Known for Acting
Born
September 12, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
13 films, 4 shows


A Samurai in Time
2024 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
A samurai who gets hit by lightning wakes up to find himself on a film set in the present day and starts to work as an extra on samurai films.


Missing
2022 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Santoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worst and begins searching for him.


吹く風は秋
2017
country: Japan


The Gun and Fried Egg
2014 · 1h 53m
country: Unknown


FLY!~平凡なキセキ~
2012
country: Japan


The King of Minami Returns: The Seal of Betrayal
2011 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
Loan shark Ginjiro Manda meets with a former client, design firm CEO Tominaga. It was Tominaga’s wife who saved Manda from bankruptcy 10 years ago.


Crest of Betrayal
1994 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.


Benisuzume's Weekend
1993
country: Japan
A school romantic comedy that focuses on a group of high school girls.


Ronin-gai
1990 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.


Yun’s Town
1989 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.


Shiawase no Kuni: Aoi Tori Patapata?
1985 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Set in the big city of Kobe, Hanako (Yuko Tanaka) is a woman who is positive and strong in Japan's old evil society and always tries to live with new values. She questions the state of modern families and considers what freedom and happiness mean through the life of a "pseudo family" in which lonely people live together and seek bonds with others.


The Kōsuke Kindaichi Series 2: The Mummy Bride
1983 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
The second standalone TV drama in the Kōsuke Kindaichi series, starring Ikko Furuya. Fresh blood drips from the ceiling onto a bride’s gown… Kindaichi takes on the challenge of solving this mysterious case.


A Samurai’s Lie: Beloved Wife
1981 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Isozoemon (Go Kato) was a ronin (masterless samurai) and broke, who lived in a Choya (cheap apartment) in Okazakijoka town with his sick wife, Sugie (Ai Kanzaki). He was also a good swordsman who had taught swordsmanship in Akita a long time ago. He takes such good care of his wife that he is called a wife-loving man. He got involved in a conflict for succession because he pretended to become an officer to please her wife.