Naoto Takenaka
Popularity:0.8572
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1956-03-20
Place of Birth:Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Homepage:http://www.from1-pro.jp/talent/detail.php?id=2
Also Known As:Takenaka Naoto, 타케나카 나오토, 竹中 直人, Naoto Takanaka, نائوتو تاکناکا, Naoto Takenaka

Shinjuku Incident (2009)
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

Shall We Dance? (1996)
A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near...

Ping Pong (2002)
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then...

26 Years Diary (2007)
Based on a true story, Shyon (Lee Taesung) travels from Korea to broaden his horizons, studying in Japan he meets Yuri (High and Mighty Color's lead...

Gemini (1999)
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Gonin (1995)
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by...

Bewitched in Tokyo SP (2004)
Christmas Special following the series.

One Piece Film: Strong World (2009)
20 years after his escape from Impel Down, the legendary pirate Shiki, the Golden Lion, reappears causing massive upheaval to the Marines. During his...

Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The...

Tokyo Fist (1995)
A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to...

Robo-G (2012)
Three engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit the robot's shell to save their jobs. The robot's...

The Great Yokai War (2005)
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures),...

Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu (1997)
A documentary exploring the history and influence of the alternative manga magazine, Garo, with various artist and director interviews.

700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police (2008)
After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple...

Ultimate Teacher (1988)
At a run down school the "Ultimate Teacher" Ganpachi is sent to get things back on track and prepare the delinquent students for the real world. But...

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)
Chiaki is an aspiring conductor who faces the challenge of leading an orchestra which is made up of substitutes. Nodame gives her support to her...

Black Princess 2 Flame Target (1991)
A female detective realises that the construction company corruption case was not guilty... there was an evil mastermind behind it!

Black Princess, Hell Angel (1990)
A violent action film depicting the success of a female investigator in the fight against drug syndicates.

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble...

Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a...

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021)
Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's...

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1 (1999)
The first special of the Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi drama series.

恋に唄えば♪ (2002)
A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone...

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?

RoboGeisha (2009)
Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.

Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons (2000)
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these...

The Perfect Education (1999)
Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep...

Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)
Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home...

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together...

The Longest Night in Shanghai (2007)
A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by...

Surely Someday (2010)
Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's...

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)
Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while so Nodame can practice for an upcoming competition....

A Night in Nude: Salvation (2010)
A beautiful mother and her two daughters run a bar in a town. They have a dream of becoming rich, reforming the building, and living as celebrities....

Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected...

Stereo Future (2001)
Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but...

Trick: The Movie (2002)
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the...

Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!! (1990)
The second installment of the spirit world guide movie based on the original idea of Tetsuro Tamba, made after the hit of the previous work....

The Blue Light (2003)
Shuichi Kushimori is a 17 year old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister. One day, without warning, his estranged...

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis (2015)
Shortly after Shinnosuke Tomari (Ryoma Takeuchi), Kamen Rider Drive, eradicates the Earth of the 108 Roidmudes, he is put on a special assignment to...

Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost’s Fateful Moment (2016)
After chasing the mysterious Kamen Rider Dark Ghost, who had suddenly appeared, Takeru Tenkuji arrives at a strange village full of historical...

Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)
An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.

Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story (2004)
Because of the desolate landscape, Kobayashi chose snow-covered Hokkaido (the most northern island of Japan) as the setting for Amazing Story, a...

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a...

Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya (1990)
Filmed entirely in the Shibuya area, the city and youth culture of Shibuya in the 1990s are fully visualized.Theatrical release was also particular...

The Grapes of Joy (2021)
Haruna travels to Okayama, where her grandmother asks her to bring some Alexandria grapes as a present. Haruna loses her wallet and only manages to...

A Night in Nude (1993)
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and...

The Making of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
This making of segment offers a lot of interview comments with the crew behind it, although does so in a rather rapid fashion. The most interesting...

