Kotaro Shiga

Born: 1948-08-31

Kotaro Shiga (志賀 廣太郎, Shiga Kōtarō, August 31, 1948 – April 20, 2020) was a Japanese actor and theater educator who was active since the 1990s until around 2020. Kotaro was born in Hyogo, Japan. He was a part-time lecturer at Toho Gakuen College of Art, majoring in theater. He was a member of Japanese theater company Seinen-dan (青年団). He was affiliated with l'être.


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I Give My First Love to You

as English teacher
Released: 2009-10-24

Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting...

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Gintama

as uncredited
Released: 2017-07-14

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work...

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The Taste of Tea

as Teacher Gashi
Released: 2004-07-17

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary...

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Kiki's Delivery Service

as Zoo Director
Released: 2014-03-01

A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She...

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Survive Style 5+

as Taxi Driver
Released: 2004-09-25

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined,...

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After Life

as Kenji Yamamoto
Released: 1998-09-11

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services...

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Hirugao

as Professor Sakagami
Released: 2017-06-10

Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where...

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Funky Forest: The First Contact

as Minami
Released: 2005-10-25

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around...

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Haruta & Chika

as Toshio Iwai
Released: 2017-03-04

Haruta is handsome and smart, Chika is bright and naive. When they were children, they were...

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Au revoir l'été

as City Councilor
Released: 2013-10-19

After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer...

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Go Find a Psychic!

as Mr. Saotome
Released: 2009-10-20

Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party,...

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Kamen Teacher: The Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2014-02-22

Set in the near future of Japan with the educational system nearing collapse. To rehabilitate...

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Sing My Life

as Jirou Nakata
Released: 2016-04-01

Katsu (Mitsuko Baisho) is a 73-years-old woman. She often makes trouble with her biting remarks....

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Yellow Tears

as Hayashida
Released: 2007-04-14

The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up...

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Judge!

as Karaoke Manager
Released: 2014-01-11

After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his...

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Summer Blooms

as Yukio Kazama
Released: 2018-05-12

27-year-old Hatsumi Takimoto is a former teacher and now waitress. She holds a secret. Three...

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Unfair: Code Breaking

as uncredited
Released: 2006-10-03

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The Curtain Rises

as uncredited
Released: 2015-02-28

Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school....

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Sawako Decides

as Tadao
Released: 2010-05-01

After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her...

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Flower of Shanidar

as uncredited
Released: 2013-07-20

A strange phenomenon takes place. A beautiful flower blooms on a selected woman's body and that...

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Theatre 1

as Himself
Released: 2012-11-21

Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts...

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Wandering Home

as Ito
Released: 2010-12-04

War photjournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children....

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Rose Color's Buko

as President of Takahimaya
Released: 2014-05-30

Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about...

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Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy

as Shigeo Shiba
Released: 2009-01-01

Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and...

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Kohaku

as uncredited
Released: 2017-09-15

Yoneda Katsumi (Nishida Toshiyuki) is a police sergeant who exudes little presence.One day,...

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Odayaka

as Shinji
Released: 2012-12-22

Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku...

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When You Love And When You Are Loved

as uncredited
Released: 2010-10-09

An entry in a series focused on "love" and "erotica," in which six creators from multiple fields...

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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

as uncredited
Released: 2014-01-19

In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective...

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Smap Short Films

as uncredited
Released: 2001-04-09

Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME...

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Human Comedy in Tokyo

as uncredited
Released: 2023-10-18

'Human Comedy in Tokyo', describes ordinary everyday lives without any significant incidents....

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Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

as uncredited
Released: 2008-07-25

In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with...

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Love Come

as uncredited
Released: 2011-02-11

a japanese love comedy

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Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo

as uncredited
Released: 2010-11-06

With the recession still occurring in Japan and the area of Osaka thought to be hit hardest by...

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Okaimono

as uncredited
Released: 2009-02-14

In a quiet farming village in northeastern Japan, there lives an elderly couple. One day, a...

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Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special

as uncredited
Released: 2013-10-12

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極限推理コロシアム

as uncredited
Released: 2004-05-03

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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

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Solitary Gourmet

as 店員1
First aired: 2012-01-04

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for...

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Time Limit Investigator

as Tanaka-shacho
First aired: 2006-01-13

Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have...

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The Brave 'Yoshihiko'

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-07-08

The story is set in an ancient time, when the whole country was covered in thick forests. A...

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What Did You Eat Yesterday?

as Goro Kakei
First aired: 2019-04-06

Kakei Shiro is a lawyer who works at a small law firm. He is a good cook and a meticulous and...

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OLカナのおじさん観察日記。

as 矢尾 初
First aired: 2013-11-04

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Innocence, Fight Against False Charges

as Kazuto Yufuin
First aired: 2019-01-19

This work is a human drama that attorney, Taku Kurokawa challenges reversal play with weapons,...

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You are my only Madonna

as Prof. Shingo Tatebayashi
First aired: 2003-07-07

Boku dake no Madonna, sometimes shortened to BokuMado, is a drama series that aired in Japan on...

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dinner

as Hamaoka Kotaro
First aired: 2013-01-13

This drama follows the staff of an Italian restaurant and their everyday...

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Rikuoh

as Genzo Tomishima
First aired: 2017-10-15

Koichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese...

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Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-08-18

The adventures of the Yorozuya gang and their friends.

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Unfair

as Yasumoto Masahiro
First aired: 2006-01-10

A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal...

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Antarctica

as Kennosuke Tani
First aired: 2011-10-16

Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied...

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Reverse

as Tadashi Hirosawa
First aired: 2017-04-14

Kazuhisa Fukase graduated from a prestigious university, but he leads a boring life. His only...

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Evil People

as Judge
First aired: 2007-01-19

Toyomi Terajima (Ryoko Yonekura) chose to become a nurse because she had no interest in marriage...

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Power of Love

as Kusunoki Tateaki
First aired: 2002-01-10

Toko (Fukatsu Eri), decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any...

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幼獣マメシバ

as Shigeo Shiba
First aired: 2009-01-14

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Tokyo Dogs

as Mitsuo Suzuki
First aired: 2009-10-19

Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen...

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Steel Frame

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-07-03

Sharply revealing the issue of Japanese construction industry where bid-rigging was a common...

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War of Money

as 赤松大介
First aired: 2015-01-06

Tomio Shiraishi graduated from a prestigious university and now works for foreign securities...

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Hana's Lazy Meals

as Hana's Father
First aired: 2012-10-23

The story is about the daily life of a 30-year-old new wife, Hana, who cooks “Zubora Meshi”,...

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ハゲタカ

as Gotaro Naganobu
First aired: 2007-02-17

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Kamen Teacher

as Kentaro Sugahara
First aired: 2013-07-06

Gota Araki begins work at a new high school. He is assigned to the school's notorious 2nd Year,...

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The God of Risk

as Eiichi Takarabe
First aired: 2015-07-08

Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese...

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Clone Baby

as Hazuki Shoichirou
First aired: 2010-08-10

Revolving around human cloning, the story is described as a suspense and mystery story set in a...

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NHKスペシャル 沸騰都市

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2008-05-18

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