Takeshi Masu
Known for Acting
Born
December 9, 1955 (age 70)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
52 films, 60 shows
Known for Acting
Born
December 9, 1955 (age 70)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
52 films, 60 shows

Agito: Superpower War
2026 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
In a world where people awaken to supernatural powers, one ordinary police officer Makoto Hikawa stands against this chaos.

Aimitagai
2024 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accident, Azusa despairs yet finds comfort in sending text messages to Kanami’s cellphone. Kanami’s parents wonder about Azusa’s identity, and upon visiting the orphanage that their dead daughter cared about, are moved by her good deeds.

Until the Day I Call You My Son
2024 · 25m
country: Unknown

Muroi Shinji: Not Defeated
2024 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Muroi, who retired from the police early, took in the children affected by the incident and moved to Tohoku. Although he was told cold words from those around him, he lived quietly while protecting his children. However, the body of the perpetrator of the special fraud and robbery was found deep in the mountains, and the village fell into chaos.

アディクトを待ちながら
2024
country: Japan

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2023 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
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 get involved in misadventures while on set.

Beautiful Dreamer
2020 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Excitement pervades through a university preparing for the annual school festival. Meanwhile, a calm atmosphere hangs over the club room of the film studies group which does not really have an exhibition. But Sara, who dreamed there was something in the corner of the club room, finds an old cardboard box that morning.

Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
2020 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Following the 2009 financial crash, Waseda University graduate Takeshi lost his job in Tokyo and retreated to his family home in Sendai. While he resumed his role as heir to the family construction company with a diligent attitude, his hidebound father resents that his son left and that at the age of 35 Takeshi is still single. However, wider events will force father and son to overcome their differences as the Otsunahiki, a great tug-of-war featuring thousands of participants, will pull them together in a family tradition just as Takeshi meets Jiheyun, a beautiful Korean doctor on an exchange programme... The ties of family bind people tightly as characters struggle with the push of their own ambitious urges and the pull of family commitments but the Otsunahiki ropes things together in a family drama rich with events and the culture of Sendai, that will tug and the heartstrings of viewers whilst providing to the desire to visit the beautiful and storied region.

Onmyōji
2020 · 2h 5m
country: Japan

BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja
2019 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
The era when Samurai and Ninja existed in Japan. Rikka Isurugi was born and raised in a Ninja clan secluded from society. She soon meets Miya, a girl with a mysterious power, who is found lost in the mountains. As Rikka is concerned that someone is pursuing Miya, she also asks the head the of Isurugi Ninja Clan for permission to avenger her father's death. Soon Rikka faces danger with the attack of the Negoro group but…

Tuna Girl
2019 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A clumsy but cheerful fisheries student struggles to find her place at a research institute renowned for its tuna cultivation. The work isn't easy.

Dream Stage
2019 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
20-year-old Ozawa Tsubasa has been helping out in the eatery that her mother Yukiko runs in a port town in the Tohoku region. She loves songs and secretly wishes to become a singer. However, she is on the verge of giving up that dream since it is practically impossible. Seeing her mother keep on working despite the hardships as well as the deserted town, she doubts that dreams and wishes come true. But one day, Tsubasa travels back in time to Tokyo in the year 1975 in an unexpected way. She meets 20-year-old Ozora Tsubasa, a cheerful and positive girl with the same name and dream as her. The unsuspecting Tsubasa had left home and come to Tokyo under the mistaken impression that she was scouted by a television station.

This Old Road -KONOMICHI-
2019 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
A genius and reckless poet and a hard working musician are asked by the CEO of a children literature magazine to write a war song to send children into the battlefield.

Recall
2018 · 2h
country: Japan
A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.

Zenigata
2018 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Two brothers run a bar called Zenigata in a backstreet of a fishing port. At midnight, the bar changes to a lending place, where the brothers lend money and charge high interest. One day, they hire a former boxer

Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Spring Special
2018
country: Japan

ミッドナイト・ジャーナル 消えた誘拐犯を追え
2018
country: Japan

Peach Girl
2017 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
While everyone thinks that Momo is a wild party girl, the reality is that she is shy and lonely. Can Momo confess her love to her classmate, Toji, or will her best friend Sae steal him away? It's a bittersweet drama of growing up and fitting in.

The King of Minami Returns: Light and Shadow
2017 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
Loan shark Ginjiro meets two people from his past: Harumi, who runs a kids restaurant; and Shimamoto, a human rights lawyer who isn't what he seems.

Stray Dogz 4
2016 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
When a friend from his yakuza past gets released from prison, a loan shark and his former-male-host sidekick help the ex-con get back on his feet.

