Takashi Sasano
Popularity:0.626
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1948-06-22
Place of Birth:Ichinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Also Known As:Takaşi Sasano, Takasi Sasano, Takaschi Sasano

Dear Doctor (2009)
Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant...

Hakutaka Shirataka Amane no Investigation File (2021)
A corpse of a clown is found in a park. Detective Shirataka Amane of Musashino Higashi Police Station begins investigating with rookie detective...

Love and Honor (2006)
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

Quiet Don 6 (1993)
Shizuya, who appeared on the first anniversary of Ken Sakamoto's death, the fourth Kishu-gumi. He again asks Ryuko to accept the sake cup. What about...

Quiet Don 12 (2001)
Kishu-gumi and the Hong Kong mafia will die in a trap set up?! Can Shizuya save this desperate situation?!

Quiet Don 10 (1996)
"I can't live for the Shinsen-gumi." Shizuya wanders between the yakuza and his love for Akino. What is the truth!?

Quiet Don 9 (1996)
Shouldn't gangsters love stubborn people? To protect true love, the Shinsen-gumi gather at night in Tokyo!

Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

Bright Future (2003)
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017)
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt...

Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral (2023)
Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able...

Departures (2008)
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s...

Instant Swamp (2009)
A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her...

Immersion (2023)
Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.

Seven Days War (1988)
A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers....

Sento: The Bathhouse (2016)
A schoolboy has a crush on his pretty class-mate Keiko on the inland island of Awaji. He figures her routine of taking baths at the public one is a...

The Exam (1999)
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes...

Accidental Kidnapper (2010)
Yuukai Rhapsody follows a man who is stuck in a rut, no personal life and no cash lead him to the drastic decision of kidnapping a rich boy,...

Walking My Life (2007)
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will...

Creepy (2016)
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police...

No One's Ark (2003)
Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to...

Wasao (2011)
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao...

A Paucity of Flying Dreams (1990)
A man in hospital has a weird and sexy conversation with a woman in the next bed, whom he cannot see. He later discovers she is in her sixties. They...

Mahjong Horoki (1984)
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.

A Class to Remember (1993)
A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.

A Hardest Night!! (2005)
A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous...

Greatful Dead (2013)
Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various...

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022)
A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and...

The Silent Service (2023)
Shiro Kaieda is appointed the captain of Japan's first nuclear submarine, jointly built by Japan and the United States in top secret. However, he and...

Damejin (2006)
An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When...

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan....

Super Hero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3 (2015)
The evil organization Shocker alters history by sending their newest creation, Kamen Rider 3, to defeat Kamen Riders 1 and 2 back in 1973. In the...

Jigen Daisuke (2023)
Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the...

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful...

Samurai Gangsters (2008)
Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master...

Quiet Don 11 (2000)
Shizuya thought that he had won the deadly battle with Kaifu, the fifth generation of Kishu-gumi, and put an end to the long-standing conflict, but...

A Tender Place (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...

More Painful than Rain (2005)
Ayami, who works in the marketing department of an advertising agency, is about to turn 30 and is beginning to think that she would rather live her...

Cape Nostalgia (2014)
Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are...

Train Brain Express (2012)
Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers,...

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom (2014)
Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high...

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a...

Hitsudan Hostess (2010)
The story is based on the bestselling autobiography of 25-year-old Rie Saito, who became a number-one hostess in Ginza despite being deaf. "Hitsudan...

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the...

The Negotiator: The Movie (2010)
¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko...

Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)
Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a...

Riding the Metro (2006)
Shinji (Shinichi Tsutsumi) steps out of a train station to find himself transported back to 1964.

Zen (2009)
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was...

MARKS (1995)
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later...

A Bolt from the Blue (2014)
Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40...

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023)
A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi...

Beijing Watermelon (1989)
Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change...

Surely Someday (2010)
Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's...

Free and Easy 15 (2004)
Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.

The Rainbow Seeker (1996)
A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in Tokushima, whose owner lives to bring entertaining films...

