Shidou Nakamura
Actor | Director
Actor | Director
Shidou Nakamura, born as Mikihiro Ogawa, is a Japanese theater, film and voice actor.
As: Mataji
When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Haruki Kadokawa
Stars: Mayumi Wakamura | Atsuko Asano | Takashi Fujii | Honoka Matsumoto | Nao
As: Sensei
A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Lisa Takeba
Stars: Kanna Hashimoto | Riku Ichikawa | Keisuke Higashi | Joe Kanda | Tsukushi Kawai
As: Takafumi Takasaka
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Kazuya Shiraishi
Stars: Koji Yakusho | Yoko Maki | Kenichi Takito | Tori Matsuzaka | Takuma Otoo
As: Ryuk (voice)
10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru (Masahiro Higashide) is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators including Matsuda who experienced the Kira case of 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note takes place on Wall Street ...
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Stars: Erika Toda | Masaki Suda | Mina Fujii | Sosuke Ikematsu | Masahiro Higashide
As: Katsusuke Kuroiwa
Taking his inspiration from the biggest scandal in Japan’s police history, Kazuya Shiraishi has created a massive and sinister crime epic about the grand forces of corruption that brings to mind the best of Kinji Fukasaku’s yakuza movies (Cops vs. Thugs among others). Starting in 1970s Hokkaido like a nervous Japanese Starsky & Hutch–chan, the film charts the moral descent ...
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Kazuya Shiraishi
Stars: Go Ayano | Shidou Nakamura | Young Dais | Pierre Taki | Yukio Ueno
As: Ichiryu Oshita
The masterpiece of Shino Sakuragi, who won the 149th Naoki Prize for "HOTEL ROYAL" in 2013, is now a motion picture. A lawyer burdened with an inexpiable sin, and an accused woman who seals her past and keeps it a secret. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, the pair who chose a faraway town as the terminal station of their lives encounters and develops a moving drama by starting new lives. Koichi Sato enters new ...
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Tetsuo Shinohara
Stars: Shidou Nakamura | Koichi Sato | Takuma Otoo | Tsubasa Honda | Masato Wada
As: Daisuke Hasegawa
Directed by: Norihiro Takenaga
Stars: Manami Konishi | Tetsuya Takeda | Shidou Nakamura | Jurina Matsui
As: Yokoyama Taikan
Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, Taikan Yokoyama, Shunsou Hishida, Kanzan Shimomura, Buzan Kimura.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Katsuya Matsumura
Stars: Naoto Takenaka | Ichiro Hashimoto | Hiroyuki Hirayama | Shidou Nakamura | Houka Kinoshita
As: Iriya
By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization had uncovered mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that one person out of approximately eight million is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Tôya Satô
Stars: Go Ayano | Tatsuomi Hamada | Ayame Gouriki | Ryohei Suzuki | Tori Matsuzaka
As: Takagi
Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole overflowing with sex and fury. Day after day, (fictional) Gu finds fresh foes and makes the local hoodlums want to kick his ass. While working ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Su-yeon Gu
Stars: Kento Nagayama | Kaname Endô | Shota Matsuda | Tokio Emoto | Gota Watabe
As: Sergeant Shouzou Mochizuki
Set during the end of World War II, Major Mashiba (Masato Sakai) and others receive an order to hide 200 trillion yen worth of treasures. These treasures are to help rebuild the country after the war. 20 girls are mobilized to carry out the mission.
Directed by: Kiyoshi Sasabe
Stars: Seiji Fukushi | Ei Morisako | Masato Sakai | Shidou Nakamura | Yūsuke Santamaria
As: Father
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Stars: Seishirou Katou | Takahiro Miura | Susumu Terajima | Roi Hayashi | Mikijiro Hira
As: Kentaru Yamada
A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.
Directed by: Shunichi Nagasaki
Stars: Aoi Miyazaki | Tae Kimura | Yuki Amami | Ryuta Sato | Kie Kitano
As: Gen'un (voice)
A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a hero destined to battle evil and ensure harmony and tranquility in the world.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Stars: Satomi Ishihara | Yasuyuki Kase | Sôsuke Komori | Ryuji Aigase | Kentaro Ito
As: Yone Noguchi
In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true life story of Leonie Gilmour (Emily Mortimer), whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A tender and inspiring story of a remarkable woman who nurtures the amazing artistic talent of her son who has only one way to succeed and one person to guide him, as ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Hisako Matsui
Stars: Emily Mortimer | Mieko Harada | Jan Milligan | Christina Hendricks | Shidou Nakamura
As: Ran
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
Runtime: 145 min.
Directed by: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Stars: Kenta Kiritani | Aoi Nakamura | Hiro Mizushima | Osamu Mukai | Takeru Satoh
Hutch the Honey Bee and friends set on an adventure to find Hutch's missing Queen Bee Mother, whom he lost during a surprise attack by a group of Hornets. In the process Hutch makes friends with various other animals. At a town called Sepiatown he even befriends Amy, a kindhearted human girl who can talk with insects ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Stars: Naoki Tanaka | Ayaka Wilson | Ikuji Nakamura | Kon Arimura | Ayaka Saitou
As: Ryuk (voice)
After the events of the first movie Yagami Light faces two new adversaries as he is trying to create a perfect world without crime or criminals. This movie continues the first tv special and is a summary of the last 12 episodes of the tv anime
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Tetsuro Araki
Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi | Mamoru Miyano | Nozomu Sasaki | Noriko Hidaka | Shidou Nakamura
As: General Gan Xing
The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?
Runtime: 142 min.
