Masato Sakai
Birthday: Born in 1973-10-14 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Deathday: Alive
Masato Sakai (堺雅人) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and The Chef of South Polar and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno.
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エンジン
Character: Torii Motoichiro
Jiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving techniques. He's a daredevil who feels no fear driving at speeds that even top racers dare not attempt. But unexpected trouble forces this world-famous racer to leave his team and return to Japan for the first time in years. Until he finds a new job as a racer, Jiro decides to stay with his parents. What awaits Jiro there is his hardheaded father, his nagging sister, the 12 children of the foster home hi...
大奥〜誕生［有功・家光篇］
Character: Madenokouji Arikoto
During the reign of the shogun, Iemitsu, an epidemic causes the population of men to greatly drop, leading to an ooku where the role of men and women are reversed. Thus, “the women become the shogun, served by 3000 handsome men”...
孤独の賭け〜愛しき人よ〜
Character: 蒔田二郎
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ヒミツの花園
Character: 片岡航
Kayo Tsukiyama is an editor for a fashion magazine. One day she is assigned to be in charge of a popular comic artist named Yuriko Hanazono (a woman's name), who turns out to be four brothers, Wataru, Osamu, Satoshi, and Hinata. Since that day, the bond between Kayo and the brothers are deepened little by little. What is going to happen to Kayo's life? What are the secrets of the brothers?...
嫉妬の香り
Character: 中原テツシ
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半沢直樹
Character: 半泽直树
Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to approve the loan, but he had to due to the branch manager's order. Nishi Osaka Steel Company seems financially stable, but the company actually hides massive amounts of debt through fraudulent accounts. The company is caught. Three months later, Nishi Osaka Steel Company goes bankrupt. The bank's b...
リーガル・ハイ
Character: 古美門研介
A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan....
トライアングル
Character: Shimano Takaya
The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Goda Ryoji suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In 2008, he meets Sachi, a traveling artist in Paris, and shortly after Goda's return to Japan, he becomes involved in the expired murder case when another detective receives an anonymous phone call....
青い文学シリーズ
Character: Moerus
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi....
青い文学シリーズ
Character: Sensei
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi....
青い文学シリーズ
Character: Ōba Yōzō
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi....
青い文学シリーズ
Character: Ryoushuu, Sensei
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi....
青い文学シリーズ
Character: Shirimaru
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi....
ジョーカー 許されざる捜査官
Character: Kazuyoshi Date
Date Kazuyoshi (Sakai) is a detective on the Kanagawa prefectural police force. During the day, he is known as a "Buddha" for his gentle personality, pouring all of his energy into resolving each case. At night, however, he transforms into a cruel punisher as his gentleness gives way to his anger towards the criminals. The series poses questions about what justice and evil truly are. Tokyograph...
新選組!
Character: Yamanami Keisuke
Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period....
スカイハイ
Character: 関川勝
Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the 2003 feature film of the same name. Both are based on the Japanese manga, Skyhigh. Shaku stars as Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate to the afterlife. The basic premise of the television series is somewhat similar in concept to the American series, Ghost Whisperer, in which the protagonist must use h...
Dr.コトー診療所
Character: 鳴海慧
After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders are now used to traveling for hours via boat for proper medical care. Despite seeming weak and unreliable (he gets very seasick, and does not have a driving license), he wins over the skeptical islanders with his skill and dedication. Some...
戦闘妖精雪風
Character: Fukai Rei
Thirty-three years ago, an alien force known as the "JAM" invaded Earth through a dimensional portal over Antarctica. Earth’s forces managed to drive the JAM away to a distant planet designated as "Fairy." While the majority of Earth’s population is unaware of the JAM’s presence, the war continues on Fairy, where Rei Fukai is an SAF (Special Air Force) pilot assigned to pilot "Yukikaze"—an advanced reconnaissance fighter plane equipped with a near-sentient A.I. that detects the presence of the J...
情熱大陸
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Sunday night TV documentary program that heightens the spirits bringing a positive message to start the upcoming week by showcasing the routine and life of people, both famous and regular, including the bits of joy and struggle that go along into making something special. Scientifics, actors, craftsman and people in all fields share their experience....
