Masahiko Tsugawa

Born: 1940-01-02

Masahiko Tsugawa, born Masahiko Katō was a Japanese actor and director.


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Death Note

as Police Chief Saeki
Released: 2006-06-17

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a...

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The Boy and the Beast

as Lord (voice)
Released: 2015-07-11

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary...

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Death Note: The Last Name

as Police Chief Saeki
Released: 2006-10-28

In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and...

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The Rape

as Saburo Takagi
Released: 1982-05-15

Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the...

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Tampopo

as Supermarket Manager
Released: 1985-11-23

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit...

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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

as Chief Cabinet Secretary
Released: 2001-12-15

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises...

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Sansho the Bailiff

as Young Zushiō
Released: 1954-03-31

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was...

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Battle Royale II: Requiem

as The Prime Minister
Released: 2003-07-05

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an...

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Twinkle

as Todushi Koyama
Released: 1992-10-24

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at...

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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

as Air force commander
Released: 1999-03-06

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi...

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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

as Foreign Office Eugene
Released: 1992-05-16

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help...

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Crazed Fruit

as Takishima Haruji
Released: 1956-07-12

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of...

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0.5 mm

as Yoshio Makabe
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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A Taxing Woman

as Hanamura
Released: 1987-02-07

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

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A Taxing Woman's Return

as Hanamura
Released: 1988-01-15

Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure...

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Crest of Betrayal

as Kuranosuke Ôishi
Released: 1994-10-22

Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and...

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HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky

as Ryushin Kuze
Released: 2017-08-19

Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful...

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Woman in Witness Protection

as Shingyoji Temple Chief Clerk
Released: 1997-09-27

Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very...

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Kaidan

as Orui's father
Released: 2007-08-04

Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His...

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Koko ni otoko ari

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-09

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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment

as Shuzo Kobayashi
Released: 2015-04-11

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was...

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Night and Fog in Japan

as Ôta
Released: 1960-10-09

Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other...

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The Funeral

as Kimura
Released: 1984-11-17

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...

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Heaven and Earth

as Takeda Shingen
Released: 1990-11-24

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal...

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Marriage of the sky and the sea

as uncredited
Released: 1962-12-19

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki.

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The Last Promise

as Tomohiko Niimi
Released: 2010-01-09

"Saigo no Yakusoku" is described as a human suspense story involving the hijack of a major...

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The Executioner

as Mario Mizuhara
Released: 1974-08-10

Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuchi Kog, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi...

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Supermarket Woman

as Kobayashi Goro
Released: 1996-06-15

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has...

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Strawberry Night

as Sadanosuke Kunioku
Released: 2013-01-25

Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department....

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The Tattooed Hitman

as Kan'ichi Sekimoto
Released: 1974-04-27

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war,...

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Night Train

as Noboru
Released: 1987-01-17

A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.

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The Sun's Burial

as Shin, leader of gang
Released: 1960-08-09

In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution,...

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Aokigahara

as uncredited
Released: 2013-01-12

Set within the Aokigahara forest on Mount Fuji, a famous location for suicides. Follows the love...

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Untamed Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1957-05-28

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a...

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Bitter End of a Sweet Night

as Jiro Tezuka
Released: 1961-02-14

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to...

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Sing, Young People

as uncredited
Released: 1963-01-06

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of...

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Lady Maiko

as Regular customer
Released: 2014-09-13

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially...

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Chûshingura 1/47

as Kozukenosuke Kira
Released: 2001-12-28

During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai...

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Will to Live

as Village chief
Released: 1999-01-15

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the...

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Tomorrow's Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1959-03-13

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to...

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What the Snow Brings

as Ozeki
Released: 2005-10-28

Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu"...

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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 5

as uncredited
Released: 2017-11-23

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Suite Dreams

as Kenji Bando
Released: 2006-01-14

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional...

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Tales of a Golden Geisha

as Mondo Suzuki
Released: 1990-06-02

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the...