The Brutal Hopelessness of Love (2007)
Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband...

Catch a Wave (2006)
Three high school students decide to challenge the legendary surf at Shonan Beach.

Tracked (1985)
When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous...

Princess in an Iron Helmet (2006)
Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father...

Conqueror of Shura (2011)
The first 'Conqueror of Shura' film.

Conqueror of Shura 2 (2011)
The second 'Conqueror of Shura' film.

Conqueror of Shura: Final Edition (2011)
The final 'Conqueror of Shura' film.

Oishii Onna-tachi (1987)
Yuko is a sexy club singer that used to live with her lover. One day, her lover died in a traffic accident. Yuko is overwhelmed with sorrow, but a...

Six Singing Women (2023)
Two men with opposite personalities, Kayashima and Uwajima, accidentally wander into a beautiful village after a car accident. When they wake up,...

East Meets West (1995)
A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco when...

The Long Season Revue (2006)
A film dedicated to the band Fishmans and their "Long Season Revue" tour in 2005, the first since the death of frontman Shinji Sato.

Heat Wave (1991)
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

Inside Zokki (2021)
"ZOKKI" is a unique film directed by Naoto Takenaka, Takayuki Yamada, and Takumi Saitoh. It is a live-action adaptation of a short story collection...

Oyari Haishaku (2013)
Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One day, in a drinking contest, he misses sending his...

Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (2013)
A lonely otaku is fired from his job. He is rescued in a ruined building by a strange girl in a sailor suit. When he wakes up, the girl becomes a...

Tokyo Fair Weather (1997)
This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.

Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter...

Sweet Whip (2013)
When Naoko was a freshman in high school she was kidnapped and imprisoned by a man who lived next door. For one month, she went through hell....

I am alone, walking on the straight road (2012)
I tried to symbolize the emotion of loneliness with the motif of the poet, Taneda Santoka, who has broken the haiku form. Cutout method depicts...

Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer (1990)
It is a youth group of third-class university students struggling to get a job at a first-class company.

Jet Black (2018)
Takemiya Union Tōjō-gumi Wakagashira Yasuda (Hitomi Matsuda) retaliates against the Kansai-based Myōjin-kai by attacking their office after an...

Jet Black 2 (2018)
Yasuda (Hitomi Matsuda), the Wakagashira of the Takemiya Union Tōjō-gumi, infiltrates the hideout of the Yamashina-gumi's Sakazaki (Junichi...

The Way of the Househusband: The Cinema (2022)
The most notorious househusband in history appears!! The sinister yakuza who left behind many legends in the underworld, "The Immortal Dragon". He...

Quartet for Two (2001)
Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to...

Dare to Stop Us 2 (2024)
Sequel to "Dare to Stop Us"

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004)
8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series. The segments are, in order: The Night Watchman (directed by...

119 (1994)
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly......

Making of Gemini (2000)
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".

Crystal Frog (2019)
Benjamin visits Tokyo to see Miko. At her place, he finds a photo that caught his attention. It was taken at the winery 40 years ago. There are...

Gonza the Spearman (1986)
The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokugawa Period, a time in which appearances are very important. Gonza competes with...

Azumi (2003)
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young...

One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 (2010)
The introductory chapter to the movie, Strong World, which depicts the events surrounding Gold Roger's execution.

Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express (2013)
Ken Katakura (Naoto Takenaka) has worked as a salaryman for the past 25 years. He's on his way to Malaysia to stop his daughter's wedding....

By Player (2000)
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...

Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)
Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching...

Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 2: Lunna's Secret (1988)

Steel & Lead (1997)
A hard-boiled film that follows a detective who will be killed the next morning should he fail his mission, the yakuza assigned to watch over him,...

Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and...

The Mystery of Rampo (1995)
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be...

Lady Maiko (2014)
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent...

Female Punisher Zebra 1 Sexy Edition (1990)
Tamako chases Ricky, the vocalist of the heavy metal band, to the hotel, where he happens to get information about a drug deal. She receives an...

