Kotaro Yoshida (Acting)

Little is known about Kotaro Yoshida, a figure with a modest footprint in Acting. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.

Works

SHOWTIME7

Orimoto Shinnosuke, a former popular news anchor, was forced to leave the nationwide news program “Showtime 7” for a certain reason. Orimoto, now a negotiator, forcefully goes live on air to negotiate with a bomber. Based on the 2013 Korean film “Terror, Live.”

Release Date:2025-02-07

Character:Shoji Tsuyoshi

OSHINOKO
6.7

OSHINOKO

Two pop idol Ai fans are reincarnated as her "secret" baby twins, Aqua and Ruby, and grow up supporting her until the tragic day she is stabbed by a stalker. Flash forward a few years later and Aqua and Ruby are high school students determined to make it on their own in the cutthroat world of entertainment for personal reasons.

Release Date:2024-11-28

Character:Ichigo Saito

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:10

GO HOME ~Metropolitan Police Department Unidentified Person Consultation Office~
7.0

GO HOME ~Metropolitan Police Department Unidentified Person Consultation Office~

Mita Sakura is considered to be weird by her colleagues at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, because she voluntarily works in the unidentified bodies department. About 20,000 unidentified bodies exist in the country and Mita Sakura works on returning these unknown deceased people to their families. She has a colleague, Tsukimoto Makoto, who works in the same department. They are totally opposite in terms of their personalities and interests. Mita Sakura is bright and warm-hearted, but Tsukimoto Makoto is calm and cold-hearted. They do share the same desire to return these unidentified bodies to their families. To find the identities of these deceased people, they rely on the few clues that are left behind on them.

Release Date:2024-07-13

Character:Tonegawa Joji

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:2

7.0

Hey Handsome!!: The Movie

Live-action movie adaptation based on Risa Itou's "Hey Hey Pitan!" Manga.

Release Date:2024-06-21

Character:Gentaro Ito

Vote Count:1

7.5

Oshi no Ko -The Final Act-

Goro is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Goro realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s weapon!

Release Date:2024-03-13

Character:Ichigo Saitou

Vote Count:2

Love You as the World Ends: The Movie

Utopia was a tower of hope, but it was a tower of despair created by human desires. In Utopia, they were researching the only way to save this world: a vaccine against the monster called Golem. One girl with special antibodies was used as research material. Her name is Mirai, the daughter of Hibiki Mamiya. Hibiki decides to rescue Mirai together with five men who have gathered in Utopia. The men are trying to rescue their loved ones, to save their family and friends, and to steal food and money to survive. Although each of them has their own non-negotiables and some rebellion, they gradually come to resonate with Hibiki's beliefs and decide to fight together.

Release Date:2024-01-26

Character:Gen Saijo

Ossan's Love Returns
10.0

Ossan's Love Returns

Haruta Soichi and Maki Ryota, who returned from Singapore, started living together as newlyweds. However, work and housework become too much for the couple, so they try housekeeping services to make their domestic life easier. But the person who appears at the door turns out to be the retired Kurosawa Musashi! Will the love triangle between them happen again?

Release Date:2024-01-05

Character:Kurosawa Musashi

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:2

7.0

We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International

Three men, born in 1987, are from the yutori generation (relaxed generation) and they continue their attempts at finding love, friendship, and success. Masakazu Sakama stopped working for a large company and took over his family business. But, his family business is not doing well. Kazutoyo Yamaji is a sweet and sincere man. He works as an elementary school teacher, but he doesn't have experience in romantic relationships. For 11 years, Maribu Michigami took the college entrance exam for the university he wanted to attend. He finally made it and attended the school. After graduation, Maribu Michigami launched his own business in China, but that failed. He now supports himself working part-time jobs.