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Onmitsu Hicho

as uncredited
Released: 2011-07-23

Pilot for a TV series. In the pilot Hiroshi Tachi is a lower ranked samurai investigating the...

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Kakera: A Piece of Our Life

as Tadashi Tanaka
Released: 2009-10-07

The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is...

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The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

as Hachiro Hinode
Released: 2014-03-08

Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other...

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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

as uncredited
Released: 1966-01-13

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a...

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Postcard

as Riwemon, Matsuyama's Uncle
Released: 2010-10-27

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a...

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Ai to kanashimi to

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-29

1962 Japanese movie

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Cherry Blossoms

as Kyohei Yusa
Released: 1989-05-13

A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...

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Tatara Samurai

as Yohei
Released: 2017-05-20

In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his...

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Temptation of Angel

as uncredited
Released: 1979-12-22

A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love....

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Body and Soul

as uncredited
Released: 1997-10-18

Yoshihiko now lives with a couple of old friends, a married couple, Ryosuke and Aya. They share...

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Goryokaku

as Katsu Kaishu
Released: 1988-12-30

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former...

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The Izu Dancer

as Mizuhara
Released: 1960-05-13

Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in...

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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4

as uncredited
Released: 2017-03-30

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Doterai Man

as uncredited
Released: 1975-02-01

Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon...

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Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

as Self
Released: 2007-01-01

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

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Unification Of Japan 22

as uncredited
Released: 2017-05-05

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Bonds

as Deputy Superintendent Kohashi
Released: 1998-06-06

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

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300 Million Yen Robbery

as Shigemitsu Toda
Released: 2014-01-18

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Unification Of Japan 18

as uncredited
Released: 2016-09-02

Akimoto's incarceration and the retirement of the Marugami Alliance chairman re-ignite tensions...

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Woman Boss

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-15

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This Day's Life

as uncredited
Released: 1957-06-26

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A Last Note

as Saburo Morimoto
Released: 1995-06-03

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has...

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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure

as uncredited
Released: 1992-09-29

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In Blazing Love

as uncredited
Released: 1994-10-01

An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly...

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Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-06

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The Political Game

as uncredited
Released: 1989-05-03

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and...

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Minamoto Yoshitsune

as uncredited
Released: 1990-12-31

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo...

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The Body

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-08

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job...

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Worst by Chance

as Man Who Sells Accessories
Released: 2003-09-13

Hidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He...

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Good-for-Nothing

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-05

Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz,...

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Elevator to the Gallows

as uncredited
Released: 2010-10-09

A phone conversation occurs between a man and a woman. They both state their love for each other...

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Cast Me If You Can

as Kenta Matsuzaki
Released: 2010-10-23

An actor, who always plays supporting roles and lives in the shadow of his famous playwright...

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Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royal!

as Hotsuma Raidō
Released: 2014-03-15

Tomoya leisurely sketches the Ultra Monsters in his sketchbook but an unknown forces suddenly...

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The Domain

as uncredited
Released: 1964-08-13

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of...

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Stop the Old Fox

as Tokugawa Ienari
Released: 2016-04-08

After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an...

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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

as uncredited
Released: 1967-07-08

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction...

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Lifetime Insecurity

as Teruo Yokoyama
Released: 1994-10-29

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a...

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Giwaku

as Harayama Masao
Released: 2019-02-03

Sahara Takako is a lawyer who specialises in civil cases. She hates to lose and will use...

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Aruhi watashi wa

as uncredited
Released: 1967-10-23

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of...

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With Wife, Children, and Friends

as Ryushiro Henmi
Released: 1961-11-01

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the...

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Unification Of Japan 23

as uncredited
Released: 2017-07-07

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Flakes of Snow

as uncredited
Released: 1985-09-14

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Hanzo, the Razor

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-01

During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the...

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San'nin musume kanpai!

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-18

1962 Japanese movie

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The Man in White

as uncredited
Released: 2003-03-29

After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to...