Red Shadow (2001)
The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and...

Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers (1993)
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Nagoya Yakuza War: Road to Unification (2004)

Eight Ranger (2012)
Set within the devastated city of Eight City, the Eight Rangers protect the city and go against the evil Dark Kuruseido.

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all...

Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group...

Judge! (2014)
After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a...

Story of Four Sisters (1995)
Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.

Andromedia (1998)
After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous...

Tokyo! (2008)
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

Where The Legend Lives (2008)
Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the ancient country of Yamatai. His obsession sprouted...

Angel Home (2013)
The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo (Naoto Takenaka) begins to work at...

The Guys from Paradise (2001)
Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases....

The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
Kageyama (Sho Sakurai) works as the butler for rich heiress Reiko Hosho (Keiko Kitagawa). Reiko happens to be a novice detective but lacks certain...

Perfect Education: 40 Days of Love (2001)
A young girl, who lost her father at her early age, is kidnapped by a school teacher. He strips, binds and attempts to rape her. For the next few...

Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement (2003)
A shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he decides to bring her home and lock her up in a secret...

TAP: Perfect Education (2013)
In Okinawa, a down-and-out middle-aged yakuza underling named Shidara kidnaps and confines a high school girl named Yui, the daughter of a fellow...

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2 (2004)
An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.

One Piece: Stampede (2019)
The world's boldest buccaneers set sail for the great Pirate Festival, where the Straw Hats join a mad-dash race to find Gol D. Roger's treasure....

Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord (2021)
Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory,...

Fancy Dance (1989)
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic...

Stop the Old Fox (2016)
After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the...

Original Sin (1992)
Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.

Sharaku (1995)
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and...

Hibi Rock (2014)
Young rocker Takuro meets pop star Saki at one of his band's shows. When she asks him to write a song for her, their views on life and music collide.

009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013)
In a universe where the Cold War never ended and growing conflicts result in the rapid advancement of technological warfare, the cyborg spy Mylene...

Welcome to Our Home (2015)
Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi...

Freeze Me (2000)
Chihiro is raped by three men and it is captured on video camera. She leaves her hometown and prepares to marry a colleague five years later, when...

Agitator (2001)
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family...

Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl (1984)
The world's largest black pearl has vanished without a trace, and it's up to Detective Ippei to track it down. His only clue is the mysterious words...

The Broken Commandment (2022)
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class...

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 2 (2024)
A large spaceship appears over Tokyo three years before the story starts. A one-sided war against the seemingly harmless aliens ensues, sparking...

Secret Liaisons (1995)
Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.

Alone in the Night (1994)
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the...

Gonin 2 (1996)
Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters who raped...

School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special (2001)
"Kaibyo Densetsu" - Maki (Chizuru Ikewaki), who finds it strange that her best friend appears as a living spirit, goes to check on her. "Nanika ga...

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo (1988)
Nami is a nurse and the unwilling object of her patients' lust. When she is hit by a car whilst fleeing from the home of her unfaithful boyfriend,...

Lust in the Rain (2024)
The story centers on Yoshio, a poor and struggling manga artist who lives in Kitamachi. He is sent by Oyaji, the landlord of his apartment who is...

The Way of the Househusband: Burst Into Laughter! Click SP (2022)
Taking place a year and a half after the final episode of the 2020 live-action series, it features a recap of said series and brand new stories set...

Cyborg She (2008)
A lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future.

Until the End of the World (1991)
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in...

Nowhere Man (1991)
Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but...

Tenshin (2013)
Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love...

Mind Game (1998)
Japanese film directed by Hiromasa Taguchi.

Gonin Saga (2015)
Seiji is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist investigates a case that...

Mission Commander Ayaka Goma (2016)
Ayaka Goma works as a police sergeant. One day, a demonstration is held and a hostage situation occurs at Shinsekai Finance. Someone calls the Tokyo...

What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Becomes Prime Minister (2024)
In the year 2020, when Covid-19 is rapidly spreading around the world, chaos ensues and people's daily lives are completely upended. A virus outbreak...

Bittare!!! (2015)
A single father and judicial clerk named Tsutomu's violent past in organized crime threatens to catch up to him when his daughter is taken hostage.

125 Years Memory (2015)
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night...

Perfect Education 3 (2002)
A lonely young Japanese student, Ai Narushima (Kana Ito) goes on a field trip with her school. At night she decides to take a taxi into the city. The...

Death Shadows (1986)
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high...

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001)
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese...

Amateur Singing Contest (1999)
Traditional Japanese pop singer Reiko (Muroi) decides to enter a well-known TV program for amateur singers along with a confused teenager...

Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988)
Kyoko Sawai, a TV reporter, is making a report about an idol singer named Emi Kato. Emi and her staff are preparing the promotion of her next tune...

The Yen Family (1988)
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together...

Yamagata Scream (2009)
High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a graduation requirement. Their teacher, Mr....

Gold Medal Man (2016)
Senichi was born in 1964, when the entire nation was excited about the Tokyo Olympics. As an elementary student, Senichi won a footrace and got a...

Moonlight Serenade (1997)
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.

Cat-Eyed Boy (2006)
A film adaption of the manga Cat Eyed Boy by famous horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The film follows a strange boy with cat like features.

25 (2014)
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups...

One Piece Film: GOLD (2016)
The glittering Gran Tesoro, a city of entertainment beyond the laws of the government, is a sanctuary for the world’s most infamous pirates,...

Perfect Education: A Maid for You (2010)
The seventh film of “The Perfect Education” series tells the tale of a man and a girl who pursue love to the point of madness. With...

The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last,...

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed,...

Location (1984)
The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's...

Waterboys (2001)
In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition,...

Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015 (2015)
For this 16th Anniversary Special, Inagaki Goro is our host once again for 6 spooky tales based on tales from real people and performed here by an...

BEST GUY (1990)
Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is...

So What (1988)
In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.

I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore (2012)
Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a child, but now gets by as a part-time worker. The...

Temple (2017)
Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their...

Ley Lines (1999)
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they...

Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several...

Cinema Capriccio (2017)
Documentary about the crazy cinephile Atsushi Tsuboi, vice president of the Nagoya art theatre "cinemaskhole".

Love Bites Back (1988)
Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter....

Reon (2018)
Dumped, fired from her job, Reon’s day couldn't get any worse. Then a freak accident causes her to swap bodies with her old company’s...

Like a Rolling Stone (1994)
Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and...

Peesuke: Gatapishi story (1990)
Based on the comic book series by Shunji Sonoyama.

Chibusa (1993)
Based on the novel of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Played as a double feature with Crepe (1993).

Muscle Heat (2002)
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.

Sayonara Color (2005)
Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to...

The Hungry Lion (2018)
A high-school teacher is arrested for having sexual relations with a minor. Young Hiromi finds herself in the eye of the storm when she is suspected...

School Ghost Story: Curse Special (2000)
Japanese horror film with four segments.

Colors of Wind (2018)
Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the...

Talking the Pictures (2019)
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a...

Penguin Highway (2018)
A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from...

Fly me to the Saitama (2019)
People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo is a male...

The Black Swindler (2008)
There are three kinds of swindler. One, called the "WHITE SWINDLER", finds a mark and steals money. The "RED SWINDLER" preys on the other sex and...

Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex (2012)
Yamamura Shuji (Tamaki Hiroshi) runs staffing "Family Romance Company" - a company that rents out people to act like their client's family members...

Bedtime Eyes (1987)
Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black...

A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 (2019)
Boyatetsu travels to the year 2020 in Tokyo from the year 1945. Tokyo is now plagued by a decreasing population and an increase in unemployment.