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project (2001)
Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his home town and spend his days fishing. Su-san and...

Keiho (1999)
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however,...

Midwinter Camellia (1992)
Yasuo Furuhata directs this romantic yakuza flick based on a book by popular romance novelist Tomiko Miyao. Set in 1932, the film centers on Peony...

At River's Edge (2011)
A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with his own younger sister. As a loyal samurai he...

Kim's War (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...

READY! LADY (1989)
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She...

Slapstick Brothers (2011)
Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu...

About Her Brother (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...

Mugonkan (2022)
A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring...

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing...

The Demon Comes in Spring (1989)
Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the...

Kuroi Gashu: Kusa (2015)
Ichiro Numata (Hiroaki Murakami) is the chief editor of a publishing company. He suddenly falls unconscious and is hospitalized, but various cases...

Thermae Romae (2012)
The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa...

Round About Midnight (1999)
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the...

Free and Easy 17 (2006)
Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting married, but a dark shadow now seems to loom over her.

Love Letter (1998)
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.

Life in Overtime (2018)
After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a...

Princess Toyotomi (2011)
National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) travel from their...

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger The Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll! (2015)
The Last Ninja Yoshitaka Igasaki sends his disciples the Ninningers on a special mission over summer vacation to Shinobigakure Castle to meet its...

Home Sweet Home (2000)
"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the...

Thermae Romae II (2014)
In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to...

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)
In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his...

A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000)
Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through...

Fireflies: River of Light (2004)
After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through...

The Investigation Game (2007)
Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect in a kidnapping case of a boy, who was...

Half a Confession (2004)
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its...

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland (2016)
The Ninningers come across a new enemy, Dark Doctor Mavro, a remnant of the Shadow Line, who created his own, evil version of Aka Ninger serving...

125 Years Memory (2015)
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night...

Cut (2011)
Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance...

Tatara Samurai (2017)
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a...

Chinyuki (2016)
Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens to visit a house and meets an old couple. The...

Yoko the Cherry Blossom (2015)
In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent,...

Elevator to the Gallows (2010)
A phone conversation occurs between a man and a woman. They both state their love for each other and that they will do this so they can be together....

The Discarnates (1988)
Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock,...

The Little House (2014)
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which...

Free and Easy 9 (1997)
Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible...

Free and Easy 2 (1989)
Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woman saves Su-san when he collapses while fishing.

25 (2014)
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups...

Free and Easy 6 (1993)
Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.

Tug of War! (2012)
The mayor of Oita wants to improve the image of his city, so he instructs Chiaki - a young woman working for the city's PR department - to form a...

Cutie Honey: Tears (2016)
At the end of the 21st century, the world is plagued by a mysterious virus and unusual weather. Genius scientist Dr. Kisaragi creates an android with...

Something Like, Something Like It (2016)
Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his...

Ryuji (1983)
Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.

Before We Vanish (2017)
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a...

Golden Orchestra (2016)
When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she...

God's Puzzle (2008)
A set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one...

Oishinbo (1996)
Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by...

Free and Easy 4 (1991)
Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company.

Free and Easy 5 (1992)
Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

Free and Easy 10 (1998)
Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surroundings on his first assignment at a new job.

The Rainbow Seeker 2 (1997)
Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. There, he falls in love for a single mother.

What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new...

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to...

What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies...

The Geisha House (1999)
Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the...

Sure Death 4 (1987)
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in...

The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987)
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.

Recall (2018)
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...

Murder on the Orient Express (2015)
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

One Million Yen Girl (2008)
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million...

Masquerade Hotel (2019)
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An...

A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013)
In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga...

Police Precinct Soul (2015)
A young woman is discovered strangled to death at the boat pier in Tokyo. There are no signs of disturbed clothing and assault, and because the body...

Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen (2000)
This film is the memoirs of Takasugi Shinsaku about the life of his great teacher Yoshida Shoin. Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰, 1830-1859) was one of...

Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie (1995)
The movie version of Juukou B-Fighter premiered in Japan on April 15, 1995 at the Toei Super Hero Fair '95. It was originally shown as a triple...