Release Date:2023-10-13

Character:Aso Iwao

Vote Count:5

Unknown
6.0

Unknown

Yamihara Kokoro and Asada Toramatsu live in a town that is quite peaceful, until a serial murder case happened where the bodies all had their blood drained out. Five years have passed but the case remains unsolved. Meanwhile, Kokoro and Toramatsu have been in a relationship for a year, but are unable to get married as they are keeping a serious secret from each other. Kokoro is actually a vampire. However, she does not attack humans and live modestly. Toramatsu is a popular resident in the town and is trusted by many. After getting a divorce, Toramatsu got drunk and went back to his old house, where he met Kokoro, the current occupant. As the two continue to keep their secrets hidden, a horrific murder occurs once again in the town.

Release Date:2023-04-18

Character:Kaizo Yamihara

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:2

6.9

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.

Release Date:2023-02-23

Character:Yoichi Ota

Vote Count:12

Good Man Nagaya

Good Man Nagaya

Follows the people in the "Long House of Good People" who are different in appearance, a group of villains disguised as good people. They sometimes help ordinary people in difficulty, sometimes rescue friends in critical moments, and use their superb skills to fight against evil forces.

Release Date:2022-07-08

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Character:Giemon

Episode Count:[ 8 ]

7.0

Inspector General Ichijo

Ichijo Zentaro, an inspector who is a trend junkie and loves to use out-of-fashion vocabulary used by high school girls, works together with Yuki Maria, a sharp-tongued inspector who has built up a stellar career at the MPD's first division, to solve a serial murder case.

Release Date:2022-06-29

Character:Zentaro Ichijo

Vote Count:2

7.8

The Way of the Househusband: The Cinema

The most notorious househusband in history appears!! The sinister yakuza who left behind many legends in the underworld, "The Immortal Dragon". He washed his hands of the yakuza lifestyle, and the new path he chose… was "househusband"! In the never-before-seen narrative, "Tacchan" charmed living rooms everywhere. And now the "ultimate spokesman for housewives (and househusbands) everywhere,"the Yakuza Househusband, returns!

Release Date:2022-06-03

Character:Kondo

Vote Count:22

Hey Handsome!!
8.0

Hey Handsome!!

58-year-old Gentaro Ito lives with his wife Chizuru in a house in Tokyo. Each of their three daughters should have left home and lived well. However, their eldest daughter, 28-year-old Yuka, is single and doing well at work but has a propensity for affairs. Their 25-year-old second daughter, Rika, wedded a highly educated man and lives in Osaka but the couple are on the brink of divorce. Their youngest daughter, 22-year-old Mika, is also single, and the moment she gets to start living on her own, she half-cohabits with a man who does not seem like he will be a successful manga artist. Gentaro worries endlessly about his daughters who are poor judges of character. Completely ignoring their tastes, this stubborn, old-fashioned father suddenly brings a man whom he likes to the house in the middle of the night and introduces him to his daughters. In fact, this man is Yuka's ex-boyfriend. What will the family be like the next day!?

Release Date:2022-01-08

Character:Ito Gentaro

Episode Count:16

Vote Count:5

5.5

Cube

Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing deadly traps.

Release Date:2021-10-22

Character:Ando Kazumasa

Vote Count:109

6.9

Last of the Wolves

After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the criminal organizations, but, due to one evil person who gets released from prison, the situation drastically changes.

Release Date:2021-08-20

Character:Yozo Watafune

Vote Count:26

ムサシ

ムサシ

Release Date:2021-07-28

Episode Count:1

Tower of Justice
7.0

Tower of Justice

Ren Kamijō is the director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Liaison Division. His father is a former police officer. An incident in Ren's childhood triggered his thirst for power, and he has his sights set on heading the police force by becoming its Superintendent General someday. Ren believes topping the faction that he belongs to is the shortcut to fulfilling his aspiration. He is driven by ambition and has no qualms carrying out work, no matter how dirty it is. His childhood friend Sawa Mizuki, a senior detective in the First Investigation Division, often opposes his stance and mindset as a detective but is the only one who knows about his past.

Release Date:2021-04-15

Character:Hideo Gondo(権藤 秀夫)

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:1

6.9

From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie

Taking place after the events of the TV series, Mitsuhashi and Ito face the new enemies.