Samurai Marathon (2019)
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon,...

Toshimaen: Haunted Park (2019)
Saki, Anju, Chiaki, Ami, and Kaya reunite for the first time in years. The five of them excitedly decide to go Toshimaen Amusement Park, a place that...

BECK (2010)
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy....

Kuinige Killer (2018)
A family restaurant faces hard times due to customers running out on their bills. In his past, Shogo Kawatani was a premiere athlete. Now, Shogo...

Run! T High School Basketball Club (2018)
Yoichi plays basketball at his junior high and is capable. He is granted a scholarship and attends a high school with a superlative basket team....

Taro! Momotaro in Trouble (1991)
A young boy gets caught up in the machinations of a new religious order, that seeks to revive demonic beings.

Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress (2012)
Hamaji, a young huntress from the mountains, stumbles into the middle of a shogun’s vendetta against a group of human-dog hybrids, the...

Enter the Fat Dragon (2020)
After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of...

Swing Girls (2004)
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's...

On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
A bored trio of high school delinquents start a rock 'n' roll band together. They have no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, but are...

The Accomplice (1999)
This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought...

Terra Warrior Ψ BOY (1985)
Six year old Momoko and Motoharu are turned suddenly into High school students. And more than that they have now psychic powers.

People of Twilight (1984)
A woman runs a “mistress service” and interviews young women for “dates” with men. Various couples get together but someone...

Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000)
When the sadness of her father's disappearance gets to Molly Hale, she unknowingly uses the Unown to create her own dream world along with Entei, who...

Chinpira (2000)
Osamu rescues a girl who was being chased by two punks and is soon mixed up with the Yakuza

Carlos (1991)
V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.

Universal Laws (1990)
A young man working as a first-class fashion designer decides to give up his business and return to his hometown after the sudden death of his father.

Prayer Beads (2004)
This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror.

The Big Bee (2015)
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media...

What's Michael? 2 (1988)
Michael the tabby cat returns for another series of vignettes. The sketches this time include a send-up of The Fugitive — Richard Kimble is now...

Blowback: Midnight Gangsters (1990)
Lone wolves join forces and plunge into a reckless fight with the organization.

Nodame Cantabile in Europe (2008)
This 2 night special takes off during their graduation, where Chiaki-senpai & Nodame left for Europe. The first special centered on Chiaki's story,...

On Next Sunday (2009)
After her boyfriend leaves Korea to study in Japan, So-ra decides to do the same. When she finally arrives in Japan So-ra discovers that her...

Dosukoi! Love (2019)
Ayane Sukehira (Kang Ji-Young) is an overweight woman who loves chocolate. Because of her love for chocolate, she has moved to Italy which is famous...

Crybaby Chacha (1987)
Chiaki Onoda a young assisstant sound mixer is unhappy with his job, but otherwise he is enjoying life. He loves his cat, his friends, hunting for...

Take Me Out to the Snowland (1987)
Fumio Yano is an unassuming young businessman in the ski wear line. His own skiing ability is close to professional level, and he assists a former...

Over the Sky (2020)
Mio is a girl in high school who slacks off. She and her childhood friend Arata and best friend Madoka spend their after-school days in Ikebukuro...

Dangerous Stories (1989)
Three stories with horror and science fiction elements. 1st episode: "The Curse of Tutankhamen" (Tsutankâmen no noroï) by Kazuyuki Izutsu....

Happy Flight (2008)
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew...

Manhunt (2017)
Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.

GeGeGe no Kitaro: The Demon Flute Elohim Essaim (1985)
One day, Kitaro received a letter from a postman in the spirit world. The sender was Kitaro's best friend, Akuma-kun. According to the letter, she...

Candy Boys (2015)
In EDO, the fabulous wonderland where only men exist, the most beautiful courtesan is Shiratori Dayū. His apprentice's suicide made him desolate,...

Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis (2017)
Kitazawa Haku had watched a movie and dreamed he was in a parallel universe. Meanwhile, Ryū, the older brother of Haku's friend Takeru, is facing...

The Intermission (2013)
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie...

SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3 (2019)
The third movie in Léona Hirota's 'Candy Boys' series.

Miracle classroom (2014)
Yanagi Shuji is terrible at being a monk, as he just wants to have fun all the time. His father is the Chief Monk of the Yagira Temple, and Shuji is...

Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma (1986)

Teacher's suitcase (2003)
Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at...

Jikenya Kagyou 事件屋稼業 (2013)
Jotaro Fukamachi (Akira Terao) is a poor middle-aged detective who separated with wife and children. He rent the office in second floor of the...

The Blue Danube (2021)
The soldiers no longer know why they are at war, and when it even started. Daily and dutifully they march to the river and shoot at the opposite...

Perfect Education: étude (2020)
Ayano, a middle-aged female director met Aoi, young attractive actor at the audition for her new film. Ayano soon felt something different in Aoi and...

Last Scene (2001)
Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently...

Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo (1990)

Last Attack: Hikisakareta Shima no Kioku (2016)

Guinea Pig Part 4: Devil Doctor Woman (1986)
A doctor conducts experiments on patients which end up in anguish!

Not Quite Dead Yet (2020)
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company....

Crab Goalkeeper (2006)
From Minoru Kawasaki, the director of "The Calamari Wrestler," "Executive Koala," "The Entire World Sinks Except Japan," and "The Rug Cop," comes the...

Don't Steal My Heart (1992)
Sakurako, an aspiring model living in a flat in downtown Rome, is chosen as the new character of the conglomerate.

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 1 (2024)
A large spaceship appears over Tokyo three years before the story starts. A one-sided war against the seemingly harmless aliens ensues, sparking...

私刑人~正義の証明~ (1970)
A fierce battle unfolds between a vigilante who exacts justice on unjust criminals and the police who pursue him. The story then leads to a shocking...

Ultraman Arc the Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil (2025)
A mysterious space sage entrusts Yuma with challenges that surpass the limits of his imagination with a stake too high. He asks, "Should you...

Catastrophe (1990)
A Salaryman in Hokkaido heads to Tokyo for his daughters wedding, but the fun is just beginning,,,

Demon City (2025)
Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his...

Phantom of the Toilet (1995)
Set in an elementary school and centered on a boy named Takuya and a new transfer student named Saeko. Takuya's classmates think that Saeko has been...

Haru Urara (2005)
Based on the true story of racing horse "Haru Urara" ("Gentle Spring"), who lost every single horse race she entered since her 1998 debut.

Gumi. Chocolate. Pine. (2007)
Kenzo and his high school friends live in anguish, believing that there is something that sets them apart from everybody else.

Semi matsuri no shima (2000)
2000 Japanese movie

Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope (2013)

Good Luck!! (2003)
Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. He...

Water Boys (2003)
Water Boys is a Japanese television drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2003. There is a fairly large cast due to the amount of members...

Keiji Narusawa Ryou (2010)
Ryou Naruzawa (Kenji Sakaguchi), a detective at the Asagaya station, along with his partner Satoko Hagio (Akiko Yada) and senior detective Atsuo...

Voice Spring! (2021)
Set in a voice acting school, it depicts the growth of girls chasing dreams.

Ashita e no Chikai (2018)
A human drama about a former detective pastor and people with conflicts. Shotaro (Kenichi Hagiwara), who quit his job as a detective after losing his...

A Sinner's Lie (2014)
Serious legal thriller starring Hideaki Ito which depicts the glory and the darkness of an infamous and highly paid lawyer.

Legendary Teacher (2000)
A man who appears to have no particular passion for anything ironically proves effective with troubled high school students. Known as a legendary...

