Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

1963-11-12 Tokyo, Japan 214 Credits

Biography

Susumu Terajima (寺島進) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films, 15 commercials, and numerous television dramas in a 20-year career. He is rarely the star of the films he participates in but is widely respected for taking his work very seriously despite how small his role may be.

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The Way of The Prison Guard

The Way of The Prison Guard

2025

Acting

This mystery TV movie depicts hope and rebirth through the lives of inmates with different circumstances and the prison guards who strive to rehabilit...

Unification of Japan 68

Unification of Japan 68

2025

Acting

A sudden notice of succession from the Hasekai arrived from the Marugami-kai. Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) were furious...

Unification of Japan 67

Unification of Japan 67

2025

4.0
Acting

Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) returned to Tokyo to confront Okada (Yuki Matsumura). However, waiting for them was a noti...

Blazing Fists

Blazing Fists

2025

2.0
Acting

Ikuto and Ryoma meet in juvenile detention and become best friends. Moved by Mikuru Asakura’s motivational speech, they pursue their dream of particip...

Unification of Japan 66

Unification of Japan 66

2025

Acting

The land redevelopment near Kyoto Station drew Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) to the scene. Amidst the chaos, Kenjiro (Ke...

Unification of Japan 65

Unification of Japan 65

2024

Acting

The incident occurred without any warning. A member of the Kyōwakai was shot in Kyoto. This shooting incident, which took place in Kansai—the very reg...

テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜

テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜

2024

Acting
Kubi

Kubi

2023

as Hanya no Sahei

7.1
Acting

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellio...

駐在刑事SP 2023

駐在刑事SP 2023

2023

Acting
The Quiet Don: Chapter 2

The Quiet Don: Chapter 2

2023

as Sakamoto

Acting

The Kishu clan loses its leader Sakamoto (Terajima Susumu) in a conflict with the rival Shinshu Clan, and a battle for succession breaks out. Meanwhil...

The Quiet Don: Chapter 1

The Quiet Don: Chapter 1

2023

as Sakamoto

7.0
Acting

Shizuya (Ito Kentaro), the only son of the Kanto region’s largest gang, the Shinshu Clan, which he hates being associated with, works instead for a de...

The Quiet Yakuza -Part 2

The Quiet Yakuza -Part 2

2023

Acting
Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

2023

as Saku Kotaka

6.8
Acting

Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling arch...

駐在刑事SP 2022

駐在刑事SP 2022

2022

Acting
Traveling Sandwich

Traveling Sandwich

2022

as Kihara Yoji

Acting

Ito Marika stars as the lead in this 2022 SP that tells the story of a group of friends, who run a food wagon serving sandwiches made with local produ...

Noise

Noise

2022

as Tadashi Okazaki

5.8
Acting

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsu...

Last of the Wolves

Last of the Wolves

2021

as Yoji Kakutani

7.0
Acting

After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to preven...

Chuzai Keiji 2021 SP

Chuzai Keiji 2021 SP

2021

as Atsushi Enami

Acting

Terajima Susumu VS Dan Rei! "Chuzai San" is back with a special drama that involves a huge "parent-child" secret and bone mystery.

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

2019

as Minoru Nanjo

6.9
Acting

Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes...

Love's Twisting Path

Love's Twisting Path

2019

as Kurohito Mizoguchi

6.5
Acting

Set in Kyoto in the last days of the Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal domains, which aim to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogu...

As a Father of Murderer Son

As a Father of Murderer Son

2018

as Igawa

Acting

Keiichi Yoshinaga, who works for a major construction company receives a sudden phone call from his ex-wife, Junko Aoba. She tells Keiichi that their ...

Imagination Game

Imagination Game

2018

as Yasui Morioka

5.3
Acting

Makiko Hayami works hard at a large company and she is single. She has a secret that she can't tell anyone. Her secret is that she is known as a chari...