Release Date:2020-07-17

Character:Ichiro Mitsuhashi

Vote Count:22

King John

Release Date:2020-06-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:

The Sun Does Not Move
7.9

The Sun Does Not Move

Kazuhiko Takano is an agent for spy organizatoin "AN Tsuushin." His rookie partner is Ryoichi Taoka and they sneak into the International City Fair, which will be held in three years in Tokyo. Various schemes exists surrounding the selection of the construction site for the International City Fair. An explosion suddenly takes place in front of Kazuhiko Takano.

Release Date:2020-05-24

Character:Tōru Nagashima

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:8

6.8

Kaiji: Final Game

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is given four games, which are challenges, and include life and death situations. The film follows its prequels and things will get both mental and physical.

Release Date:2020-01-10

Character:Yohishiro Kurosaki

Vote Count:29

おっさんずラブ -in the sky- ゆく年くる年SP

おっさんずラブ -in the sky- ゆく年くる年SP

Release Date:2019-12-23

Character:Musashi Kurosawa

Episode Count:2

7.3

Lupin III: The First

The iconic "gentleman thief" Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and his colorful underworld companions race to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Bresson Diary, before it falls into the hands of a dark cabal that will stop at nothing to resurrect the Third Reich.

Release Date:2019-12-06

Character:Lambert (voice)

Vote Count:292

6.8

Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Movie: The Marvelous Fast ALFA-X That Comes From the Future

The new enemies, Nahane and Ohanefu, along with the mysterious new Giant Monstrous Beings appear from space to take over the Earth! Holding the key to these events is Shinkalion ALFA-X, which was secretly developed by the Ultra Evolution Institute...!? For Hayato and Team Shinkalion, who had been living in peace, the battle begins again.

Release Date:2019-12-01

Character:Ohanefu (voice)

Vote Count:6

Ossan's Love: In the Sky
6.8

Ossan's Love: In the Sky

Sōichi Haruta is 35 years old and single. He gets fired from his job. He begins to work as a cabin attendant for Tenkū Peach Airline. On the first day of his new job, he is late for a briefing meeting. Pilot Musashi Kurosawa tells him to not work their upcoming flight. Sōichi Haruta feels gloomy. He happens to see co-pilot Ryū Naruse having an argument with a woman. Suddenly, Ryū Naruse tells her "I like someone else" and then kisses Sōichi Haruta.

Release Date:2019-11-02

Character:Musashi Kurosawa

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:4

アジアの女

アジアの女

Release Date:2019-09-06

Episode Count:1

5.4

Ossan's Love: Love or Dead

The story takes place after the TV drama series Ossan's Love (2018). It's been a year since Haruta and Maki pledged their undying love. Haruta has now come back and receives a warm welcome from familiar faces, his boss Musashi Kurosawa and other colleagues. Justice Yamada, a recruit who has been recently assigned to this branch, welcomes him too. One day, completely out of the blue, the headquarter-based project team "Genius 7" shows up at the Second Sales Branch. Project leader Jin Mamiana orders the Sales team to support them in their big project. Maki, who had been transferred and works now at the head office, is among the project team members with Mamiana. Haruta and Maki grow apart, and Haruta teams up with Justice. Then Kurosawa gets involved in an accident and loses his memory, but the loss of his memory is selective and he has forgotten only Haruta. However, when Kurosawa sees Haruta, he falls in love again.. Hilarious and heartwarming, the final battle of Ossan's Love begins.

Release Date:2019-08-23

Character:黑泽 武藏

Vote Count:7

The Naked Director
7.3

The Naked Director

Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, vision and his interactions with the approving and disapproving folk around him.

Release Date:2019-08-08

Character:Nakai

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:164

6.8

Dragon Quest: Your Story

Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope.

