushi (1991), Yagyū Jūbei in Tokugawa Bugeichō Yagyū Sandai no Ken (1993), and Araki Mataemon in Tenka Sōran Tokugawa Sandai no Inbō (2006). Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in are Hatchōbori no Shichinin (2000-06), Zenigata Heiji (2004-05), Yagyū Jūbei Nanaban Shōbu (2005–07), and Shikaku Ukeoinin (2007). Additionally, he portrayed Oda Nobunaga in Taikōki Tenka o Neratta Otoko: Hideyoshi" (2006). He has appeared in more than fifteen films, including several in the Kamen Rider and " franchises. Further films to his credit include Gokudō no Onnatachi 2", Juliet Game" and Iron Maze" (In a Grove).
Usogui
as Hokoichi YakoMadarame Baku is a mysterious gambler. His nickname is Usogui (literally The Lie Eater). Club...
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Yakuza Ladies 2
as Ryoji KimotoYuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a...
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Iron Maze
as SugitaIn Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburgh: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who...
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Solanin
as PolicemanMeiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend...
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Love for Beginners
as Keita TsubakiHibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet,...
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Sure Death 4
as MasaHaving been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled...
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Jealousy Game
as Eiji HagaSet in the wilderness of Hokkaido, the story of a couple in their 30s and a couple in their 20s...
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All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
as Hisayuki AsahinaIn this adaptation of the popular eponymous mystery novel by Keisuke Matsuoka, Paris provides...
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No More Easy Life
as uncreditedMariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more...
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Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill
as Larry InoueAtaru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and...
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Gu Gu, the Cat
as uncreditedAsako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat,...
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Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (archival)A TV special, centered on introduction of Kamen Rider Black RX.
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Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King
as Hiroshi Tsukuba / SkyriderWhen a new threat from outer space called Galaxy King arrives on Earth seeking an equation for a...
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TANNKA
as MKaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and...
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Sure Death! 3
as Kajiya no MasaThird movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of...
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P. P. Rider
as KintaThree high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out...
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The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
as Yoshiharu HayaseTwo feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other...
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Break Out
as Koji NishimuraAn accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and...
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Gold Woman
as Yusuke KikutaA female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady...
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Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as Hanaya no MasaWhen the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The...
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Sure Death 5
as MasaFifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a...
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Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
as 沼田一郎Ichiro Numata (Hiroaki Murakami) is the chief editor of a publishing company. He suddenly falls...
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Shadow Hunters
as uncreditedIn the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate...
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Dark hunter
as Yataro TanigawaThief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering,...
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Shibuya Story
as Noboru AndoBiopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.
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Wonderland in the Negative
as uncreditedWhen I woke up, my house was a wonderland.
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Let's Gotokuji
as uncreditedThe Gotokuji family has a colossal amount of money. Yuri is a paid housekeeper and sent to this...
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Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
as uncreditedA vicious plot that would change the course of Japanese history is set in motion when assassins...
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Seventeen
as uncreditedMaiko is a 17 year old aspiring picture book writer who was abandoned by her widowed father at...
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The Juliet Game
as uncreditedRomantic comedy about a school teacher.
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GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
as uncreditedSpin-off short film to RoboGeisha, A woman infiltrates Kageno Steel Manufacturers to unravel...
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My Husband is a Cartoonist
as uncreditedThe 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura...
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Kamen Rider
as Hiroshi Tsukuba / SkyriderTakeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams...
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Miyako no kaze
as 吉野雄一郎The 37th NHK Asadora. A woman from Kyoto moves to Nara and runs a ryokan (a traditional Japanese...
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Hideyoshi
as Akechi MitsuhideA dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity,...
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Genroku Ryoran
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / YasuakiraThe 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most...
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ATARU
as Larry InoueAtaru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police...
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24 JAPAN
as Heisuke SatonakaJapanese adaptation of the American TV Series "24". Genba Shido is the director of Team A in the...
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FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan
as uncreditedYuki Rin’s parents passed away and she has been living with her older brother Koichiro. Koichiro...
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Double Fantasy
as ShizawaNatsu Takato is a 35-year-old popular screenwriter. She lives with her husband Shogo in the...
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Miyamoto Musashi
as Sasaki KojiroOn September 15, Keicho, a young man, Takezo, whose life was ruined by the war in Sekigahara...
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Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
as Hijikata ToshizoThe arrival of Matthew Perry's Black Ships rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of isolation...
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The Fire Still Burns
as uncreditedThis drama tells the story of the Oushu Fujiwara clan spanning generations, 140 years in the...
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The Fire Still Burns
as FUJIWARA no KiyohiraThis drama tells the story of the Oushu Fujiwara clan spanning generations, 140 years in the...
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Hachobori Seven
as uncreditedThis is the story of seven constables in the district of Hachobori in old Edo. Under the...
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Love is Phantom
as Hara Gontalove story begins when Hirasawa Momoko, the cafe clerk at a hotel, meets a stranger on the...
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Zenigata Heiji
as Zenigata HeijiHeiji is an undercover policeman in the city of Edo. He possesses a superior skill of throwing...
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Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei
as Yagyu JubeiA story of Yagyu Jubei, master swordsman from the well-known Yagyu-Shinkage school in the Edo...
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Hotel: Next Door
as Todo KatsuoSet in the present era of intensified hotel competition and depicts the decline and crisis of...
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Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword
as Yagyu Jubei SangenAfter the 'Incident at Honnoji' (assassination of Oda Nobunaga by Akechi Mitsuhide, a former...
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Igai to Single Girl
as uncreditedA single woman debating between work and marriage.
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