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Ikkei Watanabe
Born: 27th Oct 1962 Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 198
Film: 103 (52%)
Television: 95 (48%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Romance, History, Action & Adventure, Adventure, Kids, Music, Documentary, War, War & Politics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Filmography
Original title: 静かなるドン 第８章
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
Shizuka decides to confront Onishu-gumi, joined by Naruto, Inokubi, and loyal members. Former Onishu members Namakura, Hijikata, and Gomada switch sid ... view
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(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
Madogiwa Tarou was supposedly demoted when sent to work in a local tax office but is actually a secret investigator. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 静かなるドン 第７章
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
The Shinsen-gumi–Onishu conflict escalates, causing defections. Naruto and Inokubi vow to prove Shizuka’s innocence, leaving Namakura and Hijikata ... view
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Original title: 静かなるドン 第６章
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
J attacks Shizuka at home again, and even while hiding at Namakura’s, Shizuka is targeted. He realizes J has spared him multiple times. At the peace ... view
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Original title: 静かなるドン 第５章
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
Kondo Shizuka works at a design company by day and leads the Shinsen-gumi by night. Though a yakuza, he dislikes conflict and revitalizes his gang wit ... view
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Original title: 黒牢城
2026
Based on Honobu Yonezawa's novel. Set in 16th century Japan, follows Lord Murashige Araki who, besieged in his castle, confronts mysterious crimes and ... view
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Apr 2026 (first aired)
When a sharp-eyed newspaper journalist begins investigating a powerful medical university director, two women hardened by injustice in a male-dominate ... view
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蜂須賀三郎 (5 ep.)
Jan 2026 (first aired)
A former forensic ace turned full-time mom, Yoshioka Shiori balances housework, childcare, and solving crimes with her rookie detective husband and th ... view
Character:
Seiya Kaneda (9 ep.)
Jan 2026 (first aired)
A lawyer in "Team Zero," dedicated to saving the wrongly accused, fights against time, fingerprint evidence, and a top prosecutor to prove the innocen ... view
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Unknown/various (5 ep.)
Jan 2026 (first aired)
In a 2026 Tokyo haunted by the Youka disease that turns inner ugliness into monsters, gentle shrine maiden Sumi Shiraishi wields prayer-forged blades ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 盤上の向日葵
2025
Keisuke, a 10-year-old boy, living hard despite being abused by his father, finds a ray of light in the midst of his suffering and conflict ---- a sho ... view
Character:
Ginjiro Tsunodate
Original title: 砂の中のダイヤモンド
2025
Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he ha ... view
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Abe
Original title: アオショー！
2025
The protagonist, Shippei Iida, moves with his mother to the remote island of Origoshima. He transfers to the island's only high school, Origoshima Hig ... view
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Apr 2025 (first aired)
After a disastrous first encounter, a stern prosecutor and a spirited judicial trainee are unexpectedly drawn into each other’s lives, where chaos s ... view
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Souichiro Aoki (12 ep.)
Mar 2025 (first aired)
A diligent college student struggling with job hunting is tasked with reviving a struggling snack bar in Susukino, where she uses her marketing skills ... view
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Kitano (4 ep.)
Original title: 映画 おしりたんてい スター・アンド・ムーン
2025
Story begins when Koala asks Butt Detective to find a missing relative who disappeared from an idol contest. The case takes Butt Detective to Stardust ... view
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Chief Maltese (voice)
Original title: あめだま
2025
The other kids never ask Dong-Dong to play, but he’s fine just playing marbles on his own. Until one day, he buys a bag of colorful candies and begi ... view
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Dad (voice)
Jan 2025 (first aired)
Yukiya Ise, the discriminated second son of the Ise family, betrayed by his wife and older brother, vows revenge. ... view
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Seiichiro Ise (10 ep.)