Release Date:2019-08-02

Character:Prince Henry (voice)

Vote Count:214

7.5

Brave Father Online - Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV

Akio wishes he had a better relationship with his reserved father Akira. One day Akira suddenly quits his job and retires without giving out any explanation to the family. Thinking it could be a good tool to be close to his father, Akio gives him software of online game "Final Fantasy XIV". By teaching his father how to play the game and secretly interacting with him as an anonymous online avatar, Akio hopes to know his father better through the adventures with other players in the game; little does the young man know what Akira is going through...

Release Date:2019-06-21

Vote Count:11

7.0

死命~刑事のタイムリミット~

Release Date:2019-05-19

Character:Ryo Aoi

Vote Count:1

7.6

Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration

During a Japanese robotic exploration to find life on the other side of the moon, Nobita is watching from Earth and sees the moon turn yellow. With the help of Doraemon, the pair travel to the moon and create bunnies that will build their own colony. After he returns, Nobita tells his class about their adventure but no one will believe him. That is until a new student and his sister arrive who appear to come from a very far away place.

Release Date:2019-03-01

Character:Diablo (voice)

Vote Count:59

The Good Wife
7.5

The Good Wife

Kyoko Hasumi (Takako Tokiwa) is a former lawyer who quit her job to become a housewife and a mother. Her husband is an elite prosecutor. He works as the leader of a special investigation department at the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office, but he is charged with corruption and gets arrested. A scandal with another woman is also revealed. Kyoko Hasumi's life as a "good wife" begins to change. To protect her children, she decides to work again as a lawyer. She is hired temporarily at a law office and begins to work as a lawyer for the first time in 16 years.

Release Date:2019-01-13

Character:Hiromichi Wakisaka

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:2

From Today, It's My Turn!!
7.9

From Today, It's My Turn!!

Two transfer students, Takashi Mitsuhashi and Shinji Itō, tired of their boring normal life and unpopularity, decide to take their arrival at a new school as an opportunity to reinvent their image, and become delinquents. The duo set out on various misadventures to become the greatest delinquents in all Japan!

Release Date:2018-10-13

Character:Ichiro Mitsuhashi

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:42

Suits
5.7

Suits

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 thinks the only way to satisfy his clients is to win. He is getting close to becoming a senior partner at the law firm. Shogo Kai's boss worries about his focus on winning above all else. As a condition of his promotion at the law firm, his boss asks him to hire a young lawyer as an associate. Shogo Kai interviews prospective young lawyers and meets Daiki Suzuki. Daiki Suzuki has high intelligence and his memory ability is amazing.

Release Date:2018-10-08

Character:Hitoshi Uesugi

Episode Count:15

Vote Count:6

6.6

Over Drive

At the SCRS (Seiko Cup Rally Series), talented young drivers hope to advance to the WRC (World Rally Championship). Atsuhiro Hiyama is the chief mechanic and an engineer at Supika Racing Factory. He is well regarded by his peers. His younger brother is Naozumi. He is an extremely gifted driver for Supika Racing Factory, but he is also a troublemaker. They continually argue because of Naozumi's reckless racing style. One day, Hikaru Endo becomes his manager.

Release Date:2018-06-01

Character:Issei Tsuzuki

Vote Count:18

7.0

Love x Doc

Asuka Goda is a 40-year-old pastry chef who runs a sweets store. She works with pastry chef Seiya Hanada, who is younger than her, and Kenichi Gonda, who wants to become a pastry chef. One day, Seiya Hanada confesses to Asuka Goda about his feelings for her. Her situation brings back bad memories to what happened 5 years earlier. At that time, Asuka Goda was in an affair with store owner Junji Awai and also in a relationship with gym trainer Shunsuke Nomura. Asuka Goda decides to go to mysterious "Clinic Love Doc." The clinic lets people know everything about love with a gene test.