Directed by: John Woo
Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro | Chang Chen | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Zhao Wei | Zhang Fengyi
As: Banki
Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Fumihiko Sori
Stars: Tetta Sugimoto | Haruka Ayase | Shidou Nakamura | Yosuke Kubozuka | Takao Osawa
Kiri no Hi (霧の火) is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The story takes place in Maoka City, Karafuto, Japan (Currently Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russian Federation) during the final year of the Pacific War. Nine telephone operators ...
Stars: Mayuko Fukuda | Miho Shiraishi | Mitsuko Kusabue | Etsuko Ichihara | Karina
The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7 kilometers long Route 246 passes through Japanese trendsetting areas such as Aoyama, Omotesando, Harajuku, and Shibuya, on its way to Numazu City in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Directed by: Yūsuke Santamaria | Shidou Nakamura | Tadanobu Asano | Genki Sudo
Stars: Kanji Tsuda | Takuya Ishida | Hidekazu Mashima | Genki Sudo | Haru
As: Zero (voice)
The film opens with Shaymin as Dialga appears. Then, in the Torn World, Giratina senses Dialga's presence, and flies up to the Real World to capture him. Dialga drinks, just as Giratina's portal opens up. Giratina then drags Dialga into the Reverse World. Shaymin is also catapulted into the Torn World. As Dialga and Giratina fight, Zero observes the battle in his ship. Shaymin absorbs a dark gas and uses ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama
Stars: Megumi Hayashibara | Rica Matsumoto | Megumi Toyoguchi | Yuji Ueda | Ikue Otani
As: Gan Xing
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Runtime: 146 min.
Directed by: John Woo
Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro | Chang Chen | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Zhao Wei | Zhang Fengyi
As: Ieyasu Tokugawa
Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Hajime Hashimoto
Stars: Reiko Takashima | Kimiko Yo | Shinobu Terajima | Tomita Yasuko | Yôka Wao
As: Ryuk (voice)
Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites ...
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Tetsuro Araki
Stars: Aya Hirano | Keiji Fujiwara | Takuya Kirimoto | Hideo Ishikawa | Hidenobu Kiuchi
As: Lieutenant Ito
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Ken Watanabe | Kazunari Ninomiya | Tsuyoshi Ihara | Ryo Kase | Shidou Nakamura
As: Ryuuk (voice)
In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: Shusuke Kaneko
Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara | Erika Toda | Takeshi Kaga | Shidou Nakamura | Shigeki Hosokawa
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Masahiro Takada
Stars: Megumi Seki | Yusuke Iseya | Ryo Kase | Yu Aoi | Sho Sakurai
As: Ryuk (Voice)
Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Shusuke Kaneko
Stars: Kenichi Matsuyama | Tatsuya Fujiwara | Erika Toda | Asaka Seto | Shigeki Hosokawa
As: Anno Tanaka
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Stars: Jet Li | Sun Li | Shidou Nakamura | Dong Yong | Pau Hei-Ching
As: Mamoru Uchida
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Runtime: 145 min.
Directed by: Jun'ya Satô
Stars: Takashi Sorimachi | Noboru Takachi | Shidou Nakamura | Yu Aoi | Takahiro Fujimoto
As: Gabu
A goat named Mei wanders into a barn one night seeking shelter from a storm. In the barn, the goat meets another refugee. The two can neither see nor smell each other, but never the less they huddled together fending off the cold, and begin to talk. Eventually they establish a friendship. The two decide to meet later and will recognized each other by using the password "one stormy night." The next day, ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Gisaburō Sugii
Stars: Hiroki Narimiya | Riki Takeuchi | Shidou Nakamura | Kobuhei Hayashiya | Kouichi Yamadera
As: 13-gô / No. 13
Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, rejection and fear without facing Akai, he develops a psychopathic dual personality with a violent alter-ego. While living in the apartment 13 of a tenement building, he becomes unable to control his violent dark ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Yasuo Inoue
Stars: Hirofumi Arai | Shun Oguri | Yumi Yoshimura | Tomoya Ishii | Shidou Nakamura
As: Kentaru Yamada
A series of short stories all about dogs.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Isshin Inudô | Shinsuke Sato | Atsushi Sanada | Yoshio Kuroda | satoshi nagai | Hideki Kuroda | Tetsuhisa Yazu
Stars: Aoi Miyazaki | Manami Konishi | Shidou Nakamura | Misaki Ito | Yuki Amami
As: Saga
The Straw Hat Pirates landed at Asuka Island, home of the most valuable sword in the world: The Seven Star Sword. Which was said to curse anyone who takes it in possession. When they got back to the Going Merry, they discovered that Zoro is missing from his guard duty. Before they could plan out a search party to relocate him. Luffy and friends escape from the port as Marines were on their tail. They found ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Kazuhisa Takenôchi
Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi | Mayumi Tanaka | Hiroaki Hirata | Kazuya Nakai | Akemi Okamura
As: Takumi Aio
When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi (Shido Nakamura) lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji (Akashi Takei) after the loss of wife and mother Mio (Yuko Takeuchi). Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the rains come." On the first anniversary of her passing, Takumi and Yuji are taking a walk ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Nobuhiro Doi
Stars: Akashi Takei | Karen Miyama | Shidou Nakamura | Yuko Takeuchi | Yosuke Asari
As: Johnny
If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is set in the 80s rock scene and revolves around Nakajima (Kazunobu Mineta), the lead singer of a band called 'Speed Way'. Because he refuses to write trite, pop-friendly songs he is constantly at odds with his own record company. However, he refuses to bend on his ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Tomorowo Taguchi
Stars: Kazunobu Mineta | Shidou Nakamura | Kumiko Asou | Nao Omori | Magy
As: Ryûichi Kazama / Dragon
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids. Fast forward a decade later, these two best friends try to deal with their ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Fumihiko Sori
Stars: Naoto Takenaka | Mari Natsuki | Shidou Nakamura | Yosuke Kubozuka | Sam Lee