Akira Nagoya
Birthday: Born in 1930-12-08 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Deathday: 2003-06-24
Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro. After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors. In 1959, he joined the Bungakuza theatre company; in 1963, he participated in the founding of the theatre company Kumo. When Kumo disbanded in 1975, he moved on to work as a freelance theatre artist, appearing on stages such as Jijinkai and Komatsuza.
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太閤記
Character: Ichikawa Daisuke
Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan....
恋人交換殺人事件
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Yoshiko Konno went on a winter trip in a car driven by her fiance, Yoichi Itokawa, but got lost due to a blizzard and arrived at a mountain cottage in the depths of a grove. They decide to rent a room. After greeting several men and women sitting by the fireplace, they enter the bedroom. In the middle of the night, Yoshiko woke up and, hearing a woman's voice from the next room, left the room to see what was going on......
乳姉妹
Character: Pastor Wakayama
A moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between the only daughter of a conglomerate leader and a girl from a poor family....
今朝の秋
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A former couple, separated for over 20 years, were reunited after being told their son had only 3 months to live. What should they do as parents? As they worried, they soon began to feel the weight of their family ties......
國語元年
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Set in 1874 at the residence of an official of the Ministry of Education of Japan who was ordered with establishing a common national spoken language, this humorous drama focuses on how the national language used today was created....
俺たちの旅
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A milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life, worries, and joys....
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Kameyama
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旅路
Character: 駅手・伊東栄吉
The 7th NHK Asadora. Starring Tadashi Yokouchi in a narrative about an employee of the national railroad living through 50 years of modern history with his wife....
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Ryōzen
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帰ってきたウルトラマン
Character: Narrator
In a fight between two giant monsters named Takkong and Zazahn, young race car driver Hideki Go is killed while trying to rescue a little boy and a dog from the falling rubble. His valiant sacrifice is noted by everyone, even his friends and the new defense force MAT, but an unseen being also takes notice. Looking over Go is the "New Ultraman", who is so touched by Go's actions that he decides to combine his life force with that of Hideki, thus bringing him back to life. Hideki Go then joins the...
ウルトラマンT(タロウ)
Character: Captain Yutaro Asahina
Kotaro Higashi trained to be a boxer, but after an icident with Astromons, he was killed. However, his body was brought to Nebula M-78 where Mother of Ultra saved his life by joining him with Ultraman Taro. Taro had spent many years training, honing his skills based on those of the other Ultra Brothers to become strong. The two returned to earth as a new kaiju era was beginning....
ゆうひが丘の総理大臣
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A maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as family problems and adult romance, and can be enjoyed by the whole family....
不良少女とよばれて
Character: Shusuke Tamba
Shoko's life, marked by delinquency and a harsh upbringing, takes an unexpected turn when Tetsuya's devoted affection and the soulful strains of his "sho"—a traditional Japanese gagaku wind instrument—offer her a melody of hope and a chance for reform....
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Princess Mononoke
Character: Cowherd (voice)
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict....
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
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Japanese crime film...
High and Low
Character: Detective Yamamoto
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake....
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Character: Totsuka
This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take up a sword again because of the emptiness of the Yakuza's life, and the passionate fate of his named sister Maki, nicknamed "The Scarlet Cherry Blossom", who falls in love with him without suspecting that he was the one who was responsible for her father's death and to whom she should take revenge....
Dotanba
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Woman
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Hajimete no Tabi
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Mahjong Horoki
Character: Jyoushuu Tora
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match....
Station
Character: Takada
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers....
Lovers Lost
Character: Katsu-san
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student....
A Thousand and One Nights
Character: Sailor (voice)
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power....
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
Character: Yûta Asahina
Theatrical version of episode 1 of the 'Ultraman Taro' TV series....
The Great Department Store Robbery
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The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Character: Shanghai Dragon
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza....
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Character: Sakio Hanamori
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen....
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
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Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily....
Return of Ultraman
Character: Narrator
Episodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Championship Festival....
Lullaby of Death
Character: Furuya
Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption....
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Character: Narrator
A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Earth's Greatest Battle ( edited from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and shorter versions of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, and The Little Match Girl....
Basara: The Princess Goh
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Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter....
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Character: Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed....
Round About Midnight
Character: Homeless Man
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending....
Bokyo
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In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives....
Fort Graveyard
Character: Nezu
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat....
Love Letter
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A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses....
A Wanderer's Notebook
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Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first ...
A Portrait of Shunkin
Character: Zensuke(善助)
Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight....
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Character: Driver
A little girl who falls into a lake and is saved by a god who then takes her up to the clouds and shows her what the world was like before she was born and what the world would be like if she where never born. While in the clouds she meets her grandparents and a few other people she loved who have passed on....
The Twilight Story
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In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick....
ウルトラマンタロウ ウルトラの母は太陽のように
Character: 朝日奈勇太郎
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A Woman Who Warns of Death
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Birth of a Fighter
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A young boss proves his right to rule his gang....
Flying Phantom Ship
Character: Hayato's Father (voice)
Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the rubble and the only remaining friend is his dog. His only thought now is revenge against the owner of the Phantom Ship (from where the robot said he was sent). He ends up in the house of Kuroshio, the leader of the fight against the Phantom Ship and the most important person in the city. By complete accident, Hayato finds his way to an underground passageway where he realises that the true nature of event...
Sweet Sweat
Character: Jiro
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother's constant drinking and yakuza boyfriend, and runs away from home. Kyo's performance was highly praised....
Kandagawa
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Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them....
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
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Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi....
Suspicion
Character: Iwasaki
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is ...
The Lucky Status Symbol
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Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he travels to Tokyo, where he must help his friend Masa out of a half-million yen debt. Among other hijinks, he becomes a penis god in the process....
Kaito Ruby
Character: Man in White Cloth
Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs socially awkward Toru's help to actually kickstart her so-called career....
Aoba shigereru
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Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue....
Follow the Girls
Character: Ichiro
Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers....
Invitation of Lust
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Hirobe is a lonely man. After witnessing her girlfriend die with a terminal illness, he wanders through the city like a shadow. One day, he meets Masako and they begin an affair. Masako is in an unhappy marriage with Yazawa, who is also cheating on her with a younger lover. The tension builds up to an unforgiving, yet quiet climax......
Ellie My Love
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Based on the comic by Mako Takami....
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Character: Narrator (voice)
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Ta...
Woman in Witness Protection
Character: Director Hatano
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as she prepares for her new role on the witness stand....
A Tale of Young Elopement
Character: Ryuukichi
A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man....
The Dragon Crest
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A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan....
The Symbol of a Man
Character: Saiga
In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's rep...
Young Challengers
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A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japan's leading manufacturers of electronic and electric goods....
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
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Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike...
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
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Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike...
Monsieur Zivaco
Character: Narrator
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword....
Dreams Come True at Night
Character: Gen Kudo
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Yakuza Ladies 8
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Akitsu Hot Springs
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Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new....
Free and Easy
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Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing....
Human Revolution II
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Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference....
Could I But Live
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Could I But Live...
Stray Wolf
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Matoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master and elopes with his lover, Oyuki. They flee their lord's household, taking with them 30 ryō of official funds. However, the money is stolen from them at an inn, and shortly after, Oyuki dies of illness. Eight years later, Kokingo has fallen into disgrace, now making a living as a ronin who specializes in extortion. One day, he attempts to extort a restaurant owner named Hanzo, only to discover tha...
Kwaidan
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Time and Tide
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An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat....