Leo Morimoto

Leo Morimoto

1943-02-13 Aichi Prefecture, Japan 67 Credits

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My Teacher

My Teacher

2017

as Shoichi Hashiba

7.3
Acting

Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high-school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day ...

Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 68: Disappearing Woman in Yamagata

2017

as Detective Nishimoto

Acting

Inspector Totsugawa of the First Investigation Division goes to Tsuruoka in Yamagata to attend the wedding of the son of Inspector Mukai, his former c...

Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains

Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains

2017

as Detective Nishimoto

Acting

Detective Kamei of the First Investigation Division receives a request from lawyer Shinichi Nakamura, the son of his deceased close friend, to re-inve...

Tenshi no Iru Toshokan

Tenshi no Iru Toshokan

2017

as Soichiro Tanaka

Acting

Sakura, who just graduated from a university, begins to work at a library in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture. She is flustered with her new job and unfamil...

Black Widow Business

Black Widow Business

2016

as Taiji Tsumura

8.5
Acting

Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her. Not longer after their marri...

Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder Route

Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder Route

2016

as Detective Nishimoto

Acting

The strangled dead body of Hiroshi Hatano, accounting section chief at the longstanding apparel company Edaka International, is discovered in his apar...

Munesue keiji no kuroi matsuri

2015

Acting
Revenge Court

Revenge Court

2015

as Shunichi Naka

7.0
Acting
Memories of Mom

Memories of Mom

2014

as Shiro Omori

Acting

After years of trying, Kyoko and her husband Takehiro are finally pregnant. But their joy at the prospect of becoming parents ends suddenly when they ...

About Her Brother

About Her Brother

2010

as Doctor Endo

6.3
Acting

Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to ...

Genkai in a Black Company

Genkai in a Black Company

2009

as Sakushi Kuroi

5.0
Acting

After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He la...

Kanikôsen

Kanikôsen

2009

6.2
Acting

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not co...

Romantic Prelude

Romantic Prelude

2009

as Tea Shop Manager Hori

7.3
Acting

An aspiring floral designer and the photographer next door become drawn to each other through the everyday sounds they hear through their shared walls...

はじめましてトーマスシリーズ いつもなかよしふたごのきかんしゃ

はじめましてトーマスシリーズ いつもなかよしふたごのきかんしゃ

2009

Acting
Operation Love Special

Operation Love Special

2008

as Takanori Yoshida

8.0
Acting
Ochanoma Transformation

Ochanoma Transformation

2007

Acting

A short film with live-action special effects made as a parody of the American live-action movie version 'Transformers'.

Gakkou no Kaidan

Gakkou no Kaidan

2007

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...

Forbidden Siren

Forbidden Siren

2006

as Shinichi Amamoto

4.9
Acting

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give the...

Hold Up Down

Hold Up Down

2005

6.9
Acting

A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, inclu...

In the Pool

In the Pool

2005

as Professor Samata

7.2
Acting

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.

MAIL

MAIL

2004

as Mysterious Man

4.5
Acting

A detective and his assistant help send restless spirits into the spiritual world.

天国のダイスケへ〜箱根駅伝が結んだ絆〜

天国のダイスケへ〜箱根駅伝が結んだ絆〜

2003

Acting
Bonobono: Secret of the Kumomo Tree

Bonobono: Secret of the Kumomo Tree

2002

as Sunadorineko-san

4.5
Acting

Bonobono: Kumomo no Ki no Koto was the second theatrical Bonobono movie, released by Amuse Pictures in theaters in Japan on August 10, 2002. It was do...

Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident

2001

as Detective Nishimoto

Acting

While returning from a business trip to Hokkaido, Detective Kamei of the MPD greets a middle-aged traveler in the waiting room of Minami-Wakkanai Stat...

The Woman Who Disappeared From Her Red Car

1998

as Detective Nishimoto

Acting

Katsura Aya (Shiratori Yasuyo), a young and popular actress, is kidnapped. Igarashi (Honda Hirotaro), the president of the production company, calls T...

Love & Pop

Love & Pop

1998

as Hiromi's Father

7.7
Acting

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. ...

Kids Return

Kids Return

1996

as Homeroom Teacher

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,...

Trouble-Shooters

Trouble-Shooters

1995

Acting

A man (Koji Matoba) working for a group that solves others' problems searches for the men that raped two young women.