Chūzai keiji SP 2017

Chūzai keiji SP 2017

2017

Acting
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Theft! Champion of Earth Tournament

Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Theft! Champion of Earth Tournament

2017

as Mario Mori

5.9
Acting

Taking place after the end of the series, Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns will focus on Zyumans and humans peacefully co-exist on Earth. It is then d...

Prison Break

Prison Break

2017

5.8
Acting

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window...

花実のない森

花実のない森

2017

Acting
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future

Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future

2017

as Mario Mori

6.6
Acting

The chronology of Super Sentai may, at last, be at an end. A boy has arrived from the future to save the earth from catastrophe. Yamato and his team a...

愛を乞うひと

愛を乞うひと

2017

Acting
Tensai Bakabon 2

Tensai Bakabon 2

2017

as A mysterious man selling suspicious things

Acting

Happy holidays from Bakabon and the family! Watch Papa save New Year's, learn the details of Hajime's birth, and thrill as the youngest member of the ...

Dr. Hikojiro 2

Dr. Hikojiro 2

2016

as Hikojiro Oyabu

Acting

One day, Hikojiro goes to visit Sayo Kujo, an old lady who has been hospitalized. Sayo has been told that she has a year to live by assistant professo...

必殺仕事人2016

必殺仕事人2016

2016

Acting
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger the Movie: The Heart Pounding Circus Panic!

Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger the Movie: The Heart Pounding Circus Panic!

2016

as Mario Mori

7.0
Acting

Step right up, everybody, the Space Circus Troupe is in town! Their ringleader, Domidoll, wants to turn all Zyumen evil and have them join his circus....

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

2016

as Yamashita

6.5
Acting

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the loc...

Aka Medaka

Aka Medaka

2015

7.9
Acting

One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a l...

Kiyamachi Daruma

Kiyamachi Daruma

2015

as Eiiichi Arai

1.8
Acting

Shigeo Katsuura once led the yakuza that dominated the town of Kiya. Due to an accident, he lost both his arms and legs. 5 years later, to make a livi...

Dr. Hikojiro

Dr. Hikojiro

2015

as Hikojiro Oyabu

Acting

One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, wh...

Partner in Crime

Partner in Crime

2015

as 秋月義彦

3.0
Acting

For the past 15 years, Fuyukawa Misaki has lived a quiet, reclusive life while keeping her secret well-hidden. With just two months left before the st...

Double Meaning: Chain Reaction

Double Meaning: Chain Reaction

2015

7.9
Acting

Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.

UNFAIR: the end

UNFAIR: the end

2015

as Tetsuo Yamazaki

5.6
Acting

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's...

Chasuke's Journey

Chasuke's Journey

2015

as Kuroki

6.4
Acting

Things are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling away. They are composing the biographies of earth-dwell...

April Fools

April Fools

2015

as Poor Kidnapper

5.7
Acting

Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and s...

KYOTO BLACK 2: Black Purity

KYOTO BLACK 2: Black Purity

2015

Acting

Oda (Yasukaze Motomiya) is a respected businessman working in the construction industry, who is also secretly the leader of a vigilante group in Kyoto...

KYOTO BLACK: Black Samurai

KYOTO BLACK: Black Samurai

2015

as Terao

Acting

Oda (Yasukaze Motomiya), a respected businessman working in the construction industry, also has a secret life as the leader of a vigilante group in Ky...

Drifter Teppei

Drifter Teppei

2015

as Teppei Mihogawa

Acting

Teppei Mihogawa (Susumu Terajima), is a man who plays a "lavabo" with a guitar in the night city. a girl who was attracted by Teppei's song fell in ...

実録 新選組

実録 新選組

2014

as Hijikata Toshizo

Acting
25

25

2014

Acting

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

In the Hero

In the Hero

2014

as Goro Unno

7.0
Acting

48-year-old Wataru Honjo is a big fan of Bruce Lee and works as a suit actor (stunts performer wearing costumes). Even though he doesn't have the typi...

Out Burn

Out Burn

2014

as Shuuhei Kawakami

7.0
Acting

Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs...

When Marnie Was There

When Marnie Was There

2014

as Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)

7.9
Acting

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned...