Yaeko's Hum
2016 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
Yaeko has taken care of her husband Seigo who has stomach cancer. Seigo goes through 4 surgeries, but survives. Yaeko is then diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and her condition worsens. Their family struggles to take care of Yaeko, but they also cherish their time with her. Seigo takes care of Yaeko as best as he can.

The Sowing Traveller 3
2016 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Acclaimed director of Summer of Chirusoku, Half a Confession and Yunagi City, Sakura Country Kiyoshi Sasabe casts Rin Takanashi and Takumi Saitoh as members of the farming industry. The Sowing Traveller 3 tells a universal story of the cherished act of growing fruit. Ayane is conflicted about coming back home because she feels it’s a setback. Filming took place in Akaiwa, Okayama prefecture, a peach growing area with lots of sun and fertile soil. Along with the harmony of daily life that the local people have with nature, an important feature of the film is its beautiful landscapes.
Black Lizard
Black Lizard
2015 · 2h
country: Japan

Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
2015 · 1h 45m
country: Unknown
A man, who moved to Tokyo to become a musician, returns to his hometown for the first time in 10 years. He sees the beautiful scenery of his childhood years and the kind people who supports him.

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.

The King of Minami Returns: Ginjiro, Arrested!?
2014 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
Osaka loan shark Ginjiro meets Tomoe, a childhood friend of his friend Ryuichi, but the lonely Tomoe has fallen in love with a man she met online.

Shichou Shisu
2012
country: Japan
The mayor is found dead in the river in a small town known for its hot springs. It's assumed that he fell to his death, but his nephew just cannot understand why his uncle would have gone there by himself to begin with. When he cleans up his house, he finds his uncle's diary and tries to find out what exactly happened.

Ouran High School Host Club
2012 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Ouran Academy is a prestigious school with most students coming from wealthy families. One of the few students who comes from a modest background is Haruhi Fujioka (Haruna Kawaguchi). Through unexpected circumstances, Haruhi Fujioka ends up joining the male "host club," while hiding her gender. Friendship and love grows between Haruhi Fujioka and the male "host club" members.

Perfect Blue
2010 · 2h
country: Japan
A murder occurs of a promising high school baseball player. His younger brother Shinya becomes the prime suspect. Private detective Koichiro is hired by their father, Saburo Moroka. To prove Shinya's innocence, Saburo, Koichiro, and Koichiro's pet dog Masa work to uncover the real killer's identity. At the same time, there is a case at a giant drug company named Mitsutomo Pharmaceuticals. Yuki bears a grudge against the company for prior inspection methods used over newly developed drugs. Yukie then threatens the company. Company president Kouta orders Kihara to resolve the problem discreetly. The more Kihara learns of the situation, the more hesitant he becomes about how to handle the situation. Finally, these two seemingly disparate cases cross paths, and a shocking truth emerges...

The Hero Show
2010 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
Two men, a freeter (played by Shusuke Fukutoku) and a man who used to be a non-combat solider (played by Junpei Goto), becomes involved in a cruel crime.

Go Find a Psychic!
2009 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
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 for the rest of the year they hide their abilities. Yone Sakurai is a program director for a psychic variety TV show called "Asunaro Psychic". She is stressed out and tired from her work, but proud of what she is doing. Yone actually believes in psychic abilities. By an audience request a new plan is set out for the program, a plan which requires the show to uncover real psychics or psychic events.

Udon
2006 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.

Tokyo University Story
2006
country: Japan
Murakami Naoki is the most intelligent student at his high school, but he can't stop obsessing over a girl named Mizuno Haruka. He finally asks her out, and to his surprise, she accepts. After several months of a loving yet obviously doomed romance, it comes time for them to take the entrance exams for Tokyo University. What will happen to their relationship if only one of them is accepted?

Fugitive Joichiro Kijima
2005
country: Japan
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 Movie" of the drama " Bayside Shakedown," which was broadcast on Fuji TV in 1997. The story revolves around Inspector Kijima Joichiro, played by Terajima Susumu , who appeared in "Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi" as the field commander of the special crime investigation unit chasing the suspect on the ground. In the story's chronology, this work takes place before "Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi," and the final scene of "Fugitive: Kijima Joichiro" leads directly into the opening scene of "Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi."

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
2005 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.

Summer Time Machine Blues
2005 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
The members of a sci-fi club accidentally spill Coke on the remote controller of an air-conditioner during summer and suddenly a time machine appears in their sweating bath-like clubroom.

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki Maya), only exacerbate the situation when they try to help clear his name. Is Muroi guilty as charged or merely taking the fall? What is the truth behind the murder? Two lawyers, one determined to get Muroi, the other resolved to save him, a feud between two police departments, political power plays and legal trappings, all combine to orchestrate Muroi’s downfall.