知られざる大英博物館
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British Museum, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest museum, containing the great heritage of civilisations from all over the world. However, of the eight million items in its collection, only 1% are on display, while the remaining 99% lie in storage. In the museum's backyard, scientific analysis and cutting-edge research continues daily on these previously unseen objects. This is full-scale coverage of the British Museum's hidden behind-the-scenes activities. New truths about ancient histo...
ガッコの先生
Character: 山岸俊輔
Sentaro Sakuragi (Tsuyoshi Domoto) moves to Tokyo from Osaka. He works now as an substitute elementary school teacher, in place of another teacher on maternity leave. Sentaro hopes to turn his class into the best class in all of Japan. Meanwhile, Sentaro lives in a ramen shop owned by Choichiro Asakura (Chosuke Ikariya). Choichiro is a conservative person but kind. One day Choichiro's second daughter Motoko (Yuko Takeuchi) rides the subway and notices a rude female high school student. The girl...
恋愛新党
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Masato Sakai gives a speech on the theme "XX ruins love" in the setting of a speech meeting by the leader of the political party "Love New Party". During the speeches, the offstage first secretary of Sakai's party, Tsukaji Muga, interjects a few quips and criticisms....
ひと夏のパパへ
Character: 石倉
A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew. Marimo sets off to meet him, but is completely shocked when she finds someone very different from the father she envisioned. Her father, Shinpei, a 38-year-old would-be private detective, is shocked too, and doesn’t believe her until he sees the paperwork. With Marimo muttering “The worst father in the world” and Shinpei lamenting the loss of his freedom, ...
ゴールデンボウル
Character: 太宰衛
Focus, concentration, proper posture and good release are the hallmarks of a good bowler. Welcome to Golden Bowl bowling alley. A bit rundown and small but no worse for wear, the Golden Bowl is stockbroker Shu Akutagawa's favorite haunt. A regular, he likes nothing better than the rumble of the bowl running down the alley and crash and crackle of the pins tumbling down. When a beautiful, older and married neighbor - who shares the same name as his old flame Hitomi - makes an appearance at the Go...
深津絵里のblack comedy ブラコメ
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Dr.倫太郎
Character: 日野伦太郎
A psychiatrist, Rintaro Hino, listens closely to the aching hearts of people, relieving them of their pain. His practice is growing but despite his achievements, Dr. Rintaro himself falls short in one department: love....
オードリー
Character: 杉本英記
Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her heart alive while dealing with the reality of her normal life, far away from lights, cameras, and action she longs for. Despite words of warnings from her family, which includes her birth and step mothers, intended to keep her from reaching her destiny, she actually makes it onto a set of one of the film companies in Tokyo. She experiences the peaks and valleys of a starting actress, but receives a bl...
五瓣の椿
Character: 徳次郎
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官僚たちの夏
Character: Niwano Takahisa
It is 1956, and Japan has officially declared the “post-war” period over. In the decade or so that will follow, the country will grow to be the second largest economy in the world. But what was the driving force behind this economic miracle? This drama depicts the intense drama and battles played out among Japan’s leading bureaucrats in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, focusing on Shingo Kazakoshi, the man dubbed “Mr. MITI” who selflessly and utterly devoted himself to his count...
南極大陸
Character: Haruhiko Himuro
Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to severe weather conditions. The dogs have to be left behind. The following year, the next team arrives at the Showa Base station and a miraculous reunion occurs between a dog handler accompanying the new tean and two dogs, Taro and Shiro, that are brothers....
真田丸
Character: Sanada Yukimura
Spanning over 50 episodes, we follow the historical fiction of the Sanada clansmen as they plotted and fought their ways to survive the changing political alliances during the Warring States Period of Japan....
塚原卜伝
Character: 塚原新右衛門
Takahara is a legendary figure in the Warring States Period of Japan. He was born in Kagoshima, the sacred place of sword. He learned the art of Taidao in Kagoshima from childhood. He had faced many life-and-death battles in his life, but he had never been injured at one time. In this new play, the story will be unfolded centering on the youth period of Sakahara, which has never been shown on the big screen before....
