Tsurutaro Kataoka
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1954-12-21
Locus Natus: Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan
Et ut: 片岡鶴太郎, かたおか つるたろう, Shigeo Ogino, 荻野繁雄, Tsurutarô Kataoka, Toshio Hagino, 카타오카 츠루타로
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the...
release : 1989.02.04popularis : 8.478
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis
Shortly after Shinnosuke Tomari (Ryoma Takeuchi), Kamen Rider Drive, eradicates the Earth of the 108 Roidmudes, he is put on a special assignment to...
release : 2015.12.12popularis : 3.843
No More Comics!
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential...
release : 1986.03.24popularis : 1.887
Sada
The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
release : 1998.04.11popularis : 4.255
Devoted Cookbook
It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking...
release : 2014.06.08popularis : 1.476
Hana's Miso Soup
Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga...
release : 2014.08.30popularis : 0.658
Dora-heita
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own...
release : 2000.05.13popularis : 4.886
Listen to My Heart
A radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who need an extra push to send out their simple yet very...
release : 2009.11.10popularis : 1.832
A Story of Modern Chivalry
A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.
release : 1997.10.08popularis : 2.298
Sharaku
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and...
release : 1995.06.02popularis : 1.529
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Lubang Island in the Philippines with his...
release : 2005.08.13popularis : 0.863
The Last Reunion
After Isao has reached retirement, he receives a phone call from an ex- elementary school classmate Norio inviting him to a reunion. During the...
release : 2017.11.26popularis : 0.93
Initiation Love
Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist....
release : 2015.05.23popularis : 3.825
Super Hero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3
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...
release : 2015.03.21popularis : 2.86
One Last Bloom
Forty years after leaving Japan for a boxing career in the U.S. that never panned out, Jin returns to restart his life with his old boxing buddies....
release : 2023.08.25popularis : 5.477
One Way Love
An awkward love story between a married woman and a younger man.
release : 2023.08.04popularis : 1.367
Maniac Hero
Nakatsu was laid off at his company and now works part-time at a convenience store. One day, Nakatsu forms a vigilante group to protect his town with...
release : 2016.05.07popularis : 2.938
Light of Intricate Patterns
Yuri appreciates her son Kazuma's passion of figures, but worries about his ability to get along with the group. Yuri, who works as a writer, visits...
release : 2024.05.22popularis : 0.001
The Discarnates
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,...
release : 1988.09.15popularis : 3.734
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie Wars Full Throttle
Gaim: It begins on the planet Kouta and Mai reside. Suddenly a mysterious enemy appears, then heads for their friends back in Zawame City. What is...
release : 2014.12.13popularis : 2.266
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
After witnessing a strange explosion, Shinnosuke Tomari is later visited by a young man claiming to be his son Eiji Tomari from the year 2035. Eiji...
release : 2015.08.08popularis : 2.186
Hanagatami
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the...
release : 2017.12.16popularis : 3.429
Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo....
release : 2015.09.26popularis : 0.638
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors
The body of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi, a construction company worker, is discovered stabbed to death in Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo. Detective Masanao...
release : 2016.01.09popularis : 1.349
Shunichi Doba Suspense Deviation ~First Investigation Division/Keiji Sawamura~
Sawamura Keiji (Sorimachi Takashi) of Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division, who is confined to office work while he is...
release : 2013.02.15popularis : 0.559
Izo
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified....
release : 2004.09.07popularis : 4.856
Turning Point
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
release : 1994.06.18popularis : 1.981
Menkyo ga nai!
A popular movie star named Hiroshi Nanjo faces a huge problem in filming his new action flick when they find out he hasn't got a license to drive. He...
release : 1994.02.11popularis : 1.237
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
911 receives a call from a young woman reporting the death of an acquaintance at a hotel, and Detectives Ushio and Ogami of Shinjuku West Police...
release : 2001.01.13popularis : 0.553
Hanaikusa
The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.
release : 2007.11.23popularis : 1.436
Last Love
Akira was a sax player in New York, but retired from it because of his wife's sudden death. One day, Akira Agawa met Yui Uehara, a young woman who...
release : 2007.06.16popularis : 0.512
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
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...
release : 2012.05.12popularis : 1.936
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Last Family
The body of Kou Fujisaki, who fell to her death, is discovered in front of an old building in West Shinjuku. Chief Sakamoto notifies Ushio, who...
release : 2017.01.07popularis : 1.639
Labyrinth of Cinema
The only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront is about to close its doors. Its last night of screenings will be an all-night marathon of Japanese...
release : 2020.07.31popularis : 4.228
Rose Against the Odds
The story of Australian Indigenous boxer Lionel Rose from his first amateur boxing matches up until his first title fight in Japan.
release : 1991.09.29popularis : 1.06
Sazae-san 3
A TV special movie aired in Japan.
release : 2011.01.02popularis : 2.547
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined Special
Five flashy Roidmudes seem to be causing a “thick air” event, and when Shinnosuke goes to investigate, turns out the problem was being...
release : 2015.03.29popularis : 2.367
The Motive
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation...
release : 2004.12.18popularis : 3.812