Director

• Munō no Hito (1991)
• 119 (1994)
• Tōkyō Biyori
  Tokyo Biyori
  is the fourth solo single from J-pop vocalist Tomiko Van, released on June 18, 2008. The track "Hum a Tune" is a cover of a song by Japanese band Original Love. "Message." is said to be Van's first musical composition, and "Tokyo Biyori" is said to be composed by Kazuo Zaitsu of Tulip.-Track...
  
  (1997)
• Rendan (2001)
• Sayonara Color (2005)
• Yamagata Scream (2009)

Film

2011: Karate-Robo Zaborgar

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

Karate-Robo Zaborgar, also called is a 2011 Japanese film directed by Noboru Iguchi. The film is based on an 1970's show Denjin Zaborger.-Plot:...

2010: Mutant Girls Squad

Mutant Girls Squad

is a Japanese film by Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi. The film is about Rin, a sixteen-year-old mutant girl who meets a gang of rebel mutants who aim to take revenge on humans for persecuting their race...

2009: Shinjuku Incident

Shinjuku Incident

Shinjuku Incident is a 2009 Hong Kong action crime drama film written and directed by Derek Yee, and also produced by and starring Jackie Chan...

2008: 4 Shimai Tantei Dan

2008: Kurosagi

Kurosagi (film)

Kurosagi is a film based on the 2006 popular TV series Kurosagi.After the finale of the TV series in June, TBS received many questions about whether there would be a new season or a film. TBS decided to shoot a film, beginning in August 2007....

2007: 26 Years Diary

2006: Catch a wave

Catch a Wave

"Catch a Wave" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band, The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1963 album Surfer Girl. This song was recorded on July 14 and 16, 1963. This song is notable for the use of a harp played by Mike Love's sister, Maureen...

2006: The School of Water Business

2006: Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun (film)

Song to the Sun, known in Japan as , is a movie directed by Norihiro Koizumi starring the Japanese artist and singer Yui. In the movie, she plays the role of Kaoru Amane , a 16 year old girl who has the rare skin condition xeroderma pigmentosum , a disease that makes the ultraviolet radiation of...

2006: Nodame Cantabile

Nodame Cantabile

is a manga by Tomoko Ninomiya. It was serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the magazine Kiss from July 2001 to October 2009 and collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. A two-volume sequel, called Nodame Cantabile: Opera Chapter, which began serialization in the 10 December 2009 issue of Kiss, was released...

2005: Sayonara Color

2004: Swing girls

Swing Girls

is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Shinobu Yaguchi about the efforts of a group of high school girls to form a jazz band....

2003: Good Luck!!

Good Luck!!

Good Luck!! is a 2003 Japanese television drama starring Takuya Kimura and Kou Shibasaki. The story revolves around an up-and-coming pilot, Hajime Shinkai, and portrays his interactions with others as he progresses along the road to becoming a captain. As is common in many Japanese drama series, it...

2003: Azumi

Azumi

is a Japanese manga series created by Yū Koyama in 1994. The manga was originally published by Shogakukan and serialized in Big Comic Superior, and was later adapted to two feature films starring Aya Ueto, a video game and a stage play. Azumi received an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media...

2002: Ping Pong

Ping Pong (film)

is a 2002 sports film directed by the Japanese filmmaker Fumihiko Sori. It is based on Taiyō Matsumoto's manga of the same name and is about the friendship between two high school table tennis players....

2001: The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Happiness of the Katakuris

is a 2001 film directed by Takashi Miike, with screenplay by Kikumi Yamagishi. It is loosely based on the South Korean film The Quiet Family. The film is a surreal horror-comedy in the farce tradition, which includes claymation sequences, musical and dance numbers, a karaoke-style sing-along...

2001: Waterboys

Waterboys (film)

is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by the Japanese film director Shinobu Yaguchi, about five boys who start a synchronized swimming team at their high school...

2000: Sanmon yakusha (By Player)

1996: Shall we dansu?

1995: East Meets West

1995: Gonin

1995: Tokyo Fist

Tokyo Fist

Tokyo Fist is a Japanese drama/horror film. It was written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, who also stars in the film along with his brother Kôji Tsukamoto and Kahori Fujii...

1994: Rampo

Rampo (film)

is a 1994 Japanese movie. It is based on the stories of Edogawa Rampo.-Plot summary:In an animated introduction a man hides in a nagamochi to scare his wife but he is locked in and can hardly breathe...

1992: Shiko funjatta (Sumo Do, Sumo Don't)

1991: Hiruko the Goblin

Hiruko the Goblin

Hiruko the Goblin is a 1991 horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and starring Kenji Sawada.-Cast:* Kenji Sawada - Hieda Reijirou* Masaki Kudou - Masao Yabe* Hideo Murota - Watanabe* Naoto Takenaka - Takashi Yabe* Megumi Ueno - Tsukishima Reiko...

1990: Best Guy

Best Guy

is a 1990 Japanese action film directed by Toru Murakawa, and produced by Toei Company in association with Mitsui & Co. and Tohokushinsha Film. The screenplay was written by Murakawa with Makoto Takada. The film stars Yūji Oda, Naomi Zaizen, Masato Furuoya, Masato Nagamori, and Toshio Kurosawa...

1989: Fancy Dance

1986 : Gonza the Spearman

Gonza the Spearman

is a 1986 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.-Cast:* Haruko Kato as Oyuki's nanny* Hideji Ôtaki as Iwaki...

Theater animation

• Pocket Monsters the Movie: Emperor of the Crystal Tower ENTEI
  Pokémon 3: The Movie
  Pokémon 3: The Movie, originally released in Japan as , is a 2000 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the third feature-length Pokémon film. It was released in Japanese theaters on July 8, 2000, and the English adaptation, entitled Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unknown was released...
  