Delivery of Death

Delivery of Death

2014

as Ryuzo Nishida

6.0
Acting

Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucr...

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

2013

as Akio Sakuno

6.2
Acting

Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is...

The Kiyosu Conference

The Kiyosu Conference

2013

as Yoshitaka Kuroda

6.9
Acting

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki...

Disregarded People

Disregarded People

2013

4.2
Acting

Young man, Yusuke Mamiana, fed up with his life meats a unattractive ugly girl, Kyoko, at his hometown. Out of his impulsive desire, he had a relation...

The Human Trust

The Human Trust

2013

as Tadashi Sakata

4.0
Acting

A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by ...

Double Meaning: Yes or No?

Double Meaning: Yes or No?

2013

as Tetsuo Yamaji

8.0
Acting

A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' The ...

Odayaka

Odayaka

2012

5.7
Acting

Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who ...

Kamihate Store

Kamihate Store

2012

as Yoshio Morita

6.3
Acting

A woman run a store in a tiny seaside hamlet near the cliffs where people come to commit suicide.

西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所~狙われた男~

西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所~狙われた男~

2012

as Yasuhiko Tajima

Acting
Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

2012

as Keita Tsukahara

6.6
Acting

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to reta...

Go, Masao!

Go, Masao!

2012

as Susumu Terajima

4.8
Acting

Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to ap...

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai

2012

Acting

The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

2012

Acting
Smuggler

Smuggler

2011

as Joe's friend

6.4
Acting

To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.

Double Meaning

Double Meaning

2011

as Tetsuo Yamaji

8.0
Acting

A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' Just...

UNFAIR: the answer

UNFAIR: the answer

2011

as Tetsuo Yamazaki

6.4
Acting

After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Ho...

Ninja Kids!!!

Ninja Kids!!!

2011

5.8
Acting

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 ...

The Face of Minami

The Face of Minami

2010

Acting

Shortly after his release, Katsurakawa begins working under Yamanaka, who is known as a businessman. Yamanaka, who did not make a backing, continued t...

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

2010

as Jôichirô Kijima

5.2
Acting

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a ...

Zatoichi: The Last

Zatoichi: The Last

2010

as Tatsuji

5.6
Acting

A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.

Go Find a Psychic!

Go Find a Psychic!

2009

as Mr. Invincible

6.0
Acting

Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while f...

Air Doll

Air Doll

2009

as Police Officer Todoroki

7.0
Acting

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Jun...

My Grandma

My Grandma

2008

as Kotaro Shinkai

Acting

Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the fam...

The Soup of Heaven

The Soup of Heaven

2008

Acting

Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to...

The Yagyu Conspiracy

The Yagyu Conspiracy

2008

Acting

The classic tale retold. This is one of Japan’s most popular stories in a brand new version starring the great Matsukata Hiroki following in the foot...

Showa Gamblers Gaiden

Showa Gamblers Gaiden

2008

Acting

The second installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In the mid-1950s, Orin, the daughter of Takashima Tomezō, the 8th-generation leader of the Takas...

Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008

as Yakuza Pimp

7.0
Acting

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sa...

The Road to Sirius

2008

as Katsuya Hamai

Acting

Tatsumura Yusuke, Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko and Katsuya. In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divul...

Still Walking

Still Walking

2008

as Sushi Deliverer

7.8
Acting

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

2008

as Hiromi Kurokawa

7.6
Acting

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious...

All Around Us

All Around Us

2008

as Katsutoshi Yoshida

7.4
Acting

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure ...

Smile

Smile

2007

as Night shift security guard at Hospital

Acting

Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds hi...

Vanishing Glow

Vanishing Glow

2007

as Sakazaki

Acting

Tony, Max, and Rei, who are mixed-race children of Japanese and Filipino, have lived together as brothers and sisters with no blood connection from a ...

Memories of the Womb: You Are Here

2007

6.0
Acting

Born into a wealthy family, 17-year-old Masato (Emoto Tasuku) has never been deprived of material comforts, but his distant relationship with his pare...

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007

as Young Man

6.3
Acting

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete hi...

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007

6.9
Acting

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn...

UNFAIR: the movie

UNFAIR: the movie

2007

as Tetsuo Yamazaki

5.8
Acting

When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.

Love Letter So-renka

Love Letter So-renka

2006

as Ryota's father

Acting
Gamera the Brave

Gamera the Brave

2006

as Osamu Nishio

7.1
Acting

A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle t...

Chosyu Five

Chosyu Five

2006

Acting

Fictionalised account of the story of the he Chōshū Five (長州五傑 Chōshū Goketsu) who travelled to and studied in Britain in 1863 while Japan was still u...

The Catch Man

The Catch Man

2006

Acting

Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through ...

Unfair: Code Breaking

Unfair: Code Breaking

2006

7.1
Acting
Yakuza Don

Yakuza Don

2006

Acting

Kazuki moves to Tokyo, aspiring to rise to the top in his Yakuza group. Working directly under his group's kumicho (the Yakuza don) and surviving the ...

Hula Girls

Hula Girls

2006

as Ishida

6.8
Acting

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

Green Mind, Metal Bats

Green Mind, Metal Bats

2006

as Ochiai

6.6
Acting

The film follows Nanba, a shunned outcast who doesn’t have a girlfriend, any money or prospects, a turnaround from his glory days in high school when ...

Lovely Complex

Lovely Complex

2006

as Umibozu

6.0
Acting

Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxietie...

Hana

Hana

2006

as Kichiemon Terasaka

6.6
Acting

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished s...

Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2

Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2

2006

Acting
LoveDeath

LoveDeath

2006

6.5
Acting

A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A viole...

Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard

Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard

2006

Acting

A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the granddaughter of an old friend of Akiyama Kohei, a weal...

Suite Dreams

Suite Dreams

2006

as Jose Kôchi

6.4
Acting

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a speci...

Dead Run

Dead Run

2005

as Oni Ken

5.2
Acting

Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes incr...

Fugitive Joichiro Kijima

Fugitive Joichiro Kijima

2005

Acting

This work is a spin-off drama from the film " Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi ," which was released in May 2005 as a spin- off project "Dancing Legend M...

Custom Made 10.30

Custom Made 10.30

2005

8.0
Acting

Sisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their parents. The elder sister Manamo lives in Hiroshima w...

The King of Minami 32

The King of Minami 32

2005

Acting
Funky Forest: The First Contact

Funky Forest: The First Contact

2005

as Katsuichi Tanaka

6.3
Acting

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair...

Takeshis'

Takeshis'

2005

as Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor

6.1
Acting

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience st...

Summer of Ubume

Summer of Ubume

2005

as Goichi Harasawa

6.3
Acting

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has bee...

Rampo Noir

Rampo Noir

2005

as (segment "Mirror Hell")

5.7
Acting

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

Negotiator

Negotiator

2005

as Kishima

6.0
Acting

In this movie, Japan's top negotiator confronts a formidable foe threatening Tokyo's subways. As high-stakes tension brews, Mashita must outsmart an a...

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

2005

as Policeman

6.5
Acting

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.

Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire

Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire

2005

2.5
Acting

Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is...

Fire and Ice 2

Fire and Ice 2

2005

Acting

Fugoh Keiji Deluxe

2005

Acting

What do you get when you mix a granddaughter from an extremely rich family with crime, murder, and a passion for law and justice? Kanbe Miwako (Kyoko...

Year One in the North

Year One in the North

2005

4.9
Acting

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Ho...

Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

2004

as Hee-bom Park

6.6
Acting

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent ma...

Kiss & Hurt

Kiss & Hurt

2004

as Yasumi

Acting

Shun Kosaka has a dream of becoming a novelist and lives in a byte at convenience stores at night. He happened to meet Natsuki, and his life began to ...

北海水滸伝484のブルース 伝説・枯木のバラ

北海水滸伝484のブルース 伝説・枯木のバラ

2004

Acting
Izo

Izo

2004

6.1
Acting

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Inst...

Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

2004

Acting
Nobody Knows

Nobody Knows

2004

as Shinichi Izawa

8.0
Acting

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Steamboy

Steamboy

2004

as Alfred Smith (voice)

6.9
Acting

After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the mi...

The Taste of Tea

The Taste of Tea

2004

as Tattooed Man

7.5
Acting

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project...

Casshern

Casshern

2004

as Sakamoto

5.9
Acting

Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the...

Cursed

Cursed

2004

as Akira Tejima

4.4
Acting

Employees at a convenience store must get to the bottom of supernatural goings-on occurring within their workplace.

Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel

Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel

2004

Acting
Flower & Snake

Flower & Snake

2004

5.7
Acting

The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to t...

Shura's Blood

Shura's Blood

2004

Acting

A yakuza war breaks out in a small peaceful town in the northern region of Kanto.

Tracing Jake

Tracing Jake

2004

7.0
Acting

Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in many countries around the world. He continues to trav...

10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal

10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal

2004

as Takamichi Mizoguchi

Acting

Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.

Winning Pass

Winning Pass

2004

Acting

This is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at basketball, he had a love like no other, until a day where h...

Antenna

Antenna

2004

as Fallen Angel Employee

6.1
Acting

Yuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him like a pall as he wanders Japan's S&M clubs....

Hazan

2004

as Sabu

Acting

Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).

Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura

Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura

2003

Acting

In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dang...

Wild Berries

Wild Berries

2003

as Maeda

6.4
Acting

A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.

Jump

Jump

2003

5.0
Acting

An ordinary salary man, Junosuke, goes in search of his lover, Miharu, who disappeared one night when she handed him the key to her room, and promised...

Kakuto

Kakuto

2003

Acting

A very energetic, fresh and skilful début in DV from young Tokyo actor and model. Hanging out, clubbing and drugging, a young band of friends get way ...

4Teen

4Teen

2003

Acting

Naoto, the son of a wealthy family, suffers from Werner syndrome, a premature aging condition; Dai is an overweight child troubled by his penniless fa...

A Snake of June

A Snake of June

2003

as Policeman

6.8
Acting

A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he ...

Moon Child

Moon Child

2003

as Shinji

5.5
Acting

Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's ...

Thirteen Steps

Thirteen Steps

2003

as Okazaki

6.1
Acting

A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.

Deka Matsuri

Deka Matsuri

2003

Acting

12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per minute" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes"

Hard Luck Hero

Hard Luck Hero

2003

as Yakuza

5.7
Acting

The story of three pairs of characters involved one way or the other with the yakuza and a rigged boxing match and fleeing the thugs one way or the ot...

True Story: Okinawa Yakuza War 3

True Story: Okinawa Yakuza War 3

2003

Acting

Original video

A Boy's Summer in 1945

A Boy's Summer in 1945

2002

5.3
Acting

Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Ki...

Blessing Bell

Blessing Bell

2002

as Satoru Igarashi

6.8
Acting

Existential study on a misplaced workers and ex-prisoner who moves through the city and his influence on other characters' lives.

Shura Group Part 2

Shura Group Part 2

2002

Acting

Ryuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the control of the influential members of the Guretai, kno...

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

2002

as Sawada

6.8
Acting

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for he...

Drive

Drive

2002

as Arai Jyoun

6.5
Acting

Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber w...

Harmful Insect

Harmful Insect

2002

as Male Teacher

6.8
Acting

13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suic...

Shura Group

Shura Group

2002

Acting

Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

True Story: Okinawa Yakuza War 2

True Story: Okinawa Yakuza War 2

2002

Acting

Original video

Shura Group Part 1

2002

Acting

Denzaburo Kato, the third generation leader of the Horii family whose territory encompasses the Yokohama area, has a dramatic encounter at a certain j...

True Story: Okinawa Yakuza War

True Story: Okinawa Yakuza War

2002

Acting

Original video

Ichi the Killer

Ichi the Killer

2001

as Suzuki

7.0
Acting

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to in...

