Toru Masuoka Movies

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Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his...

Genre: Action

Cast: Masakazu Tamura

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Masaharu Fukuyama

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Hayato Isohata

In between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV produced a version for TV. Starring Nakadai Tatsuya and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto

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...

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Cast: Koji Yakusho

One day, Tomonaga Takashi, a medical representative of pharmaceutical company Tenei Seiyaku, is suddenly suspected of molesting inside a train by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Atsushi Ito

The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai....

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

An actor, who always plays supporting roles and lives in the shadow of his famous playwright father, falls in love with an energetic aspiring actress...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Toru Masuoka

Thirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no longer young, but the moment she sees him, memories of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi

After she drives drunk and hits an old woman, a famous novelist is threatened with a law suit by the woman's son... unless she lets him publish his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuko Yoshiyuki

This is a true story about the "Chichibu Incident," which is said to be the only revolution in Japan.

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Cast: Miki Fujitani

At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner Ikuzo manages the restaurant with his daughter....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Renji Ishibashi

Pilot for a TV series. In the pilot Hiroshi Tachi is a lower ranked samurai investigating the the murder of Tanuma Okitsugu's son Mototomo by Sano...

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Cast: Hiroshi Tachi

The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple and a small dog.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gō Katō

Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koichi Sato

26 years old Hanako is on the verge of directing her first-ever feature film, achieving her childhood dream. Although she’s being hindered by...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mayu Matsuoka

Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kikuko Fujimoto

Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Hiroaki Murakami

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).

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Cast: Takaaki Enoki

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuji Oda

Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Seiyo Uchino

The story of a Japanese sub's last mission during WWII.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki

Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba

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Cast: Misako Tanaka

The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the...

Genre: History

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto

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.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class...

Genre: Action

Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro

When Mutta was 12-years-old and Hibito was 9-years-old the two brothers saw what they thought was an UFO flying towards the moon. They made a pact...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shun Oguri

"Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hiroki Narimiya

Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Several otaku band together to save the baby of a Filipina mother.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kiyotaka Nanbara

A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Toru Masuoka

A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eiji Okuda

A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yutaka Mizutani

Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ken Ogata

Movie War Mega Max featured the first seven Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shu Watanabe

Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiromi Go

Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Masatoshi Nakamura

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Masatoshi Nakamura

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Masatoshi Nakamura

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Katsunori Takahashi

One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Makoto Fujita

Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Maki Horikita

Hirotoshi Honda, a teacher of a prestigious private girl’s high school, is arrested on suspicion of violating the nuisance prevention ordinance...

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Cast: Takaya Kamikawa

When the clock's hand turns into a knife, parent-child bonds are torn!

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Cast: Kimiko Ikegami

When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her uncle's invalidity, she is soon on her way to a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mimura

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly...

Genre: Action

Cast: Takumi Saitoh

Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to...

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Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Six year old Momoko and Motoharu are turned suddenly into High school students. And more than that they have now psychic powers.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Momoko Kikuchi

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.

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shirō Sano

Seven men and women, consisting of three couples who are reluctant companions and one single man, play in the game with the secret that their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was right. Maybe we should not have moved into that...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi

Eiso Tsubaki, a former aristocrat, was suspected in a murder case in Ginza and committed suicide. Detective Kindaichi Kosuke, who is commissioned by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hidetaka Yoshioka

The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shinobu Ôtake

Ex-bandit Komakichi has a random encounter with an ex-ally, Matsuzou. Seeing each other for the first time in 35 years, the two drink and talk about...

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Cast: Isao Hashizume

Genre: Drama

Cast: 相泽咲姫乐（あいざわさきら）

Every year on the fourth of January, Shobei's soba restaurant serves "Sanada Soba"; soba noodles topped with grated spicy daikon radish. Even...

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Cast: Ken Matsudaira