Original title: 追想ジャーニー リエナクト
2024
Scriptwriter Yokota Yuji, who is troubled by the fact that his next work is not going as well as he had hoped, receives an email offering "regression ... view
Character:
Present Yokota Yuji
2024
A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread. ... view
Character:
Makoto Otsuki
Jun 2024 (first aired)
Ichiro Seike is a popular, 43 year old politician. He has gained popularity for his impressive smile and liberal speech and behavior. He is expected t ... view
Character:
Kanetaka Michiue (11 ep.)
Jun 2024 (first aired)
Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known ... view
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Unknown/various (3 ep.)
Original title: 料理人たち - Les Cuisiniers of Chime
2024
Documentary on the creation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film "Chime" ... view
Character:
Self
Apr 2024 (first aired)
The hardened veteran detective Rena and bright-eyed rookie Sato take on a menial investigation. The job goes well until a thug named Dobu steals their ... view
Character:
Kuroda (10 ep.)
Original title: 映画おしりたんてい さらば愛しき相棒(おしり)よ
2024
Butt Detective's partner who disappeared 10 years ago suddenly reappears. He receives a mysterious message from Suisen and soon finds himself embroile ... view
Character:
Chief Maltese (voice)
Nov 2023 (first aired)
Commemorating the 120th anniversary of Ozu Yasujiro's birth, six up-and-coming filmmakers remade six of his early silent films as a contemporary mini- ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jul 2023 (first aired)
Yoshino Hikari is a young woman with a bright and friendly personality. She quits her job working at a credit association in her hometown in order to ... view
Character:
Shibukawa Makio (9 ep.)
Apr 2023 (first aired)
Shokudo Megumi is an oden restaurant run by Megumi, a popular former fortune teller who lost her powers. Now she still helps her regular customers in ... view
Character:
Shingyoji Takumi (12 ep.)
2023
In the early days of the Internet, a case arises from an innovative software and the developer is falsely arrested by the police. This film is based o ... view
Character:
Fumiya Kitamura
Original title: マリッジカウンセラー
2023
"Marriage Counselor" is about an employee of a major real estate company who used to be a top salesman, but has become an annoying "Showa-era old man" ... view
Character:
Akio Akabane
Original title: ガリレオ 禁断の魔術
2022
Four years before Silent Parade (2022), Yukawa and Kusanagi investigate the murder of a writer after a video found in his possession piques Yukawa's i ... view
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Hiromi Koribayashi
Sep 2022 (first aired)
M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M beg ... view
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Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Jun 2022 (first aired)
News of "revived people" who should have died humans come back to life was reported all over the world. Meanwhile, Tetsuo Tsuchiya wakes up in the con ... view
Character:
Anzai (2 ep.)
Feb 2022 (first aired)
Takano has been transferred to the Public Security Department, which is considered to be an elite among the Japanese police. A murder of a ruling part ... view
Character:
Yasuyuki Hayase (10 ep.)
Original title: 倫敦ノ山本五十六
2021
In 1934 (Showa 9), Maj. Gen. Yamamoto Isoroku was ordered to be the chief representative of the preliminary negotiations for the Disarmament Conferenc ... view
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Original title: 梅切らぬバカ
2021
An old house stands amongst newly built buildings, as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, has been living there alone with h ... view
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Oct 2021 (first aired)
In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of ... view
Character:
Shirou Kurihara (7 ep.)
Original title: 映画おしりたんてい スフーレ島のひみつ
2021
The story follows Butt Detective and his assistant Brown as they solve a difficult case on Souffulé Island, where people ride the wind and fly in the ... view
Character:
Chief Maltese (voice)
Apr 2021 (first aired)
Makoto Kanzaki is a PR man at a university. He is swept up in a series of scandals and is driven into a corner as he tries to make temporary solutions ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (5 ep.)
Original title: バイプレイヤーズ もしも100人の名脇役が映画を作ったら
2021
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who g ... view
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Feb 2021 (first aired)
Ichito Kurihara is a physician at a small hospital in Nagano Prefecture. The hospital doesn't have enough doctors, which causes Ichito Kurihara to cov ... view
Character:
Kanayama Benji [Secretary-general] (4 ep.)