篤姫
Character: Tokugawa Iesachi
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the uphea...
ウルトラQ dark fantasy
Character: 若林
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy is a 2004 production, and the 19th installment in the Ultra Series that was broadcast in Japan in 2004. It is a sequel to Ultra Q, the first of the Ultra Series. It retains the same swirling effect for the titlecard, but with the words "Dark Fantasy" added underneath, the title also remains black and white....
こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所
Character: 白鳥麗次〈初代〉
Ryoutsu, being an underpayed policeman, is always coming up with ways to make some quick money. But in the end, his plans which are ridiculous from the beginning always go wrong and land him in big trouble....
新シルクロード
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VIVANT
Character: Yusuke Nogi
Yusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment was mistakenly sent to GFL, a local infrastructure company involved in a solar energy plant to be built in the Balkan Republic in Central Asia. Suspected of involvement, he heads to the Balkan Republic to collect the difference of $90 million. With the cooperation of his CIA friend Sam, Nogi obtained information that the terrorist al-Zaer had laundered the full amount of the contract money into diamo...
女医
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氷の華
Character: Takayuki Seno
Seno Kyoko is a pianist who receives an inheritance from her uncle, and begins living happily with her husband. But one day, she receives a phone call from a woman claiming to be her husband's pregnant mistress, and she is soon driven to murder....
出雲の阿国
Character: Sankuro
Izumo no Okuni was born about 1571. This time period in Japanese history was fraught with struggle. It was known as the Period of Warring States, that is, the land barrons (daimyo) fought against one another for power. Her father was a blacksmith for the Izumo Grand Shrine and, consequently, the family served as well. It was a custom to send priests and young women, such as Buddhist nuns, among others to solicit contributions. Izumo was sent to Kyoto to perform sacred dances and songs. Her Okuni...
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Climber's High
Character: Tatsuya Sayama
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him...
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Character: Okita Soji
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them....
Golden Slumber
Character: Masaharu Aoyagi
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer....
Honey and Clover
Character: Shuji Hanamoto
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery....
After School
Character: Kimura
A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth, the father, Kimura, disappears. Then, a hired private detective appears and ask Jinno's help to find Kimura....
Be yourself
Character: Yasushi Enomoto
Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lead a happy life together, blessed with two children. Then one day, their new house, which the couple had painstakingly built together, catches fire due to Yuka's carelessness. Fortunately, no one in the family is seriously injured and Yasushi is relieved, but the shock of the fire causes Yuka to suffer from a neurological disorder called dissociative amnesia, and she is unable to remember even her ...
The Man Who Can't Defraud
Character: Tadashi Kinusaki
Sakai plays an extremely good-natured businessman. When he attends a marriage activity party in an attempt to start a happy family, he meets a swindler played by Mugi Kadowaki, and ends up being a part of the scam....
太郎
Character: サトシ
Sonoko takes illegally dumped rubbish home and arranges it in her room, as if she is looking for something. One day, Satoshi is accidentally picked up by her and brought home as if he were illegally dumped rubbish. Satoshi is then locked up in Sonoko's room, which is kept at a comfortable temperature.........
Fan of Hong Kong star
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The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a famous French shoe brand. The protagonist is obsessed with a Hong Kong singer called Eakin Cheng and frequently goes to Hong Kong. However, she herself has an ambition to change the company's marketing policy (and if she can't change it, she will launch a new brand herself), so she goes to Hong Kong to plan this and that. However, this comes to light, and as it goes against the wishes of the head o...
The Legacy of the Sun
Character: Major Shirou Mashiba
Set during the end of World War II, Major Mashiba (Masato Sakai) and others receive an order to hide 200 trillion yen worth of treasures. These treasures are to help rebuild the country after the war. 20 girls are mobilized to carry out the mission....
Key of Life
Character: Sakurai
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin....