Shibuya Story
2005 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.

Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori
2004 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code. Also while in Edo, Hattori must find out why their rivals, the Koga Ninjas, are flourishing while the Iga Ninjas are dying out. Hattori's master is Kenichi, a 9 year old boy. Kenichi is an introvert and not very popular boy, so he never plays with the other children from school. Kenichi also has a secret crush on a young lady called Midori, yet he's too shy to speak to her. Though as he watches Hattori trying his best, he too begins to try. Meanwhile, people are being found unconscious, their bodies completely unmarked. All the victims have a tattoo (the Koga Ninja crest) and are found with a throwing knife lying close by.

Quartet
2001 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
"Quartet" tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.

Kamen Rider Agito Special: A New Transformation
2001 · 45m
country: Japan
Shouichi encounters his old friend and caretaker Dr. Higashi Kunieda. Dr. Kunieda, a friend of Yoshihiko Misugi, took care of him while he was hospitalized with amnesia. After catching up on a year of separation Shouichi abruptly leaves to house to fight an Unknown as Agito Burning Form. Unfortunately, after the Unknown flees Shouichi loses control of himself and attacks Dr. Kunieda, who followed Shoucihi and watched him transform. Dr. Kunieda managed to calm him down but Shouichi becomes to afraid of himself and runs away.

Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4
2001 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
Shouichi encounters a teenage girl called Sayaka, who ran away from a military facility because of an attack by the Ant Lords. Sayaka has a supernatural ability to foresee the future. Risa Fukami, of the military group GA, wants to use that power to enhance the newly-made G4 System, which was based upon designs stolen from Ozawa. Now, Agito and Gills must fight to stop the Ant Lords' attack, as G3 and G4 settle their score.

Black Jack
2000 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
Matsuzaki, who gets critically injured after a sketchy deal, is taken by his girlfriend to a church where it is rumored that miracles happen. There, they find strange twins named Pinoko. With Pinoko's guidance, Matsuzaki is saved by a genius surgeon, BJ, in exchange for exorbitant fees. However, Matsuzaki is captured by the police. Meanwhile, Reiko, a female detective who pursues Matsuzaki and other organizations, tries to solve a mystery by conducting an independent investigation. It turns out Matsuzaki was found dead.

Hypnosis
1999 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?

Fallen Angels
1998 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Midori is a university student that finds part-time work at a hostess club, near the end of Japan's "Bubble Economy," in the late 80s. She agrees to become the mistress of one of the wealthy young patrons for two million yen a month, but then the bubble bursts...

Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror
1997 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
First "The Story of Terror" film by Junji Inagawa.

That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?
1996 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
The setting is the prestigious, traditional Japan University of Science. Mitsugu Kimura, a top-achieving student, is a resident of Sigma House, a student dormitory. Mitsugu is joined by a group of unique, problematic students with the lowest grades, but Sigma House is in danger of being demolished. Professor Migita, who is conspiring to build a hotel on campus, has plotted to close the dormitory unless all the students get straight A's on their next exams. In Campus Academic Wars, students wage a cheating war against a corrupt university professor, with the survival of Sigma House at stake. Will glory or ruin await them at the end of this righteous(?) cheating that brings together all their intelligence and physical strength? Namie Amuro, the top J-pop music sensation, plays one of the students. Screening alongside the film In Tomoko's Case (starring Rie Tomosaka, directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro) as a double feature theatrical release.

July 7th, Sunny Day
1996 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Hinata Mochizuki (Arisa Mizuki) is a superstar in the pop music scene, and Kenta Yamabe (Masato Hagiwara) is a very ordinary office worker. One day, the two meet, and then fell in love. However, due to the influence of various external factors, the relationship between the two does not go smoothly.

The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. Liquidator
1993 · 1h 31m
country: Unknown
#5 in the King of Minami series and the second film to be released theatrically. Manda's original apprentice, Ryuichi, resurfaces after being targeted by the yakuza in Kobe. Meanwhile, Manda hounds a factory owner named Yanagida for his interest payments, only to discover that he's only one of many victims of the evil liquidator Gennai, who profits off of other companies' bankruptcy.

Knockout
1989 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.

Empire of Kids
1981 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his new friend Ko (Takeshi Masu). He's greeted by his friends, Chabo (Ryusuke Matsumoto) and Ken (Bang-ho Cho). They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs in Kita and Minami, including the Hokushin Alliance, backed by the yakuza, the Hope Association, and various other minor factions, including Zainichi Korean groups. What follows is a wild, fast-paced story of violence, revenge, betrayal, and discrimination, that never loses its sense of humor.