Jan 2021 (first aired)
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of seri ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Original title: クローゼット
2020
In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of another. ... view
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Original title: 映画 おしりたんてい テントウムシいせきの なぞ
2020
Mystery of the Ladybug Ruins. Here comes the second piece of “Butt Detective" jumps to the big screen. This is an adventurous action film that tells ... view
Character:
Chief Maltese (voice)
Original title: 映画 ふしぎ駄菓子屋 銭天堂
2020
Adaptation of the first volume following an eight-year-old boy Keiji getting a mysterious snack that can make him fish taiyaki (japanese fish-shaped c ... view
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(voice)
Original title: Ｗの悲劇
2019
The story of a rich family torn apart by the murder of their patriarch, and their heiress being accused of the crime, becomes a play and is acted out ... view
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Nov 2019 (first aired)
Tōko Kisaragi is a detective in the Investigation 1 Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Her senior, Detective Hideaki Takano, has ... view
Character:
Hayase Yasuyuki (6 ep.)
2019
From a first feature director Koichiro Oyama who worked as an assistant director for Hideo Nakata's "Kaidan" (2007), the film is about a man with crim ... view
Character:
Hiroshi
Original title: 二宮金次郎
2019
Ninomiya Kinjirou is a biopic follows the life of the eponymous character, an 18th century peasant boy who worked to rescue over 600 poor villages and ... view
Character:
Ninomiya Manbee
Original title: 映画 おしりたんてい カレーなる じけん
2019
The Case of the Courageous Curry. On a sunny afternoon, Butt Detective and his assistant Brown are enjoying a leisurely afternoon tea at the cafe. Mr. ... view
Character:
Chief Maltese (voice)
Jan 2019 (first aired)
Rekihiko Tokiya is an excellent detective in Kyoto. While he chases a suspect, Rekihiko Tokiya falls into a water storage pool at an abandoned factory ... view
Character:
Tomeo Nemoto (10 ep.)
Original title: マリオ～AIのゆくえ～
2018
It's the year 2023. The development of artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years. When a policeman gets seriously injured and won't ... view
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Original title: 琥珀の夢
2018
a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii ... view
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May 2018 (first aired)
Set during the Bunsei period (1818-1931). Ichibei Karaki (Osamu Mukai) is a samurai with elite swordsman skills. He is also good at accounting and man ... view
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Unknown/various (9 ep.)
May 2018 (first aired)
A polite and meticulous super sleuth known as the Butt Detective solves a myriad of baffling mysteries, blowing raspberries in the face of crime. ... view
Character:
(voice) (123 ep.)
Apr 2018 (first aired)
Sherlock has a peculiar character flaw. She does not open her heart to strangers. She is Japanese, but was born in Britain. She now works as an invest ... view
Character:
Daigoro (1 ep.)
Apr 2018 (first aired)
Staffed by sketchy people, this rock-bottom hotel is on the brink of bankruptcy! Out of nowhere, the ultimate shady guest arrives. This is the story o ... view
Character:
Masao Tokisada (10 ep.)
Jan 2018 (first aired)
Detective Aya’s routine at the Kanagawa Police is disrupted when Yuriko, a former office worker from Tokyo's Metropolitan Police, unexpectedly joins ... view
Character:
Sakunosuke Kuroda (7 ep.)
Original title: ゆらり
2017
Small miracles take place within three families. These different stories revolve around a false kidnapping, a pious child and a forsaken dream. Based ... view
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Original title: 破獄
2017
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 ... view
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Feb 2017 (first aired)
Inspector Zenigata takes on cases in Japan. ... view
Character:
To Jogasaki (9 ep.)
Jan 2017 (first aired)
Miyawaki Yohei was a professional wrestler, who opened his own tofu shop after his retirement. He always tried to get his daughter Sakura interested i ... view
Character:
Yazaki Eiichiro (24 ep.)
Nov 2016 (first aired)
From a gruesome murder to a series of bomb blasts, it's explosive storytelling from beginning to end! This “Crystal's Beating” (Suishō no Kodō) ... view
Character:
Hayase Yasuyuki (5 ep.)
Sep 2016 (first aired)
Based on the novel "Mohouhan" by Miyuki Miyabe.
Journalist Maebata Shigeko, young Tsukada Shinichi and elderly Arima Yoshio all suffer from and becom ... view
Character:
Masuoka Tadashi (2 ep.)
Jul 2016 (first aired)
Kyoko Muromachi (Reiko Takashima), Yayoi Ichijo (Yoshiko Miyazaki) and Misuzu Yasaka (Atsuko Takahata) work at a police station. Kyoko Muromachi works ... view
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Shuichiro Kato (6 ep.)
Original title: 人類学者・岬久美子の殺人鑑定6
2016
Restaurant owner Kenji Nagata has been stabbed to death. When the police begin an investigation, a bag of human bones is discovered in Nagata's car an ... view
Character:
Norio Kajikawa
Original title: 税務調査官・窓際太郎の事件簿30
2016
A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. ... view
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Aug 2015 (first aired)
The body of a person who died an unnatural death is discovered encased in mortar like concrete in the basement of an abandoned building. Why was the p ... view
Character:
Hayase Yasuyuki (5 ep.)
Original title: 切り裂きジャックの告白 ～刑事 犬養隼人～
2015
The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and u ... view
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麻生警部
Apr 2015 (first aired)
Ieji Hisashi, a salaryman who works for a securities company, has a fuzzy memory of the recent five years because of an accident at his job posting. H ... view
Character:
Yosuke Teshigawara (10 ep.)
Apr 2015 (first aired)
A sake brewery of long standing in Kanazawa is deep in the red. The owner’s only son Sagara Shuichi, an elite banker, resigns from the bank because ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
Original title: 霧の旗
2014
A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s sister, ... view
Character:
Oya
Oct 2014 (first aired)
In defiance to his superiors, a credit officer stands his ground in denying a grocery chain additional loans. Then the terrorist attacks begin. ... view
Character:
Kimio Takita (5 ep.)
Original title: 金田一耕助VS明智小五郎ふたたび
2014
Ryujo Hoshiko (Goriki Ayame) comes to detective Kindaichi Kosuke’s (Yamashita Tomohisa) office with a request. She would like him to investigate an ... view
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Original title: 劇場版 カードファイト!! ヴァンガード 3つのゲーム
2014
A blackmail sent to the police containing a video showing the letters "VF" in flame. "VF" means to battle with the card game "Vanguard", in other word ... view
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Jul 2014 (first aired)
Yoshizaki Kaoruko, who had been a clinician at a university hospital, takes up a post at a medical examiner’s office after she is told by her profes ... view
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Detective Yamakura (9 ep.)
Original title: 奇跡の教室
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 e ... view
Character:
Harima
Apr 2014 (first aired)
Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to ... view
Character:
Takumi Komiyama (1 ep.)
Apr 2014 (first aired)
Saku Shingo is a non-career police officer but rose to become a director at an unusually young age. He is one of only 10 directors in the Tokyo Metrop ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (9 ep.)
Jan 2014 (first aired)
Akemi Ninomiya is a hardcore mystery fan. Although she is only a college student, she is wealthy and owns a building. Private Detective Morio Ukai pre ... view
Character:
Sunagawa (8 ep.)
Original title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 爻ノ篇
2013
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie " ... view
Character:
Doctor Banana
Original title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 漸ノ篇
2013
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie " ... view
Character:
Doctor Banana
Jul 2013 (first aired)
Mizuki Konno is a high school student. She belongs to the the most powerful group in the class, which is led by Sakura Himezawa, so she can have a pea ... view
Character:
Hirokazu Konno (12 ep.)
Original title: ゴッドタン キス我慢選手権 THE MOVIE
2013
Hitori Gekidan gets off a crew bus, assuming he will participate in a travel program. He overhears people in the monitoring room announce the beginnin ... view
Character:
Detective Matsui
Original title: ガリレオXX 内海薫最後の事件 愚弄ぶ
2013
A spin-off from popular Japanese TV series "Galileo". Episode XX tells the story of female detective Utsumi Kaoru's final case before she went to Okla ... view
Character:
Hiromi Kuribayashi
Mar 2013 (first aired)
One day, a suspicious-looking audio CD is delivered to Shiroyama Kyosuke, the company president of Hinode Beer, the industry’s top brewer. Shiroyama ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (7 ep.)
Original title: ストロベリーナイト
2013
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has r ... view
Character:
Shunsuke Hashizume
Original title: つやのよる ある愛に関わった、女たちの物語
2013
Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her ... view
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Oct 2012 (first aired)
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to ho ... view
Character:
Houji Kato（加藤 峰司） (11 ep.)
Original title: ライアーゲーム -再生-
2012
To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who ... view
Character:
Mitsuo Tanimura
Jan 2012 (first aired)
The drama has Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted young surgeon who is dedicated to his work. He gets transferred from a prestigious ... view
Character:
Yojiro Itokawa (8 ep.)
Jan 2012 (first aired)
Reiko Himekawa is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast throug ... view
Character:
Shunsuke Hashizume (11 ep.)
Original title: もう誘拐なんてしない
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 u ... view
Character:
Takemura Kenjiro
May 2011 (first aired)
“Karyu no Utage” tells the story of a housewife (Kuroki) from a middle-class household who has tried to raise her son with the belief that putting ... view
Character:
Fukuhara Kenji (8 ep.)
Original title: ストロベリーナイト
2010
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has r ... view
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Aug 2010 (first aired)
The story focuses on 26-year-old Rika (Ueto), a single editor who is unskilled in love. The story starts when a man (Uchino) appears before her, telli ... view
Character:
Tetsuo Kawakami (6 ep.)
Jul 2010 (first aired)
"Tanpopo Farm," a facility overlooking the ocean, offers rehabilitation for troubled youth—those from reform schools, bullied individuals, and those ... view
Character:
Kitayama Shuji (135 ep.)
May 2010 (first aired)
Rensuke Hazuki, the president of Regolith, a rapidly growing interior manufacturer in Japan, is planning to expand into China. Rensuke boarded the bus ... view
Character:
Togo Kijihata (8 ep.)
Original title: ライアーゲーム ザ・ファイナルステージ
2010
In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting ... view
Character:
Mitsuo Tanimura
Jan 2010 (first aired)
Tanaka Ainosuke was born with a weak left eye. Then one day, his older brother Yumehito dies mysteriously, allowing Ainosuke to receive a cornea trans ... view
Character:
Ichiro Yoshida (8 ep.)
Jan 2010 (first aired)
The story centers around the employees of a legal document firm. Tamura Katsuhiro is a young man with a strong sense of justice. Although he believes ... view
Character:
Matsuro Kakizaki (10 ep.)
Original title: 火天の城
2009
The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle ... view
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Original title: DOOR TO DOOR ~僕は脳性まひのトップセールスマン~
2009
Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to- ... view
Character:
Shinsuke Nawa
Apr 2009 (first aired)
Sayama Michio is a young and callous beautician who will stop at nothing to fulfill his ambition(s). Coming from an impoverished background, he sudden ... view
Character:
Murase Shintaro (9 ep.)
Jan 2009 (first aired)
Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," whic ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: ガリレオΦ
2008
The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. D ... view
Character:
Hiromi Kuribayashi
Original title: 容疑者Xの献身
2008
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaor ... view
Character:
Hiromi Koribayashi
Original title: 体育館ベイビー
2008
Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between ... view
Character:
Shibahara Mamoru
Original title: 同級生
2008
A romance occurs via email, between Jun Shibahara, the ace in his swimming team, and an ill girl. ... view
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Original title: ALWAYS 続・三丁目の夕日
2007
A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the ... view
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Oct 2007 (first aired)
Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair ... view
Character:
Hiromi Kuribayashi (21 ep.)
Original title: 生きる
2007
In a Post-War Tokyo, when the bureaucratic chief of department of the City Hall Kanji Watanabe finds that he has a terminal cancer, he decides to inte ... view
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Jul 2007 (first aired)
Sakazaki Iwane is a ronin who spends idle days in Edo. Until a few months ago, he was a promising son and successor to a powerful family in Bungo. He ... view
Character:
Imazuya Kichiemon (37 ep.)
Apr 2007 (first aired)
Nao Kanzaki is a college student who is known for her honesty and naivete. One day, she receives a black postcard indicating that she has been selecte ... view
Character:
Mitsuo Tanimura (20 ep.)
Jan 2007 (first aired)
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has somet ... view
Character:
緑川 (2 ep.)
Original title: 木更津キャッツアイ ワールドシリーズ
2006
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost fo ... view
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Ucchi's father
Original title: 世にも奇妙な物語 ～2006秋の特別編～
2006
***Kyouko-san (Miss Kyouko)
A young therapist at a hospital investigates when a spirit appears and kills people who say "Kyouko-san, Kyouko-san, plea ... view
Character:
高野 悟
Original title: ユウキ
2006
A drama about friendship that spans ages, this is based on a true story which chronicles the life of a man who died at the age of 23 after an illness ... view
Character:
Morishita
Apr 2006 (first aired)
Toshiyuki Nishida plays the role of Don Kameda, A.K.A “Don-Game”. Don-Game is a cafe owner who loves jazz and long epic songs. But that’s actual ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (15 ep.)
Character:
Shuzo Otake
Oct 2005 (first aired)
At the age of nine, Haruka moves from Osaka to Yufuin with her father Yosuke and her younger sister Asuka because Yosuke hopes to open a restaurant in ... view
Character:
Mizuno Yoksuke (151 ep.)
Original title: 七人の弔
2005
Seven families are aboard a bus towards a field camp for their vacation. At this camp, it becomes clear that this is not a common trip. The parents ar ... view
Character:
Koichi Kawahara
Original title: 天国へのカレンダー
2005
What would you do on the last day of your life? A nurse knows she's dying of cancer, but she hides the truth in order to support the patients that dep ... view
Character:
Takagi Tetsuo
Apr 2004 (first aired)
Sachiko and Masato Azuma, in their 4th year of marriage, had been so excited about the birth of their long-waited first child. They named their baby b ... view
Character:
Hajime Yabuki (11 ep.)
Original title: 木更津キャッツアイ 日本シリーズ
2003
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisar ... view
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Jul 2003 (first aired)
A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew. Marimo ... view
Character:
Hideki Sadoi (10 ep.)
Original title: 角川ホラービデオ館 危険な香りの女たち編
2003
"GHOST HOUSE" Cast: Jinpachi Nezu ("Castle of the Owls", "Red Shadow"), Natsuo Ishido, Masako Izumi Synopsis: A young girl is forbidden by her parents ... view
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Apr 2003 (first aired)
A dejected woman finds an unconscious man resembling her former dog and takes him in as a "pet", forming an unexpected bond as they overcome obstacles ... view
Character:
Eikichi Shimizu (10 ep.)
Jan 2003 (first aired)
This drama pits two protagonists against each other. On the one hand there's Makoto, a woman who believes that the TV program is a product and that vi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Original title: マッスルヒート
2002
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug. ... view
Character:
Asakura
Oct 2002 (first aired)
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the fi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Jan 2002 (first aired)
Looking for a job, Hana gets work at the Andrews Department Store, but her boss hates her and gives her impossible work to do. Her bubbly nature and c ... view
Character:
Norio Kuroiwa (9 ep.)