Buddha: The Great Departure
Character: Chapra (voice)
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world. Meeting the young outcast girl Migaila, Siddhartha experiences love for the first time but also witnesses the suffering that afflicts humankind. Meanwhile, in Kosala, Chapra rises through the military, despite his lowly origins, to become a hero and general of the army. A final sho...
Abacus and Sword
Character: Naoyuki Inoshiyama
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates....
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
Character: Emonnosuke
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun. Based on the 4th-6th volumes in the manga series "Ooku" by Fumi Yoshinaga....
Beautiful Sunday
Character: Hiroki Ogasawara
On Sunday, a man wakes up to find a strange woman sleeping next to him... A gay couple develop a strange, trusting relationship with a sudden intruder....
Vamp Show
Character: Hisao Shima
Five merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some reason they are all nocturnal. Their hobbies are raiding and blood donor cars. What they don't like is crosses, and what they love is - choo-choo-choo!!! ?...
お父さんの恋
Character: 杉本大樹
The latest work by writer Mayumi Nakatani and director Kyoichi Itagaki, who have steadily gained popularity for their sad and warm comedies Beautiful Sunday, Paper Marriage and This Time for Loving Wives in the Third Stage SHOWCASE series, will make its first appearance at the Parco Theatre this spring. Set in the everyday life of contemporary Japan, the play carefully and carefully depicts the strengths, weaknesses and hidden sides of the characters. The seemingly serious story, lightly wrap...
噂の男
Character: 鈴木光明
A hangout next to the 'boiler room' in the basement, offstage at a theatre in Osaka. The comedians who visit there and the people who surround them. Their respective agendas are soon exposed....
The Fearless Otojiro's Company
Character: Minoru Date
In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of the USA with his wife Sadayakko and theatre company members, but in a foreign country where he could not speak the language, he had to struggle against a succession of adversities, including lawyers absconding with the proceeds and actors going on strike. One day, however, Otojiro arrives in Boston on his arduous tour and sees a packed house for a performance of The Merchant of Venice by the famou...
VIBE
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Dates and venues 6 - 14 July 1996, Theatre Saint Maur Created and performed by Yasuyuki Tsutsumi...
安楽椅子探偵、再び
Character: 村瀬優
A film crew visits a mountain-top pension for an idol's photo book. Sudden heavy rain that night. The film crew is left alone in the isolated villa. Then tragedy strikes......
反乱のボヤージュ
Character: 江藤麦太
Set in a (fictional) student dormitory at Tokyo Metropolitan University, which is in danger of being closed down, the film depicts the emotional exchange between students struggling to keep the dormitory alive and a prefect sent in by the university. Inspired by the movement to preserve the Komaba Dormitory at the University of Tokyo, the story differs greatly from historical fact....
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
Character: Shoji Kanzaki
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog and a mother. She tries to desperately save her baby dogs....
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Character: Koichi Hayami
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits....
The Two in Tracksuits
Character: The Son
A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother. The following summer, the two once again leave the stifling heat of Tokyo, as if escaping to the mountain cottage. However, the next summer is very different....
The Samurai That Night
Character: Kenichi Nakamura
Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel....
My SO Has Got Depression
Character: Mikio Takazaki
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko. They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. Afte...
Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉
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Sunflower
Character: Yuichi Hirano
Reunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their earlier times together....
The Chef of South Polar
Character: Jun Nishimura
When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence....
Sukiyaki Western Django
Character: Shigemori
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path....
Being Here
Character: Etsuro Maeno
After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again....
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Character: Kei Narumi
In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude....
The Goddess of 1967
Character: Roadside Noodle Eater
A rich, young businessman travels to Australia with the intention of buying a 1967 Citroën DS. Once he arrives, things do not go to plan, and he must drive the DS into the outback alongside a blind young woman in order to track down its seller....
Go! Boys' School Drama Club
Character: Technical Staff
Genki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with girls and looks for a club to join at school. Genki then comes across a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the school's drama club. Genki falls for the lead playing Juliet and decides to join the drama club. Genki isn't aware that the drama club is about to be shut down and that the person playing Juliet is actually a senior male student in drag....
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
Character: Yamanami Keisuke
Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with his fellow anti-imperialist group....