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A Long Walk

as uncredited
Released: 2006-04-01

A lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old...

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Farewell to Spring

as Yasuo Makita
Released: 1959-04-28

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not...

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Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

as Shigematsu Gozo
Released: 2004-09-20

***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase...

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Black Widow Business

as Kozo Nakase
Released: 2016-08-27

Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi...

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Time and Tide

as Sanrise no Master
Released: 1983-03-18

An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

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Fish on Land

as uncredited
Released: 2012-02-18

A college senior (Mirai Moriyama) takes a bicycle trip for his last summer vacation. On his trip...

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Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1

as uncredited
Released: 1971-07-04

This is the first volume of a ghost story TV series presented by Nobuo Nakagawa, Saburo Endo and...

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Freezing Point

as Sota Kitahara (60 years old)
Released: 2006-11-25

The young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is...

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Yoko the Cherry Blossom

as Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Released: 2015-11-21

In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training...

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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

as Hiraomi Danbara
Released: 2018-03-25

A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is...

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Turning Point

as Toyosaki
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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Desire

as uncredited
Released: 2005-11-19

Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko...

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Jikan no Shûzoku

as Jutaro Torigai
Released: 2014-04-10

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A Portrait of Shunkin

as Minoya(美濃屋利太郎)
Released: 1976-12-25

Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is...

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The Tragedy of W

as Yohei Watsuji
Released: 2010-01-11

The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area...

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The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion

as uncredited
Released: 2003-04-21

A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.

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Until the Day Comes

as uncredited
Released: 2014-11-22

Drama depicting the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011 from the...

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Sensei

as Makihiko Tsuda
Released: 1989-04-08

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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2

as uncredited
Released: 2017-02-25

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The Negotiator: The Movie

as Keiichiro Mido
Released: 2010-02-11

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall...

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Drunkard's Paradise

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-04

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving...

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Tokyo Omnibus

as uncredited
Released: 1959-10-30

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow...

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Dancing Sisters

as uncredited
Released: 1957-01-03

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a...

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High and Low

as 捜査本部長
Released: 2007-09-08

At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped...

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Blood of Revenge

as Haruo Emoto
Released: 1965-09-18

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean...

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Pride

as Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
Released: 1998-05-23

Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime...

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Merdeka 17805

as Imamura
Released: 2001-05-12

True story of a number of Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers who remained in Indonesia...

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Pretty Woman

as City Hall Director
Released: 2003-05-09

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company....

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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô

as uncredited
Released: 1971-07-11

Second film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

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Tora-san Loves an Artist

as uncredited
Released: 1973-12-25

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he...

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The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"

as Self
Released: 1990-01-01

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "A-Ge-Man" a.k.a. "Tales of...

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The Last Dance

as Dr. Koichiro Ogata
Released: 1993-05-29

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on...

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The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

as Self
Released: 1988-05-20

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a....

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Gokudō tenka fubu

as uncredited
Released: 2017-01-27

A yakuza society that has turned into a world of warring states, a story of inferiority unfolded...

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Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki

as Yagyu Yoshitaka
Released: 1995-10-07

In the 14th year of the Genroku period, Asano, the head carpenter of Edo Castle, attacked Kira,...

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White-Collar Worker Kintaro

as Yamato
Released: 1999-11-13

Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight....

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Volunteering for Villainy

as Tatsuo
Released: 1960-09-20

Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.

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The Freezing Point

as Kitahara
Released: 1966-03-26

Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was...

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Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

as Kenmotsu Sasahara
Released: 2013-02-09

In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the...

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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

as uncredited
Released: 1963-11-10

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

as uncredited
Released: 1963-10-19

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a...

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The Geisha House

as Yoshikawa
Released: 1999-01-15

Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story...

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Haunted School 3

as School Master
Released: 1997-07-19

Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school...

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Manon

as Takizawa
Released: 1981-09-26

A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are...

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Unification Of Japan 19

as uncredited
Released: 2016-11-04

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The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

as uncredited
Released: 2003-09-03

Tsutomu Minagawa is set to retire; the organized business life, a perfectly normal family living...

