Toshiyuki Nishida

Born: 1947-11-04

Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行, Nishida Toshiyuki, born November 4, 1947, died October 17, 2024) was a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey.


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A Letter to Momo

as Iwa (voice)
Released: 2012-04-21

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in...

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Emperor

as General Kajima
Released: 2012-09-14

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor...

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Space Battleship Yamato

as Hikozaemon Tokugawa
Released: 2010-12-01

In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged...

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Beyond Outrage

as Nishino
Released: 2012-09-03

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza...

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Edo Porn

as Kyokutei Baken
Released: 1981-09-12

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income,...

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The Ramen Girl

as Maezumi
Released: 2008-02-08

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for...

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Outrage Coda

as Nishino
Released: 2017-10-07

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza...

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The Magic Hour

as Teshio
Released: 2008-06-07

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good...

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Sukiyaki Western Django

as uncredited
Released: 2007-09-15

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both...

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A Ghost of a Chance

as Rokubei Sarashina
Released: 2011-10-29

Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering...

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The Man Who Stole the Sun

as Loan Collector
Released: 1979-10-06

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is...

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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

as Yuuji Namiya
Released: 2017-09-23

In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store....

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Castle Under Fiery Skies

as uncredited
Released: 2009-09-12

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori,...

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Suite Dreams

as Zenbu Tokugawa
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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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

as Prime Minister Kan Nishiotachime
Released: 2022-02-04

A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief,...

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Star Watching Dog

as Dad
Released: 2011-06-10

An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified...

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The Kiyosu Conference

as Rokubei Sarashina
Released: 2013-11-09

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie...

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Doctor X: The Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2024-12-06

The star-studded casts of the drama series come together for the highly anticipated movie...

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Devil's Flute

as Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: 1979-01-20

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An...

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Love & Peace

as Mysterious Old Man
Released: 2015-06-26

A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical...

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A Morning of Farewell

as Toru Sengawa
Released: 2021-05-21

Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she...

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Voices in the Wind

as Imada
Released: 2020-01-24

Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In...

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A Tale of Samurai Cooking

as Dennai Funaki
Released: 2013-12-14

In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu...

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Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

as Yoshinaka Kira
Released: 2010-12-25

In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of...

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Happily Ever After

as Ieyasu Morita
Released: 2007-10-27

Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi wrings laughs out of an unlikely topic -- domestic violence -- in...

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Station to Heaven

as Tagawa
Released: 1984-06-09

From a true incident that happened in 1960s Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but...

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Free and Easy 20: Final

as uncredited
Released: 2009-12-26

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Ballad of Orin

as Suketaro
Released: 1977-11-19

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world...

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Phone Call to the Bar

as Toshio Kirishima
Released: 2011-09-10

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol...

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The Rainbow Seeker 2

as uncredited
Released: 1997-12-27

Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan....

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Hayabusa

as Yasuhiro Matoba
Released: 2011-10-01

May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft...

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The Last Town We Saw

as [Farmer]
Released: 2024-09-21

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Half a Confession

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-10

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into...

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A Class to Remember II

as uncredited
Released: 1996-11-19

The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

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The Silk Road

as Zhu Wangli
Released: 1988-06-25

In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of...

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A Farewell to Jinu

as Nakanussan
Released: 2015-04-04

Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides...

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The Dream of Russia

as Atsuzou - navigator
Released: 1992-06-25

Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean...

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4.50 from Paddington

as Shinsuke Tomizawa
Released: 2018-03-24

Toko Amano worked as a detective, but to take care of her sick husband she quit her job. After...

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Fly with the Gold

as Zii-chan
Released: 2012-11-03

Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former...

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There Goes Our Hero

as Kōichi Tabuchi
Released: 1979-11-03

The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the...

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There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game

as Kōichi Tabuchi
Released: 1980-12-13

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Free and Easy Special

as uncredited
Released: 1994-07-16

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking...

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Free and Easy 4

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 1991-12-23

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's...

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Free and Easy 18

as uncredited
Released: 2007-09-08

Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up...

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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

as Kagaya
Released: 2002-06-16

A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an...

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Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

as Toshiaki Hamasaki
Released: 2001-08-18

Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to...

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Galaxy Turnpike

as Doctor Domoto
Released: 2015-10-24

Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which...

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Free and Easy

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 1988-12-24

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main...

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Murder on the Orient Express

as Buichi Miki
Released: 2015-01-11

The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

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A Class to Remember

as Mr. Kuroi
Released: 1993-11-06

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood...

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Free and Easy 10

as Toshiaki Hamasaki
Released: 1998-08-08

Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar...

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Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso

as Dr. Shibata
Released: 2002-08-27

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Free and Easy 6

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 1993-12-25

Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on...

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Miracle in Four Days

as uncredited
Released: 2005-06-04

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting...