The Elephant Vanishes
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Adapted from Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes reveals a strange and beautiful world lurking beneath the surface of Tokyo's bright bustle. The Elephant Vanishes was performed in Japanese by an all-Japanese cast....
世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降
Character: Narrator
Actor Masato Sakai brings you an unprecedented adventure! The world's first attempt to ski down the huge cliffs of Denali (6190m), the highest peak in North America. The challenge is undertaken by 40-year-old mountain skier Daisuke Sasaki. Denali is the mountain where Naoki Uemura, the adventurer he admired, lost his life. It has long been a dream of his to face it head-on. The temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius and the oxygen is half that of the flat terrain. Will he succeed in his descent...
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Character: Captain Kuhio
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score....
Mourning Becomes Electra
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Pandora: Eternal life
Character: Gen Suzuki
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Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off
Character: Hanzawa Naoki
At the Tokyo Central Securities company where Naoki Hanzawa has been posted, a massive overhaul of the securities trading system is scheduled. Meanwhile, at an upstart search engine development and operations IT firm, SPIRAL, a rookie programmer named Kousaka, having just displayed prodigious programming skills that staved off a disastrous system shutdown, gets rewarded by being named leader of a competitive project that could make-or-break the rising company. But at the same time, nobody is aw...
Legal High SP
Character: Komikado Kensuke
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's rooftop. There were other male students on the roof when Kazuhiko Kogure fell off. According to the other students there, Kazuhiko Kogure tried to jump to another school building, but missed. Fortunately, Kazuhiko Kogure only fractured his leg and ribs. According to Kazuhiko Kogure's mother Hidemi, the school insists it was students playing around and did not involve bullying. Hidemi though, doesn't ...
The Assistant Doctor
Character: Yoshiaki Miyamae
Story of the last assistant doctor in Okinawa....
Share The Challenge
Character: Lord Benimaru
A heartwarming story in which samurai, enemies, zombies, and monsters become allies and face something even bigger....
Banyuki
Character: Saji
A story of an island country named Horai that was finally about to be integrated under one political administration. Domon DATE, an innocent man confined in a prison island. After 10 years of imprisonment, he kept his sanity by dreaming of retaliating against those who framed him up. He breaks the prison with the help of a man incarcerated in the deepest corner of the prison island. The man identified himself as Saji. His steady road to revenge was obstructed by a woman named Mikoto, the once fi...
A Lush Life
Character: Kurosawa
The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who recently lost his job, and several others whose lives become intertwined in various unexpected ways....
Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
Character: Youzou Ooba
A theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit the four episodes based on Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) novel, which have character designs inspired by manga artist and novel illustrator Takeshi Obata. This "director's cut" will include new "navigation" footage which is being created specifically for the film with narrator Masato Sakai....
Stake Out
Character: Yasuo Arakawa
The fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive character who is confining and closed. When many suicides occur in an apartment building the police are by to question a female resident....
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Character: Masakazu Isshiki
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for ...
Legal High 2 SP
Character: Kensuke Komikado
Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kujou who is trying to extract money from the general hospital by a medical malpractice lawsuit....
Promare
Character: Kray Foresight (voice)
Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire disaster they have unleashed on Earth....
Sakura Guardian in the North
Character: Shujiro Ezure
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S....
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
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Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2008 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Sakki Yori mo Ii Hito - starring Ito Hideaki. 2. Kore……Mite…… - starring Toda Erika. 3. Hinodedori Shouten Machi Ikiiki Day - starring Funakoshi Eiichiro. 4. Sukitōtta Tsuitachi - starring Kitano Kie. 5. Flashback - starring Sakai Masato....
Promare / Side: Galo
Character: Kray Foresight (voice)
A prequel to Promare, set one day before the events of the film....
Welcome to Irabu's Office
Character: Kohei Yamashita
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The Woman Opposite
Character: Shuji Tamura
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The Wall Man
Character: Ren Keguang
The wall man is a strange wall-dwelling creature that is neither human nor ghost....
Mars Sweet Home
Character: Toshi Nakajima
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