Shinjuku Swan II (2017)
Tatsuhiko Shiratori works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business. He movies to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He...

Older Brother, Younger Sister (2018)
The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father...

With All Our Might (2013)
Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo (Hazuki Inoue). Tamiko married her deceased friend...

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004...

The Hidden Blade (2004)
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his...

The Housekeeper (2012)
Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a...

Kasha (2011)
Shunsuke Honma is a detective from the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Shunsuke takes a leave from work due to an...

The Games Teachers Play (1992)
The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.

The 47 Rōnin in Debt (2019)
Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai...

A Far Promise (2014)
There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the orphans of Manchuria refugee camp who had to struggled...

Miracle Apples (2013)
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's...

68-Year-Old New Employee (2018)
Hitsujido Honpo, an established Japanese-style sweets company known for its traditional flavours and reliability, has maintained a modest popularity....

Free and Easy 18 (2007)
Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.

Free and Easy (1988)
Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along...

Free and Easy 8 (1996)
When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.

Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.

Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.

A Brief Message from the Heart (1995)
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.

Wife of a Spy (2020)
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her...

Haruka's Pottery (2019)
Koyama Haruka was an office worker who lived an unremarkable life, but one day she comes across a large platter of Bizen ware on display at a...

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (1986)
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and...

Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested...

Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the...

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.

Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.

Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition (2010)

Quiet Don (1991)
Part one of a twelve part direct to video film series. Based on the comic by Tatsuo Nitta.

Happy Flight (2008)
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew...

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined Special (2015)
Five flashy Roidmudes seem to be causing a “thick air” event, and when Shinnosuke goes to investigate, turns out the problem was being...

They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he...

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)
A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets...

Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 9 (1990)
Kyosuke Kozu (Masaomi Kondo), a university professor and a famous detective, is a big magic lover. He was asked to judge the Magic Competition to be...

Double Trouble (2008)
Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's...

Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy (2009)
Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After...

Last Scene (2001)
Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently...

The Devil Wears Ju-Ni Hitoe Kimono (2020)
Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji"....

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai (2012)
The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.

The King of Minami: City of Desire (1995)
#13 in the series, after the Special Movie.

The King of Minami: Formula for Deception (2001)
#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."

10 Promises to My Dog (2008)
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She...

Riverside Mukolitta (2021)
Ex-con Takeshi Yamada eludes his past by relocating to a quaint rural village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory...

The Yakuza Principal (2007)
Junji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho after the death of Okawa Clan's boss.

4 Mysterious Stories (2020)
A four-piece omnibus-style special drama produced by the production staff of "The Really Scary Story" and the JRA Japan Racing Association. 6 people...

Corpo a Corpo (2023)
In the heart of Osaka's old neighborhoods lies a run-down apartment building known as "Copo." Its thin walls and lack of privacy are home to a group...

Making of "Departures" (2009)
A documentary about the making and shooting of Yojiro Takita’s ‘Departures’ (2008)

A Class to Remember II (1996)
The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

Seven Samurai (2008)
A remake of the 1954 classic 'Seven Samurai'. This was made available exclusively through Pachinko machines in Japan. The soundtrack is comprised of...

Love You as the World Ends (2021)
26-year-old car mechanic Hibiki Mamiya lives with his high school sweetheart of the same age, Kurumi Ogasawara. Life together feels so natural and...

Time Limit Investigator (2006)
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are...

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (2003)
NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of...

Murder on the Orient Express (2015)
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

Soil (2010)
On the night of a blackout at the new residential area, ‘Soil New Town’, the Suzushiros, a family of three who live in that ordinary...

The Negotiator (2008)
In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to resolve cases without bloodshed. It is the metropolitan...

Fighting Girl (2001)
Sayoko is a tough, 19-year-old with ambition, energy and nowhere to direct it. Her father clearly favors her blind 16-year-old sister. Junior college...