Tokyo Love Cinema (2003)
Masaki Takasugi worked at a department store before starting COCOMO, a small film distribution company. Now the owner of his own company, Masaki...

Nodame Cantabile (2006)
When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.

A Song to the Sun (2006)
Amane Kaoru lives a night life, not because she wishes so, but because she is infected with the xeroderma pigmentosum virus. This virus defects the...

Hotelier (2007)
An incident in the past causes Ogata Kouhei (Tanabe Seiichi) to resign his position and leave the country in shame. Now, at the hotel's 30th...

Freeter, Ie wo Kau (2010)
Freeter, Ie wo Kau is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji Television and on Kyodo Television in 2010. The story revolves around...

×××HOLiC (2013)
Yūko Ichihara is the sexy owner of a strange store which offers to make any wishes come true for a price. Kimihiro Watanuki has a special type of...

Tokyo Houchi Shokudou (2021)
Mano Hideko is a former judge who left Tokyo after getting tired of judging people. She traveled 120km south to an island called Oshima. There, she...

The Scales of Justice (2021)
A genius lawyer who changed jobs from a doctor, while suffering from the tragedy of false accusations, leads an out-of-force team to uncover the...

Stars in the Deep (2015)
Miyuki Amaya belongs to the sailing team of manned submersible research ship 6K (Shinkai 6500) at JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and...

Kamen Rider (1971)
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by...

You Will Gradually Want More (2022)
Suzuki Kirara was freeloading in a cafe owned by her housemate, Ono Nozomi, and worked part-time while looking for a job. One day, Kirara by sheer...

Nanohana no Oki (2001)
A romance of a man who risked his life at sea on a Kitamae ship during the Edo period. Based on the famous book "Offshore of Rape Blossoms" by...

Aikurushii (2005)
Yuki, mother of the Mashiba family, is the grease that keeps this well-oiled machine running and its seven members happy and healthy. But when Yuki...

Bewitched In Tokyo (2004)
Arisa is fascinated by humans. So much so that she leaves the magic world. But the broom she uses is faulty and she winds up in Japan. There she...

Moon Lovers (2010)
Rensuke Hazuki, the president of Regolith, a rapidly growing interior manufacturer in Japan, is planning to expand into China. Rensuke boarded the...

Kamen Rider Ghost: Commemoration! Short Stories (2016)
Kamen Rider Ghost: Commemoration! Short Stories is a miniseries created to promote the film Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fateful...

Kami no Shizuku (2009)
Kami no Shizuku is a Japanese multi-award-winning television comedy series, based on the manga series The Drops of God. Produced by Nippon Television...

Red Miracle (2006)
From 1974's Akai Meiro (『赤い迷路』) to 1980's Akai Shisen (『赤い死線』), the Akai ("Red") series had 10 parts. Shown as the Akai...

Age Harassment (2015)
Emiri Yoshii begins work at a general trading company. Due to her family's failure in business, she had to give up her dream of earning a MBA in...

4 Shimai Tantei Dan (2008)
The story features a team of four sleuthing sisters.

Samurai Gourmet (2017)
Recent retiree Takeshi rediscovers his passion for food and life by getting in touch with his inner warrior and eating what he truly desires.

Mischievous Kids Assemble! (2022)
A new educational variety "Waruiko Atsumare" that both children and adults can enjoy suddenly started on NHK Educational TV from 8:25 on September 13...

Heartbroken Chocolatier (2014)
After graduating from high school, Sota Koyurugi studies bakery at an institute. In high school, he fell in love with beautiful Saeko. Because of...

Suits (2018)
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he...

The Battle at Sekigahara (2006)
The Japanese Self-Defence Force suddenly time-travels to 1600s Japan in the middle of the epic battle of Sekigahara. With the latest weapons at their...

An Encouragement of Love (2023)
The top student at a prestigious prep school risks it all when he falls in love and boldly breaks the institution's strict "no relationships" rule.