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

1993

5.7
Acting

A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend.

さらわれたい女

1992

Acting

A man who left his corporate job to start a handyman business. He helps a customer stage a fake kidnapping, and ends up being pursued as a murderer.

Mr. Moonlight

Mr. Moonlight

1991

6.0
Acting

Time Traveling Samurai

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

1991

as The Man in the Kiyasuyado

5.3
Acting

During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo...

Kim's War

Kim's War

1991

Acting

After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the pre...

I Want To Grow Up: Too Many Rules

I Want To Grow Up: Too Many Rules

1991

Acting
Megumi no Sekai

Megumi no Sekai

1990

Acting

A unique combination of social problem and entertainment TV movie about a female journalist who is hurt to the core when the truth of an article is qu...

A Sandcastle Model Family Home

A Sandcastle Model Family Home

1989

Acting

An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their ho...

Dogra Magra

Dogra Magra

1988

as Journalist

6.8
Acting

A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious d...

Mystery of the Coral Seas

Mystery of the Coral Seas

1988

as Yosuke Hasuda

Acting

A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole ti...

This Story of Love

This Story of Love

1987

Acting

Life and love stories of stunt men and women.

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise

1987

as Shirotsugh Lhadatt (voice)

6.9
Acting

On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage w...

Murder on Raicho 9

Murder on Raicho 9

1987

as Detective Nishimoto

Acting

Haneda, the president of a company dealing in gold, is shot to death on the Raicho 9 limited express from Osaka to Kanazawa. Detective Kamei begins an...

Whisper of the Spirits

Whisper of the Spirits

1987

Acting
Black Board

Black Board

1986

as Police

4.0
Acting

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns ou...

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

1985

as Man of Shopping Bag

7.0
Acting

A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, ...

F2 Grand Prix

F2 Grand Prix

1984

as Yukihiro Murakami

Acting

Drama set in the world of Formula 2 motor racing in Japan.

Doctor Mambo & Kaitou Jibako: Uchuu yori Ai wo Komete

Doctor Mambo & Kaitou Jibako: Uchuu yori Ai wo Komete

1983

as 怪盗ジバコ

Acting

The dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, to regain her birthright from the usurpi...

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder

1981

as Tetsuo Wada

6.8
Acting

A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to k...

Disciples of Hippocrates

Disciples of Hippocrates

1980

6.4
Acting

The story revolves around Ogino, who is in the last year of his medical studies. Between lectures, exams, on field training, his commitment as a pro-r...

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

1980

Acting

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

Another Side

Another Side

1980

Acting

This is Yamakawa's first feature film in 16mm. A group of university students who grew up in an era of rapid economic growth yearn for "another side" ...

Heaven Sent

Heaven Sent

1979

5.2
Acting

Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a s...

No More Easy Life

No More Easy Life

1979

as Tsuneo

7.0
Acting

Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs tha...

The Strangling

The Strangling

1979

4.9
Acting

The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and uncompromisi...

Youth - Part II

Youth - Part II

1979

5.0
Acting

Isamu, a star athlete in high school, becomes a race cyclist. He wins his debut races, but soon his opponents see through his lack of strategy and bea...

New - No Longer Human

New - No Longer Human

1978

4.0
Acting

Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern J...

Tokyo kara kita onna no ko

1978

Acting
Orange Road Express

Orange Road Express

1978

Acting

A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the...

Aspiration

Aspiration

1977

Acting
Tsuma to onna no aida

Tsuma to onna no aida

1976

as Mitani

Acting
Preparation for the Festival

Preparation for the Festival

1975

5.7
Acting

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

1975

as Criminal

Acting

Based on the life of artist Yumeji Takehisa

Onna no Natsu

1975

Acting

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

My Way

My Way

1974

as Dr. Gondo

5.7
Acting

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy...

Bitterness of Youth

Bitterness of Youth

1974

as Seijiro Ono

6.3
Acting

A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.

Second Chance

Second Chance

1973

1.0
Acting

A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not.

Suzume Iro Doki

Suzume Iro Doki

N/A

Acting

The TV movie is about a third-rate female lawyer who is an alcoholic, has a history of divorce, and only handles divorce settlements. She spends her d...