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The Strange Tale of Oyuki

as Kafu Nagai
Released: 1992-06-06

A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of...

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Small Rats of the Edo Town

as Jirokichi
Released: 1957-10-15

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in...

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Towering Waves

as Takao Onogi
Released: 1960-10-30

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

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Giwaku

as Masao Harayama
Released: 2009-01-24

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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

as uncredited
Released: 1964-02-08

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

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Midnight March

as Haruo Kurokawa
Released: 2007-10-27

Yokoyama Kenji, the president of an event company that organizes matchmaking parties, meets Mita...

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Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi

as Myogi Danemon
Released: 2010-06-18

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed...

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必殺仕事人2013

as Sawaki Tanba
Released: 2013-02-17

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A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

as Tomomi Iwakura
Released: 1991-07-06

In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged...

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The Girl in Glass

as uncredited
Released: 1988-12-10

A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.

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Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower

as Asakura Tsuneo
Released: 2006-12-27

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Samurai Desperadoes

as uncredited
Released: 1960-12-27

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The Domain: Flower and Dragon

as Norojin
Released: 1969-05-31

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Debt of Honor

as uncredited
Released: 1966-12-24

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

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The Green City

as Sakamoto
Released: 1998-01-31

Hot-selling artist Sosuke Natsume suddenly declares filmmaking on the final day of his concert....

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Sometime, Somewhere

as Kitazawa
Released: 1992-02-01

The story follows Mamoru Masaki, a resort developer, and Koai, a career woman at a rival...

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Hikkoshi yatsure

as uncredited
Released: 1961-06-09

Manao Horiuchi movie

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Kachô Shima Kôsaku

as uncredited
Released: 1992-10-03

Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane

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反乱のボヤージュ

as uncredited
Released: 2001-10-06

Set in a (fictional) student dormitory at Tokyo Metropolitan University, which is in danger of...

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Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections

as uncredited
Released: 2016-08-26

This omnibus film brings together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common...

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Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best

as uncredited
Released: 1969-12-27

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Looking for

as uncredited
Released: 1998-03-14

Natsuko's mother is hospitalized and only has six months to live. Her last wish is to see her...

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Kono ni uruwashi

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-18

1962 Japanese movie

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AIBOU: The Movie

as Yonezo Setouchi
Released: 2008-05-01

A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan...

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Oyari Haishaku

as Kujiya Shoemon
Released: 2013-01-01

Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One...

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The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

as uncredited
Released: 2007-05-05

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly...

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Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1969-08-09

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

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Unification Of Japan 20

as uncredited
Released: 2017-01-06

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A Roaring Trade

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-03

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Bloodiest Flower

as uncredited
Released: 1971-04-03

A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine...

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Unification Of Japan 21

as uncredited
Released: 2017-03-03

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Rakugo musume

as Hirasa
Released: 2008-08-23

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

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Princess in an Iron Helmet

as uncredited
Released: 2006-02-04

Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother,...

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Investigation of a Typical Love

as Kurosaki
Released: 1992-03-21

The screenplay is Haruhiko Arai of "Tragedy of W" and "Revolver". The man is a detective who...

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Remembrance

as Mr. Yamaoki
Released: 1988-01-23

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher...

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Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow

as uncredited
Released: 1996-04-20

In the continuing adventures of Nemuri Kyoshiro, noted film actor Tamura Masakazu stars again as...

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The Woman Gambler's Trump Card

as uncredited
Released: 1969-11-15

15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

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Nemuri Kyōshirō: The Final

as uncredited
Released: 2018-02-17

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Second Chance

as uncredited
Released: 1973-09-15

A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not.

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Nile

as uncredited
Released: 1999-11-13

A Japanese journalist in Afghanistan, whose wife dies in an explosion, tries to overcome his...

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Get Married, Mother

as sensei Shimose
Released: 1962-09-01

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Reason For Not Divorcing

as Shuhei Tomizu
Released: 1987-11-14

Yoshiko Mita and Masahiko Tsugawa enthusiastically perform a couple who know each other’s...

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Maiko and the Assassin

as Kuki Shinjiro
Released: 1963-08-28

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman...

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A Baby Given by a Fox

as uncredited
Released: 1945-11-08

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a...

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Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle

as uncredited
Released: 1993-09-30

Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in...

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The Making of "A Taxing Woman"

as Self
Released: 1987-08-01

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A...

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Escape from Hell

as Senta
Released: 1963-01-27

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a...

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Black Rose

as Eiichiro Sena
Released: 2017-03-19

While investigating a murder case, Kamiki Kyoko finds out the truth behind the death of her...

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The Assistant Doctor

as uncredited
Released: 2010-12-09

Story of the last assistant doctor in Okinawa.

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Donto ikōze

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-08

Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

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Storm Party

as uncredited
Released: 1964-10-21

Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop.

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Sure Death 6

as uncredited
Released: 1996-05-25

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter...

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Forbidden Lips

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-03

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a...

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Showa Saikyo Koko Den Kokushi Sanjo!!

as uncredited
Released: 2016-08-06

A brash kid must enroll into a high school known for its violent student body after the police...

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Making of Daibyonin

as Self
Released: 1993-01-01

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The...

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Eien no 1/2

as uncredited
Released: 1987-11-21

An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle...

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Incidental Murders

as Takashi Kosaka
Released: 1961-01-22

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the...

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Nunnery Confidential

as uncredited
Released: 1968-02-22

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

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Cuban Lover

as Akira
Released: 1969-03-01

Japanese fishery instructor Akira is attracted to beautiful Cuban young girl Martia. Though...

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Summer Storm

as Akira Asai
Released: 1956-10-01

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

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Born Fighter

as Teizo Okabe
Released: 1970-02-21

Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.

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Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company

as uncredited
Released: 2006-02-11

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Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-03

Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he...

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Shibuya Story

as uncredited
Released: 2005-03-05

Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.

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Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

as uncredited
Released: 2004-11-01

Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu...

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Take the 'A' Train, Someday

as Umeda Shigeichiro
Released: 2003-12-20

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Gokudō Tenka Fubu Act Three

as uncredited
Released: 2017-10-06

This is the third masterpiece by the all star cast. In this one, the Orikikumumi, who aimed to...

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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Yonezo Setouchi
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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Miotsukushi

as Kyubei Bando
First aired: 1985-04-01

In the early Showa era, the town of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture was divided by the conflicts...

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Furuhata Ninzaburo

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-04-13

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from...

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Ichibanboshi

as 中山晋平
First aired: 1977-04-04

The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. Michiko Godai...

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Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari

as 父・桂木宗俊
First aired: 1981-10-05

Katsuragi Motoko started as an NHK announcer, became a reportage writer after the war, and then...

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Ohanahan

as 長男・謙一郎
First aired: 1966-04-04

The 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a...

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Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations

as Tokugawa Ieyasu
First aired: 2000-01-09

The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of...

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Uzushio

as 大杉光平
First aired: 1964-04-06

The 4th NHK Asadora. Starring Michiko Hayashi as a woman born in poverty who lives a brave life....

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Masamune Shogun

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-01-04

Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the...

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Katsu Kaishu

as Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu
First aired: 1974-01-06

Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū "

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Ōgon no Hibi

as Tsuda Sōgyū
First aired: 1978-01-08

Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly...

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Salaryman Kintaro

as Ryunosuke Yamato
First aired: 1999-01-10

Kintaro Yajima comes to Tokyo and is hired by Yamato Construction Company when he saves the life...

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水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵

as 沢庵宗彭
First aired: 1984-04-04

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Ooka Echizen

as Ooka Tadataka
First aired: 2013-03-30

The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka...

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Divorce Lawyer

as Kisaburo Inoue
First aired: 2004-04-15

Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own...

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Divorce Lawyer

as Kisaburou Inoue
First aired: 2004-04-15

Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own...

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Strawberry Night

as Sadanosuke Kunioku
First aired: 2012-01-10

Reiko Himekawa is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come...

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Divorce Lawyer

as Inoue Kisaburo
First aired: 2004-04-15

Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own...

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Shinjuku Shark

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-04-09

Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely...

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Mei's Butler

as Kintaro Hongo
First aired: 2009-01-13

The story revolves around a young woman named Mei, who was rescued as a young girl by someone...

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Ultraman Ginga

as Hotsuma Raido
First aired: 2013-07-10

All of the Ultraman and monsters have been turned into figures known as Spark Dolls and become...

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The Album on the Shore

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-06-24

The drama depicts the crisis of a couple in the midst of a malaise, the anguish of their...

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Akagi

as Iwao Washizu(鷲巣 巌)
First aired: 2015-07-18

Akagi Shigeru is a young, white-haired mahjong genius. One summer in 1965, he ends up facing off...

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Bartender

as Kurushima Taizo
First aired: 2011-02-04

Upon return from Paris, Sasakura Ryu spends some time wandering amiss, but after some time he...

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Bewitched In Tokyo

as Arisa's father
First aired: 2004-01-16

Arisa is fascinated by humans. So much so that she leaves the magic world. But the broom she...

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I Love Dad Best in the World

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-07-08

The protagonist is a 41-year-old divorced lawyer. 13 years ago, his wife's infidelity led him to...

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Yasuragi no Sato A Peaceful Place

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-04-01

The drama is set in an retirement home named "Yasuragi no Sato La Strada" where only those who...

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Hikarugake

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-04-08

The drama depicts the fateful meeting and falling in love between a man living in the glamorous...

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Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword

as Ieyasu Tokugawa
First aired: 1993-01-02

After the 'Incident at Honnoji' (assassination of Oda Nobunaga by Akechi Mitsuhide, a former...

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War of Money

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-01-06

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

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And Then There Were None

as Senmei Monden
First aired: 2017-03-25

10 men and women are called to Natural Island Hotel on the isolated island Heitaijima off...

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Hadaka no Taishō

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-09-01

A new dramatization of "Hadaka no Taishō (The Naked General)" series about the wandering painter...

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Akagi: Ryūzaki–Yagi hen / Ichikawa hen

as Iwao Washizu(鷲巣 巌)
First aired: 2017-10-13

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Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-12-28

Based on the novel by Jirō Asada, the TV movie depicts the lives of the Shinsengumi warriors...

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The Farthest Galaxy

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-02-02

Detective Seiichiro Watari is nearing retirement, but is still bothered by an unsolved case from...

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Ginnikan

as Wasuke
First aired: 2014-10-04

Set in Tenma, Osaka. Matsukichi (Kento Hayashi) is the son of a samurai. His father is killed...

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Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen

as Iwao Washizu(鷲巣 巌)
First aired: 2018-05-25

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Liquid: Ogre of Sake the Miraculous Warehouse

as Washio Yuusaku
First aired: 2015-04-12

A sake brewery of long standing in Kanazawa is deep in the red. The owner’s only son Sagara...

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Nukata no Ōkimi

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-03-14

A historical romance about the life of Princess Nukata, a Manyo poetess who was loved by two...

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Ooku

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-04-06

The Ooku of Edo Castle was a mysterious existence that could not be seen from the outside for...

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Battleship Musashi

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-09-03

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Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna

as Self
First aired: 2012-02-24

2012 NHK drama based on the Juzo Itami film "A Taxing Woman" (Marusa no Onna).

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必殺橋掛人

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-08-02

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Yama no Kanata ni

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-01-17

Yojiro Ishizaka's original work was made into a drama co-starring Masahiko Tsugawa and Chieko...

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Sayonara Sankaku Mata Kite Shikaku

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-04-06

The interactions of two families that have lived next door to each other for generations.

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