The Fugitive: Plan B (2010)
During the Korean War, a vast amount of money disappeared. Now, some 60 years later, the money has reappeared, leading to a frantic chase across the...

Jikenya Kagyou (2013)
Jotaro Fukamachi is a poor middle-aged detective who live separated with wife and children. He rent the office in second floor of the building owned...

BOSS (2009)
Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite...

GARO (2005)
The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity....

Ikemen Domoyo Meshi wo Kue (2022)
Ikeda Yoshimi, a 28-year-old editor of a literary magazine who loves otome games and loves good-looking guys, will be in charge of a gourmet magazine...

Tales of the Bizarre (1990)
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and...

Cain and Abel (2016)
Takada Yu is an employee of a development firm. His father has favored his high-achieving older brother and been indifferent to Yu since young. So Yu...

I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - (2012)
Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective. She is also intrigued by urban legends so much so that she believes all...

I Will Be Your Bloom (2022)
Asuka had once realized her goal to become a teacher, but after a gutting failure, she gives up her dream profession and becomes extremely withdrawn....

Women Does Not Allow That (2014)
31-year-old Urara Iwasaki (Kyoko Fukada) makes an error during her first trial as an attorney which hurts her client. Urara Iwasaki thinks law isn't...

The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014)
In a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is created to handle crimes relating to these machines.

Yaji x Kita Ganzo Tokaidochu Hizakurige (2019)
Based off of the most popular novel of the Edo era, Yaji x Kita follows the titular characters in several comedic situations involving the women the...

Bartender (2011)
Upon return from Paris, Sasakura Ryu spends some time wandering amiss, but after some time he decides to start anew by becoming a bartender. On a...

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game (2003)
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai...

Your Turn To Kill (2019)
Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both...

Black Suit Story (2014)
The story tells of Ge Cheng Yongwu, the brother who became a criminal, and Guiwu, the brother who became a police officer in the police room to...

Wife of Soseki Natsume (2016)
Nakane Kyoko (Ono Machiko) grew up in a wealthy family and was raised by her strict father Shigekazu (Tachi Hiroshi) who did not see learning as a...

Orphan Black – 7 GENES (2017)
Sara Aoyama, a broke and desperate single mother who wishes to live with her daughter Moe in peace, witnesses the shocking suicide of a woman who...

Cheers to Miki Clinic (2019)
Tsukumo Katsumi is a surgeon who lost his job after causing the death of a patient in a medical mishap. He comes to work for Miki Clinic on the...

Hideyoshi (1996)
A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga....

100 Tales of Horror (2002)
There are all kinds of people living in the back street tenement houses in old Edo. One of them is Ashiya Dosan, the descendant of an Onmyoji who...

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION (2024)
As the world is threatened by the sudden appearance of a mysterious alien mothership, best friends Koyama Kadode and Nakagawa “Ontan”...

Town Factory's Woman (2017)
Arimoto Hikari is a 32-year-old housewife. She has a husband and a son. One day, she visits her father Taizo who recently collapsed from overworking....

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko (2002)
Based on the novel by Jirō Asada, the TV movie depicts the lives of the Shinsengumi warriors during the turmoil of the late Edo period.

The Way of the Househusband (2020)
An infamous yakuza sets out to master the Way of the Househusband! "The Immortal Dragon"—an infamous and feared yakuza who has left behind...

Zannenna Ikimono Jiten (2020)
A short show based on a popular children's book that introduces the surprising characteristics of animals that are somewhat funny and cute.

Hadaka no Taishō (2007)
A new dramatization of "Hadaka no Taishō (The Naked General)" series about the wandering painter Kiyoshi Yamashita, starring Tsukaji Muga.

My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024)
College student Tadashi 'Hachi' Inukai is tired of feeling like a loser. But that all changes one day when he accidentally conducts a mysterious...

Clouds Over the Hill (2009)
Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes...