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Leo Morimoto
Born: 13th Feb 1943 Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 104
Film: 68 (65%)
Television: 36 (35%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, History, Music
Filmography
Oct 2022 (first aired)
This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons a ... view
Character:
(voice) (1 ep.)
Feb 2020 (first aired)
In a local shopping street in Nano prefecture, far from the metropole, young Tokino Mitani runs a clocksmith that she inherited from her grandfather a ... view
Character:
Tokio Mitani (7 ep.)
Original title: 先生！ 、、、好きになってもいいですか？
2017
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 ... view
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Shoichi Hashiba
Original title: 西村京太郎トラベルミステリー68 山形・陸羽西線に消えた女
2017
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 ... view
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Detective Nishimoto
Original title: 西村京太郎トラベルミステリー67 箱根紅葉・登山鉄道の殺意
2017
Detective Kamei of the First Investigation Division receives a request from lawyer Shinichi Nakamura, the son of his deceased close friend, to re-inve ... view
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Detective Nishimoto
Original title: 天使のいる図書館
2017
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 ... view
Character:
Soichiro Tanaka
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
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President Ezaki (2 ep.)
Original title: 後妻業の女
2016
Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her. Not longer after their marri ... view
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Taiji Tsumura
Original title: 西村京太郎トラベルミステリー66 釧路・帯広殺人ルート
2016
The strangled dead body of Hiroshi Hatano, accounting section chief at the longstanding apparel company Edaka International, is discovered in his apar ... view
Character:
Detective Nishimoto
Oct 2015 (first aired)
Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai from Bakumatsu period time-travels 150 years to modern day Japan. ... view
Character:
佐伯真人 (8 ep.)
Jul 2014 (first aired)
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refer ... view
Character:
Shigenobu Arakawa (10 ep.)
Original title: ママが生きた証
2014
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 ... view
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Shiro Omori
Oct 2013 (first aired)
Second modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen tv show. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: おとうと
2010
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to ... view
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Doctor Endo
Nov 2009 (first aired)
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 ... view
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Unknown/various (5 ep.)
Original title: ブラック会社に勤めてるんだが、もう俺は限界かもしれない
2009
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 ... view
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Sakushi Kuroi
Original title: 蟹工船
2009
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 ... view
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Original title: おと・な・り
2009
An aspiring floral designer and the photographer next door become drawn to each other through the everyday sounds they hear through their shared walls ... view
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Tea Shop Manager Hori
Mar 2008 (first aired)
When Sakuragi Haruko's father's factory is bombed, Oba Hiroto stops Haruko when she tries to rescue her father from the fire. They meet again a few ye ... view
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Noda (2 ep.)
Original title: お茶の間トランスフォーメーション
2007
A short film with live-action special effects made as a parody of the American live-action movie version 'Transformers'. ... view
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Sep 2007 (first aired)
A new dramatization of "Hadaka no Taishō (The Naked General)" series about the wandering painter Kiyoshi Yamashita, starring Tsukaji Muga. ... view
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Unknown/various (4 ep.)
Apr 2007 (first aired)
A missed confession of love haunts a young man on his best girl friend's wedding day. Sudden appearance of a mysterious Angel enables him to go back i ... view
Character:
Takanori Yoshida (11 ep.)
Oct 2006 (first aired)
Genius bartender, Sasakura Ryuu makes the most incredible cocktails anyone has ever tasted. Seeking his "Glass of God", individuals from all different ... view
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Narrator (voice) (11 ep.)
Original title: LOVEDEATH ラブデス
2006
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 ... view
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Original title: サイレン
2006
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 ... view
Character:
Shinichi Amamoto
Original title: ホールドアップダウン
2005
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 ... view
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Oct 2005 (first aired)
The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. O ... view
Character:
Yuki Kamisugawa (1 ep.)
Jul 2005 (first aired)
A generations old family business is sent into turmoil when the sudden death of the head of the family opens the door to a fierce struggle between his ... view
Character:
Yoshizo Yajima (11 ep.)
Original title: イン・ザ・プール
2005
A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress. ... view
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Professor Samata
2004
A detective and his assistant help send restless spirits into the spiritual world. ... view
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Mysterious Man
Jul 2004 (first aired)
Young Mabel West is the daughter of mystery writer Raymond West, who wants her to lead a normal life. Rebelling against this, Mabel wants to be a grea ... view
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Captain Erskine (voice) (2 ep.)
Dec 2003 (first aired)
NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of Jap ... view
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Jul 2003 (first aired)
Boku dake no Madonna, sometimes shortened to BokuMado, is a drama series that aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2003. In English it is often called You are ... view
Character:
Shoutaro Kuramoto (11 ep.)
Jan 2003 (first aired)
Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from ... view
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Unknown/various (10 ep.)
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:
Kogoro Ishimine (2 ep.)
Original title: ぼのぼの クモモの木のこと
2002
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 ... view
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Sunadorineko-san
Jul 2002 (first aired)
Rage, a pimp who only loves money and himself, is sent to jail for 6 months. While he is in the jail, Rage’s partner, Reiji, dies in a traffic accid ... view
Character:
Ueda Takuro (10 ep.)
Original title: 西村京太郎トラベルミステリー 宗谷本線殺人事件
2001
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 ... view
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Detective Nishimoto
Original title: 西村京太郎トラベルミステリー 伊豆誘拐行 高速道路５時間06分の盲点… 赤い車から消えた女！
1998
Katsura Aya (Shiratori Yasuyo), a young and popular actress, is kidnapped. Igarashi (Honda Hirotaro), the president of the production company, calls T ... view
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Detective Nishimoto
Apr 1998 (first aired)
Shomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here are six women who have ended up in this department known ... view
Character:
Koji Inoue (37 ep.)
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
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Hiromi's Father
Original title: わが心の銀河鉄道 宮沢賢治物語
1996
“Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists. Miyazawa is an ... view
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Oct 1996 (first aired)
Momoe lives a life of luxury until one day, she loses everything... her money, her father and her lover. She must now find a way to support herself. W ... view
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Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Original title: キッズ・リターン
1996
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, ... view
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Homeroom Teacher
Apr 1996 (first aired)
Minami who is dumped by her ex-boyfriend, Asakura, on their wedding day. She later meets Sena, Asakura's ex-roommate and a pianist, and lives with him ... view
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Professor Sasaki (8 ep.)
Jan 1996 (first aired)
A romantic drama about a mentally handicapped man in love with a supermodel. ... view
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Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Original title: トラブルシューター
1995
A man (Koji Matoba) working for a group that solves others' problems searches for the men that raped two young women. ... view
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Dec 1993 (first aired)
A stop-motion animated TV series based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, featuring puppet art by Kihachirō Kawamoto. This is a historical picture scrol ... view
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Unknown/various (57 ep.)
Original title: わが愛の譜 滝廉太郎物語
1993
A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend. ... view
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Jul 1993 (first aired)
Ryuichiro's bride, company president Mayumi Kitahara dies, leaving him to take care of her daughter Natsumi. Natsumi moves into Ryuichiro's flat, but ... view
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Investor (12 ep.)
Original title: 雀色時
1992
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 ... view
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1992
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. ... view
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Original title: ミカドロイド
1991
During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo ... view
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Man at the Lodging House
Original title: 金（キム）の戦争 ライフル魔殺人事件
1991
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 ... view
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Original title: 愛の世界
1990
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 ... view
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Original title: 砂の上のロビンソン
1989
An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their ho ... view
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Original title: ドグラ・マグラ
1988
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 ... view
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Journalist
Original title: 珊瑚色ラプソディ殺人事件
1988
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 ... view
Character:
Yosuke Hasuda
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Original title: 王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼
1987
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 ... view
Character:
Shirotsugh Lhadatt (voice)
Original title: Ｌ特急「雷鳥九号」殺人事件
1987
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 ... view
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Detective Nishimoto
Original title: ブラックボード
1986
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 ... view
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Police
Original title: 星くず兄弟の伝説
1985
A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothe ... view
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Man of Shopping Bag
Oct 1984 (first aired)
“Monday Drama Special” (Getsuyou Drama Special) is a long-running drama that aired on TBS every Monday from 21:00 to 22:54 (JST) from October 2, 1 ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Character:
Yukihiro Murakami
Original title: どくとるマンボウ&怪盗ジバコ 宇宙より愛をこめて
1983
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 ... view
Character:
怪盗ジバコ (voice)
Original title: 遠雷
1981
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 ... view
Character:
Tetsuo Wada
Sep 1981 (first aired)
"Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon Television network for 24 years from September 29 , 1 ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Dec 1980 (first aired)
An economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The US branch president of a trading company challenges J ... view
Character:
Junichi Kimura (4 ep.)
Original title: ヒポクラテスたち
1980
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 ... view
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Original title: アナザ・サイド
1980
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" ... view
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Original title: 神様のくれた赤ん坊
1979
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 ... view
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Original title: もう頬づえはつかない
1979
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 ... view
Character:
Tsuneo
Original title: 絞殺
1979
The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and uncompromisi ... view
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Apr 1979 (first aired)
The struggle of a rookie detective, portrayed with a cheerful and comical touch.
Takeshi Hayano originally belonged to the Traffic Division but was t ... view
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Unknown/various (26 ep.)
Original title: 青春 PART II
1979
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 ... view
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Original title: 新・人間失格
1978
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 ... view
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Original title: オレンジロード急行
1978
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 ... view
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Original title: 妻と女の間
1976
Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress. ... view
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Mitani
Original title: 祭りの準備
1975
Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in. ... view
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Criminal
Original title: 女の夏
1975
It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer. ... view
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Original title: わが道
1974
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy ... view
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Dr. Gondo
Original title: 青春の蹉跌
1974
A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry. ... view
Character:
Seijiro Ono
Original title: 花心中
1973
A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not. ... view
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Oct 1971 (first aired)
Hikaru Tsuki is a new 5th grade teacher at Tozai Elementary School. Secretly, she is also the alien princess of Planet Alpha and a peacekeeper for the ... view
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Unknown/various (26 ep.)