Shinzanmono (2010)
In the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo - a woman was murdered. Detective Kaga Kyoichiro, who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct,...

Heart of a Samurai (2009)
Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47...

Sanctuary (2023)
A tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and upsetting an industry steeped in tradition.

Otose (2001)
Otose, the daughter of a poor farmer, was born on Awaji Island. At her workplace, she met Tsuda Mitsugi, a loyalist of the imperialists. He was the...

Will of Ex-Boyfriend (2022)
Reiko Kenmochi (Haruka Ayase) works as a successful lawyer at a big law firm. She is ambitious and she is also honest about her desire to make a lot...

Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces (2007)
In this drama based on an award-winning story by author Sato Masayoshi, Kitaoji Kinya stars as Kuwayama Jubei, a samurai who travels through Japan...

Juukou B-Fighter (1995)
Juukou B-Fighter is a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Hero...

Chushingura: A 48th Loyal Retainer in Love (2016)
Set in the Edo period, a story revolves around Kiyo, a woman who strives to overcome status differences of those days. When she pledges to live for...

Solitary Gourmet (2012)
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments...

Suits (2018)
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he...

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from...

The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO (2016)
Yamaneko is notoriously elusive, but wherever he shows up, enormous amounts of money gets stolen. Evidence of the audacious crime is left scattered...

DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon (2011)
Donoue General Hospital runs into a budget deficit, even though the doctors drive expensive imported cars and live an outlandish lifestyle. Office...

The Honest Realtor (2022)
Hotshot Nagase Saichi is Tosaka Real Estate’s top realtor. He lies through his teeth and will stop at nothing to seal a deal. One day, he...

Hiroshige Blue (2024)
Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known...

CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011)
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team....

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)
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...

Kogure Photo Studio (2013)
The Hanabishi family moves into the old building "Kogure Photo Studio." The first son Eiichi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is a 2nd year high school student....

Asuka High School March! (2011)
Nao Yoshino is a girl who fails the entrance exams of her target high school. She winds up enrolling in a technical high school called Kenritsu Asuka...

The Silent Service (2024)
An MSDF submarine collides with a U.S. nuclear submarine, crushing all 76 people on board, including its CO, Shiro Kaieda. However, the crew...

Bad Money (2014)
One million yen in elaborate fake bills that no one can tell are not the real deal were picked up by a homeless person. The bills begin to circulate...

Kamo, Kyoto e Iku. (2013)
Ueba Kamo is a career woman who works as a government official at the Ministry of Finance after graduating from Tokyo University. One day, her mother...

The Last Train Bound for Nagoya (2012)
This mini series follows the life of the people on the last train bound for Nagoya. Every new season is a snap of their lives a year after the...

Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa (2021)
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...

Phantom Assassin (2008)
Genjuro’s crime was assassination, his punishment was to survive a faked execution and lose his home, lose his identity, and emerge as...

The Secret 18th Group (1996)
During the Edo period, the eighth Tokugawa shōgun, Yoshimune, officially had 17 families of oniwaban, his private ninja guards. They were known as...

Kaidan Botan Doro: Beauty & Fear (2019)
Botan Dōrō is a Japanese ghost story that is both romantic and horrific; it is one of the most famous kaidan in Japan. The plot involves sex with...

Steel Frame (2010)
Sharply revealing the issue of Japanese construction industry where bid-rigging was a common practice among the giants. After working diligently for...

Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi (2019)
Kanoko Saho is fired from her father's company, Fawn. She worked hard in the manufracturing world but was fired regardless. In the background is the...

u&i (2018)
A show that aims to help children know and understand minorities such as those with disabilities or immigrant children. Each episode, a child with...

Sunny (2024)
The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation,...

Back of Father (2014)
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.

Tsukai TV Sukatto Japan (2020)
Something that we struggle with daily, that eats us up and causes stress and anger: annoying people. You know those people. Unreasonable complainers,...

Ningen Kansatsu Variety MONITORING (2012)
Set up strange situations for random people to experience, and monitor how they react to them.