Misuzu

Misuzu

2001

as Kuzuhara, Shinji

Acting

Tells the life story of Teru Kaneko, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working as a clerk in a book shop, Teru starts writing her...

Hiroshima Yakuza War 2

Hiroshima Yakuza War 2

2001

Acting

A new yakuza war erupts in Hiroshima

Hole in the Sky

Hole in the Sky

2001

as Ichio

5.4
Acting

The film tells the story of a Drive-In worker and a young tramp who has been left alone by her boyfriend somewhere in Hokkaido. Things seem to work ou...

Distance

Distance

2001

as Minoru Kai

6.7
Acting

On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the...

Chogokudo

Chogokudo

2001

Acting

Togashi, the leader of Togashi-gumi, boasts enormous power. The leader of the Ryuokai is sent to prison because he distrusts him who controls the town...

Brother

Brother

2000

as Kato

7.1
Acting

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his broth...

Otoko Michi 3

Otoko Michi 3

2000

Acting

A lone wolf hits the sneaky plot of a lone organization that is aiming to expand it's power over traces of Ninryukai!

巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

2000

Acting

An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has bee...

Hysteric

Hysteric

2000

Acting

In this startling psychological thriller from Japan, Mami (Hijiri Kojima) is a teacher who meets Tomo (Koji Chihara), a psychotic criminal with a shor...

Monday

Monday

2000

as Saburo Nakano

6.9
Acting

A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what h...

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl

2000

as Katsumi Maezono

5.2
Acting

When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personalit...

Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion

Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion

2000

Acting

A snack bar opens in the Kirigaoka central shopping street, which has begun to co-exist with the major supermarket Angel A. The owner is Akemi, a chil...

Taboo

Taboo

1999

as Spy

6.6
Acting

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interperso...

Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1999

as Inoue

6.4
Acting

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to brin...

Black Angel 2

Black Angel 2

1999

as Itakura

6.5
Acting

Mayo, the Black Angel, is ordered to assassinate a powerful syndicate leader. The hit goes awry, however, as the crime boss' bodyguard steps in the wa...

Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage

Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage

1999

Acting

"A wave of recession hits the Kirigaoka Central Shopping Street in a certain town. One by one, the shops succumb to Angel A's pressure. Finally, the s...

Revenge

Revenge

1999

Acting

Detective Tsukimoto kills his partner following a botched robbery and falls deep into debt and despair. After losing everything at the horse races, he...

After Life

After Life

1999

as Satoru Kawashima

7.2
Acting

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased,...

New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons

New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons

1999

Acting

A full-scale drama that visualizes a feature-length novel by Koichi Iiboshi from "Battle Without Honor and Justice." It depicts a shocking rivalry set...

Unlucky Monkey

Unlucky Monkey

1998

as Yakuza

6.5
Acting

A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur cro...

Eyes of the Spider

Eyes of the Spider

1998

as Avenging Man

6.7
Acting

After killing the man he believes murdered his daughter, a white-collar worker returns to his mundane life, until he is approached by a man who offers...

Fireworks

Fireworks

1997

as Nakamura

7.7
Acting

Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia a...

Be-Bop High School 12

Be-Bop High School 12

1997

Acting

A masterpiece that makes a mans heart cry

Postman Blues

Postman Blues

1997

as Detective Maeda

7.3
Acting

Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate...

The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness

The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness

1997

Acting

The mysterious death of the perpetrator of sexual violence against women continues. Former lawyer Toshisuke Honmoto begins to work on solving the case...

Making-of Kids Return

Making-of Kids Return

1996

as Himself

6.8
Acting

Making of Takeshi Kitano's movie Kids Return.

Two Punks

Two Punks

1996

as Masao

5.3
Acting

Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and strai...

Be-Bop High School 6

Be-Bop High School 6

1996

Acting

This is a quarrel of abandoned gangsters and stubbornness.

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero

1996

as Aoyagi Mikio

8.0
Acting

Yuji and Kosaku become involved with a brother and sister who want to drive a local yakuza gang member out of their neighborhood.

Kids Return

Kids Return

1996

as No. 2 in Local Gang

6.9
Acting

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer,...

Gonin 2

Gonin 2

1996

as Kudo

7.0
Acting

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

Lustful Revenge

Lustful Revenge

1996

4.0
Acting

After reading about beautiful women killed in a gruesome manner during the recent months, Akiko tries to nail down the sick serial killer herself. Wha...

Confinement Escape: Indecent Prey

Confinement Escape: Indecent Prey

1996

5.0
Acting

The skillful trap of the company takeover that a husband contrives! The deceived wife is kept, and it continues being violated by a ferocious man…. Th...

Not in the Textbooks!

Not in the Textbooks!

1995

Acting

Pinku film adapted from popular adult comic series “Not in the textbooks!”. This direct-to-video “v-cinema” is the directorial debut of Shinji Aoyama.

チンピラ・ドリーム チャラで死ねるか!

チンピラ・ドリーム チャラで死ねるか!

1995

Acting

Three men and a woman are connected by a strange encounter.

MARKS

MARKS

1995

as Junichi Terajima

5.0
Acting

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later i...

Getting Any?

Getting Any?

1995

as Injured Yakuza

5.7
Acting

While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

1995

as Takashi Kitazawa

6.2
Acting

Yuriko, once a concert pianist, now practices home-making while husband Takashi stays out late with co-workers, leaving her to decay into severe menta...

Yakuza Taxi

Yakuza Taxi

1994

as Katsumasa Kudô

6.2
Acting

The Yakuza clan Inoshika decides to help a small family business, Taxi Tanaka, lured by the clan Jinryûkaï and deeply in debt.

Elephant Song

Elephant Song

1994

as Yoshiki

Acting

Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always wan...

The Wild Beat: Requiem of Betrayal

The Wild Beat: Requiem of Betrayal

1994

Acting
Warrior's Justice 3 - Termination

Warrior's Justice 3 - Termination

1994

Acting

Kojima Takeshi, who has strayed from the yakuza world, launches a gang that draws a line in the sand with today's yakuza society. However, the Sekiyam...

Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns

1993

as Man beaten up in alley

6.8
Acting

Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of ...

Sonatine

Sonatine

1993

as Ken

7.5
Acting

Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, suppo...

Nanmin Road

Nanmin Road

1992

Acting

The story of four Vietnamese people moving to Japan.

Twilight Mystery Murder Game

Twilight Mystery Murder Game

1991

Acting

A murder game with four men and three women has begun on an uninhabited island. It's a substitute for killing each other and raping each other. Howeve...

A Scene at the Sea

A Scene at the Sea

1991

as Light Truck Man

7.5
Acting

A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by ...

The Man With No Name

The Man With No Name

1991

Acting

A detective infiltrates the yakuza

Inamura Jane

Inamura Jane

1990

10.0
Acting
Violent Cop

Violent Cop

1989

as Kiyohiro's Henchman #2

7.2
Acting

A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.

Music Box

Music Box

1989

Acting

A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.

Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage

Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage

1989

as Yakuza (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

After his parter Ahiru is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Bruce Sawamura, cop Joe "Joker" Kawamura goes rogue and tries to get reveng...

So What

So What

1988

as Thug

Acting

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

Bu-ra-i no onna

Bu-ra-i no onna

1988

2.0
Acting

A group of friends get together to remember a decessed classmate. One of them is a detective who loves one of the women. But the woman is in love the ...

The Heartbreak Yakuza

The Heartbreak Yakuza

1987

5.4
Acting

A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.

A Homance

A Homance

1986

7.2
Acting

A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.

Cabaret

Cabaret

1986

as (uncredited)

4.7
Acting

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist start...

Go for Broke

Go for Broke

1985

7.0
Acting

At a Japanese school, a desperate student council struggles with a recurring problem. The aggressive and relentless members of the Yagyu biker gang st...

Ran

Ran

1985

as Foot soldier (uncredited)

8.1
Acting

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between...

TATARA

TATARA

N/A

Acting