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A Living Promise

as Kentaro Nishimura
Released: 2016-01-09

Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on...

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Location

as uncredited
Released: 1984-09-22

The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized...

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必殺仕事人2019

as uncredited
Released: 2019-03-10

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広島 昭和20年8月6日

as uncredited
Released: 2005-08-29

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A Flawless Concierge

as uncredited
Released: 2011-11-05

A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests.

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Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 1998-12-23

A traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and...

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Free and Easy 2

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 1989-12-27

Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful...

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Dead Angle

as uncredited
Released: 1979-07-04

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the...

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Get Up!

as Daisuke
Released: 2003-10-05

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter...

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Flowers in the Shadow

as Moses
Released: 2008-01-26

Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a...

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Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

as Kanji Takizawa
Released: 2009-02-07

Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new...

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Midwinter Camellia

as uncredited
Released: 1992-05-30

Yasuo Furuhata directs this romantic yakuza flick based on a book by popular romance novelist...

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Oda Nobunaga

as 斋藤道三
Released: 1998-03-25

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Free and Easy 15

as uncredited
Released: 2004-08-21

Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company...

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Tsubakiyama's Send Back

as Kazuaki Tsubakiyama
Released: 2006-11-18

When middle-aged salary man Tsubakiyama suddenly dies, he leaves his family high and dry. But...

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Free and Easy 14

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 2003-09-20

Hama-chan's supervisor is promoted after many frustrating years with his wayward,...

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Free and Easy 11

as Dennosuke Hamasaki
Released: 2000-02-05

Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but...

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Free and Easy 7

as uncredited
Released: 1994-12-23

Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days...

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Heavenly Sin

as uncredited
Released: 1992-10-03

Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who...

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There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race

as Kōichi Tabuchi
Released: 1980-05-03

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Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta

as uncredited
Released: 1984-09-29

High school movie

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Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special

as uncredited
Released: 2016-07-03

Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he...

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Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu

as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Released: 2014-01-02

Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara. Jirosaburo Serada, who travels all over...

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Maestro!

as Tetsusaburo Tendou
Released: 2015-01-31

Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the...

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The Rainbow Seeker

as uncredited
Released: 1996-12-28

A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in...

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Free and Easy 3

as Densuke Hamasaki
Released: 1990-12-22

Su-San invites Hama-chan to go fishing at a place close to his heart after learning about...

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Kohaku

as Yoneda Katsumi
Released: 2017-09-15

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

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Kohaku no yume

as uncredited
Released: 2018-10-05

a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii

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Tokyo Zance

as uncredited
Released: 2001-07-27

Six well-known Japanese directors from various genres and one of the hottest actresses from Hong...

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Karate Cop

as Scam Artist
Released: 1982-04-17

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse...

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The Last Swordsman

as Nagakura Shinpachi
Released: 1974-11-02

Personal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era...

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Free and Easy 5

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 1992-12-26

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and...

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AIBOU: The Movie

as Yoshinobu Kisahara
Released: 2008-05-01

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

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Reunion

as uncredited
Released: 2013-02-23

The Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in...

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Free and Easy 17

as uncredited
Released: 2006-08-05

Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting...

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The Housekeeper Saw!

as Iwakura Jusaburo
Released: 2015-12-05

Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around...

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The Far Road

as uncredited
Released: 1977-09-11

Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive...

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Free and Easy 16

as Densuke
Released: 2005-08-27

Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to...

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Out Burn

as Shogo Senba
Released: 2014-08-09

Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized...

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Free and Easy 19

as uncredited
Released: 2008-10-25

Hama-chan joins a company excursion to Oita with the rest of his department including his new...

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Free and Easy 8

as uncredited
Released: 1996-08-10

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in...

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The Tattered Banner

as uncredited
Released: 1974-05-01

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

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What the War Meant

as Soho Tokutomi
Released: 2008-12-24

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan...

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Oka wo koete

as uncredited
Released: 2008-05-17

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Free and Easy 9

as Densuke Hamazaki
Released: 1997-09-06

Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very...

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How to speak Japanese

as Yamada
Released: 1993-11-03

Yamada ga machi ni yatte kita (aka How to Speak Japanese)

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Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

as Shigekatsu Hiruma
First aired: 2012-10-18

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor...

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Hitomi

as Ippongi Katsutaro
First aired: 2008-03-31

The 78th NHK Asadora is Hitomi. The series takes place in the old shitamachi area of Tokyo, and...

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Kita no kazoku

as 島田源太郎
First aired: 1973-04-02

The 13th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Takahashi in a story about a brother and sister coming of...

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Yae's Sakura

as Tanomo Saigo
First aired: 2013-01-06

Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story...

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Love and Glory

as Ieyasu Tokugawa
First aired: 2006-01-08

Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of...

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Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

as Guest
First aired: 2003-07-27

After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of...

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Monkey

as Pigsy
First aired: 1978-10-01

Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to...

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Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations

as Tokugawa Hidetada
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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Takeda Shingen

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-01-10

There was a very turbulent time in the warring period in the history, and Takeda Shingen is...

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Eighth Shogun Yoshimune

as Tokugawa Yoshimune
First aired: 1995-01-08

The drama is depicting the life and times in 17th and 18th century Japan during the rule of the...

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As If In Flight

as Saigo Takamori
First aired: 1990-01-07

Historical drama about the life of Saigō Takamori and his involvement with the Meiji Restoration.

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The Great White Tower

as 财前又一
First aired: 2003-10-09

A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power...

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Musashi

as Hanbei
First aired: 2003-01-05

Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the...

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Fixer

as Goichi Hongo
First aired: 2023-04-24

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Onna Taikoki

as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
First aired: 1981-01-11

Focusing on the life of Nene, the good wife who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the world of the...

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Special Crime Investigation Front

as Detective Takasugi
First aired: 1977-04-06

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Back of Father

as Koizumi Kinjirou
First aired: 2014-07-13

A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and...

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Burning Mountain River

as Tadashi Amo
First aired: 1984-01-08

The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by...

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Nobunaga Concerto

as Dosan Saito
First aired: 2014-10-13

Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day,...

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Tiger and Dragon

as Shoukichi Yanaka
First aired: 2005-04-15

A young yakuza thug apprentices with an indebted comic "rakugo" performer, whose...

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Miss Devil

as Kanji Kitamura
First aired: 2018-04-14

Human resources consultant Tsubaki Mako has been dubbed the "devil of human resources" for her...

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I'm Home

as Yukio Kozukue
First aired: 2015-04-16

Ieji Hisashi, a salaryman who works for a securities company, has a fuzzy memory of the recent...

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Detective Lovesick

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-07-09

He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had...

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Going My Home

as Osamu Torii
First aired: 2012-10-09

Ryota, a timid salaryman who has difficulties fitting in at home and work has his average life...

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Story of My Family!!!

as Jusaburo Miyama
First aired: 2021-01-22

An aging pro wrestler returns to fight for his inheritance when his father — a respected Noh...

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Family's Form

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-01-16

39-year-old Nagasato Daisuke is a bachelor who works for a stationery manufacturer. Although he...

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Sayonara, Maestro!

as Jiro Komura
First aired: 2024-01-14

Ever since gifted conductor Natsume’s wife and daughter left him five years ago, he has isolated...

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The History of Our Family

as Tokijiro Yame
First aired: 2010-04-09

Wagaya no Rekishi is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, shown on Fuji TV from April...

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TEAM -警視庁特別犯罪捜査本部

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-04-16

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SIGN

as Kuniaki Hyodo
First aired: 2019-07-11

A forensic science laboratory has had hard times due to shortage of manpower. Takashi Yuzuki is...

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Murder on the Orient Express

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-01-11

The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

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Free and Easy: The Rookie Densuke Hamasaki

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-10-23

A low-level employee infamous for his boundless love of fishing becomes buddies with a fellow...

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川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-12-21

NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories...

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Onna Nobunaga

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-04-05

Nobunaga Oda (Yuki Amami) was raised as the successor of the Oda clan and her father is Nobuhide...

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Taro no Tō

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-02-26

A life story of Taro Okamoto, one of the most prominent Japanese avant-garde artists of the 20th...

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Peep Time

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-09-18

Toneri Shinichi is a young man living in a condominium in Saitama. He's someone that fails at...

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Miyamoto Musashi

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-03-15

Musashi Miyamoto left his village and ended up fighting in the battle of Sekigahara with his...

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Tokumei! Keiji Dongame

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-04-10

Toshiyuki Nishida plays the role of Don Kameda, A.K.A “Don-Game”. Don-Game is a cafe owner who...

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The Two Strategists of the Warring States Era

as Hideyoshi Hashiba (Hideyoshi Toyotomi)
First aired: 2011-01-02

During the Warring States era, two military geniuses stepped forward as strategists for Oda...

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Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan

as Daikichi Fukumaru
First aired: 2007-01-08

National Theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006. In January 2007, the theatre begins...

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居眠り先生

as 선생님
First aired: 2013-09-15

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White Runway

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-04-05

Sugiyama was undergoing training in Moses Lake, USA, for the Boeing 747 model transition...

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Akashi Kanpei 35-sai

as Akashi Kanpei
First aired: 1983-04-30

Akashi Kanpei is a former police officer who works as an auctioneer at a fish market near a...

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Kagayakeru Shunkan

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-12-15

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人生の楽園

as MC
First aired: 2005-09-03

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