Original title: ウルトラマンコスモス THE FIRST CONTACT
2001
Musashi is a 10 year old boy with big dreams. He wants to grow up to be an astronaut so he can fly through the stars and meet his hero Ultraman. His m ... view
Character:
Commander Shigemura
Original title: 柔らかな頬
2001
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she pl ... view
Character:
Michihiro Moriwake
Original title: 仮面学園
2000
Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that ... view
Character:
Mamoru Yaba
Oct 1999 (first aired)
Mariko is a forensic scientist working at the Kyoto PD Crime Lab. Her credo is “science never lies” and she delves into the truth of the case with ... view
Character:
Takuya Kurahashi (9 ep.)
Original title: 学校の怪談 春のたたりスペシャル
1999
A special edition of the TV series "Gakko no Kaidan (School Ghost Stories)" broadcast on Fuji Television Network. ... view
Character:
Original title: ガメラ3 邪神＜イリス＞覚醒
1999
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphane ... view
Character:
THE WIDE producer
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Moero!! Robocon ran from January 31, 1999 (a week after the finale of Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack) to January 23, 2000 (a week before the premiere of Kam ... view
Character:
Papa (51 ep.)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things ... view
Character:
Kaoru Odagiri（小田切 薫） (12 ep.)
Original title: ショムニ
1998
The day after being dumped by the boyfriend to whom she was going to give her virginity, Sawako Tsukahara (Kumiko Endo), an office lady in the account ... view
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Oct 1998 (first aired)
While working in the leisurely atmosphere at a food company's factory, Futaro is asked to return to their corporate headquarters by his good friend. U ... view
Character:
Shuichi Saiki (11 ep.)
Original title: 織田信長 天下を取ったバカ
1998
The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the O ... view
Character:
Original title: ラブ&ポップ
1998
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. ... view
Character:
Kobayashi
Oct 1997 (first aired)
Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Her ... view
Character:
Mizukoshi Koichi (11 ep.)
Jul 1997 (first aired)
After a botched robbery at the Kurokawa Financial Company leaves security guard Satoru Aizawa (Nagase Tomoya) fatally wounded, a freak lightning strik ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jul 1997 (first aired)
In this engaging comedy, a husband and wife enter a journey of self-discovery when they enter their child into a drama school. Just where does a paren ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
Original title: パラサイト・イヴ
1997
A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity. ... view
Character:
Oct 1996 (first aired)
Tamon is a young white-collar worker who has spent his entire young career as an athlete, and is accustomed to an all male environment. After retiring ... view
Character:
Omori Goro (9 ep.)
Original title: 女犯十手裏仕置II
1995
A "wicked" scoundrel who will do anything for money, women, and lust races through the streets of Edo! The shadow of a man silently approaches the sid ... view
Character:
Inushichi
Jan 1995 (first aired)
Kosuke Mikami, the head office manager of a convenience store, takes a mistress named Komachi, a Kyoto beauty, while he is working alone in Osaka. Aft ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 女犯十手裏仕置
1994
Inushichi is a rogue with a horrible criminal record, including rape and extortion. By chance, he ends up working for the constable Gennosuke Tagami. ... view
Character:
Inushichi
Oct 1994 (first aired)
Joy turns to sorrow when a couple learns just before their wedding day that the husband-to-be has been stricken with cancer and has only six months to ... view
Character:
Yamaguchi Mitsuo (21 ep.)
Original title: クレープ
1993
Based on the story of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Ran as a double feature with Chibusa (1993). ... view
Character:
Apr 1993 (first aired)
The story follows Ryota Mizusawa, a kitchen unit salesman, and Masumi Sakaki, a hand model and single mother of two children. Due to a real estate sca ... view
Character:
Samejima Mamoru (12 ep.)
Oct 1992 (first aired)
The 48th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Hirari. Story's settings includes Tokyo. Hirari is a young and energetic girl. She loves the sports, sumo, very ... view
Character:
安藤竜太 (151 ep.)