  (2000) - Entei, Doctor Shurī
• Ice Age
  Ice Age (film)
  Ice Age is a 2002 American computer-animated film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J. Wilson. The story follows three Paleolithical mammals attempting to return a lost human baby to its parents...
  
  (2002) - Diego (Japanese dub)
• Innocence
  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known simply as in japan, is a 2004 science fiction film and sequel to the anime film, Ghost in the Shell. Released in Japan on March 6, 2004, with an U.S. release on September 17, 2004, Innocence had a production budget of approximately $20 million...
  
  (2004) - Kimu
• Shrek 2
  Shrek 2
  Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
  
  (2004) - Puss in Boots (Japanese dub)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown
  Ice Age: The Meltdown
  Ice Age: The Meltdown, also known as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply as Ice Age 2, is the 2006 sequel to the 2002 computer-animated film Ice Age. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and premiered in Belgium on March 1, 2006...
  
  (2006) - Diego (Japanese dub)
• Sword of the Stranger
  Sword of the Stranger
  is a 2007 Japanese anime feature film directed by Masahiro Andō and produced by Bones. The film follows Kotaro, a young boy who is hunted by the Ming from China for mysterious reasons. Among the Ming is a fearsome Western fighter named Luo-Lang, whose only desire is to find a worthy opponent...
  
  (2007) - Kachū
• Shrek the Third
  Shrek the Third
  Shrek the Third is a 2007 American animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007...
  
  (2008) - Puss in Boots (Japanese dub)
• The Sky Crawlers
  The Sky Crawlers (film)
  is a 2008 Japanese anime film, directed by Mamoru Oshii. It is an adaptation of Hiroshi Mori's novel of the same name. It was released across Japanese theatres by Warner Bros. Japan on August 2, 2008. Animated by Production I.G, the film was written by Chihiro Itō, featuring character designs by...
  
  (2008) - Master
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
  Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
  Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox...
  
  (2009) - Diego (Japanese dub)
• One Piece Film: Strong World
  One Piece Film: Strong World
  or simply is a 2009 Japanese animated film directed by Munehisa Sakai. It is the tenth feature film based on the shonen manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. The film stars the regular television cast of Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Otani,...
  
  (2009) - Shiki the Golden Lion

Video games

• Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3
  PlayStation 3
  The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
  
  , Sega
  Sega
  , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
  
  , 2008) - Nagayoshi Marume

Singles

• "Postman Pat no Uta" (1994)
• "Dokutoku-kun" (1995)
• "Deka Melon" (1997)
• "Kimi ni Hoshi ga Furu" (1997)
• "Nichiyōbino Shokuji" (1998)

Albums

• Kawatta Katachi no Ishi (1984)
• Naoto Takenaka no Kimi to Itsumademo (1995)
• Merci Boku (1995)
• Merci Boku, Unpeu Boku ~ Live in Japan (1995)
• Eraserhead (1996)
• Kuchibue to Ukulele (2000)

Other appearances

• Demento
  Haunting Ground
  Haunting Ground, known as in Japan, is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 console in 2005. The game shares many similarities with Clock Tower 3.-Gameplay:...
  
  (PlayStation 2
  PlayStation 2
  The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
  
  , Capcom
  Capcom
  is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
  
  , 2005) - Cinematics director, motion actor (Riccardo)

Film awards

• 1991

Blue Ribbon Awards

Blue Ribbon Awards

The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...

 Best Actor (Munō no Hito)

Hochi Film Award

Hochi Film Award

The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best International Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*Best New Artist*Special Award*Best Director- Winner :...

 Rookie of the Year (Munō no Hito)

Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

 FIPRESCI Prize (Munō no Hito)

• 1992

Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor (Shiko Funjatta)

• 1995

Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor (East Meets West)

• 1996

Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor (Shall We Dance?)

Impression repertoire

• Bruce Lee
  Bruce Lee
  Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
  
  
• Kensaku Morita
  Kensaku Morita
  is a Japanese actor, singer and governor of Chiba Prefecture in Japan.- External links :...
  
  
• Kunie Tanaka
  Kunie Tanaka
  is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro and The Bad Sleep Well and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993.-Selected filmography:*Minna no Ie aka...
  
  
• Masao Kusakari
• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  Ryunosuke Akutagawa
  was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story". He committed suicide at age of 35 through an overdose of barbital.-Early life:...
  
  
• Saneatsu Mushakōji
• Seichō Matsumoto
  Seicho Matsumoto
  was a Japanese writer.Seichō's works created new tradition　of Japanese mystery / detective fiction. Dispensing with formulaic plot devices such as puzzles, Seichō incorporated elements of human psychology and ordinary life. In particular, his works often reflect a wider social context and postwar...
  
  
• Shūsaku Endō
  Shusaku Endo
  Shūsaku Endō was a 20th-century Japanese author who wrote from the unusual perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic...
  
  
• Tetsuo Ishidate
• Tetsurō Tamba
  Tetsuro Tamba
  was a Japanese actor.-Biography:Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice . By then, he had among other roles appeared in two films by director Masaki Kobayashi: Harakiri and Kwaidan...
  
  
• Yūsaku Matsuda
  Yusaku Matsuda
  was a Japanese actor. Yusaku was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi to a Zainichi Korean mother. His father is not known. His date was wrongly recorded as 1950 on his birth records due to a parental error in filing a report.-Career:...
  
  
• Yūzō Kayama
  Yuzo Kayama
  is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on 11 April 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became a big star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishō film series....
  
  

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