Release Date:2018-05-11

Character:Junji Awai

Vote Count:1

Ossan's Love
6.8

Ossan's Love

Haruta Soichi is a 33-years-old single man who isn't popular with women. He works at a real estate office and lives with his parents. However, one day, his mother walks away from him and he has to live independently. Soichi doesn't know basic things such as cooking or washing his clothes. He then decides to live with Maki Ryota, a coworker who is good at housekeeping. One day, Ryota and Kurosawa Musashi, a gay coworker, both confess their feelings to Soichi.

Release Date:2018-04-21

Character:Musashi Kurosawa

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:17

がん消滅の罠~完全寛解の謎~

Release Date:2018-04-02

Character:榊原一成(さかきばら かずなり)

6.7

The Lies She Loved

Yukari Kawahara works at a drink manufacturer. She works hard and achieves recognition for her work. Yukari Kawahara is dating research doctor Kippei Koide. They have lived together for 5 years. One day, Kippei Koide collapses from a brain hemorrhage. Yukari Kawahara soon learns that everything she knew about her boyfriend was a lie. She hires private detective Takumi Kaibara to investigate Kippei Koide.

Release Date:2018-01-20

Character:Takumi Kaibara

Vote Count:18

6.6

Mixed Doubles

To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament.

Release Date:2017-10-21

Character:Seiichiro Yamashita

Vote Count:43

6.6

The Third Murder

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

Release Date:2017-09-09

Character:Daisuke Settsu

Vote Count:259

6.3

To Each His Own

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright personality and gets better results at work. One day, Takashi sees Yamamoto boarding a bus to the cemetery with a serious expression.

Release Date:2017-05-27

Character:Mamoru Yamagami

Vote Count:15

6.9

Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High

Teiichi Akaba is a student at a prestigious private male high school known for producing important politicians and bureaucrats. His dream is to become the prime minster and make his own country. To help achieve his dream, he wants to become elected as his school's student council president. The elected student president receives privileges and a better chance for promotions later in the political & bureaucrat world. A power struggle takes place surrounding the student election.

Release Date:2017-04-29

Character:Josuke Akaba

Vote Count:25

Aozora Cut

Hairstylist Shota Kawamura (Kento Hayashi) lives in Paris, but returns to Osaka when he learns his mother Sumire Kawamura (Yoshiko Tokoshima) his mother has passed away. He has a strong dislike for his father Goro Kawamura (Kotaro Yoshida) who neglected his mother. His father runs the small hair salon "Aozora." After his father injures himself, Shota Kawamura must fill-in for his father at Aozora and work employee Haruka Nakai (Rina Kawaei). Shota Kawamura learns that the business is experiencing financial difficulties.

Release Date:2017-03-15

Character:Goro Kawamura

5.1

Shinjuku Swan II

Tatsuhiko Shiratori works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business. He movies to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.

Release Date:2017-01-21

Character:Shuzen Amano

Vote Count:10

おっさんずラブ

Soichi Haruta is unpopular among women due to his poor social skills. However, he accidentally finds out his middle-aged boss and his room-mate have a crush on him. But they are both men.

Release Date:2016-12-31

Character:黒澤武蔵

年の瀬 変愛ドラマ

年の瀬 変愛ドラマ

Release Date:2016-12-28

Episode Count:1

The Copycat Criminal
8.0

The Copycat Criminal

Based on the novel "Mohouhan" by Miyuki Miyabe. Journalist Maebata Shigeko, young Tsukada Shinichi and elderly Arima Yoshio all suffer from and become involved in a serial kidnap and murder case. Shinichi first discovers a cut arm and handbag from the murder case. Elderly Yoshio's granddaughter is a murder victim.

Release Date:2016-09-21

Character:Kida Takao

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

A Girl & Three Sweethearts
7.9

A Girl & Three Sweethearts

Sakurai Misaki has not dated in a long time. She has focused on her work as a pâtissier to eventually run her own business. One day, she gets fired from work. She then meets her first love from high school Shibasaki Chiaki. Misaki works part-time at Chiaki's restaurant and also stays there. While she lives with Chiaki at his restaurant, she realizes that Chiaki's two younger brothers Touma and Kanata also live there.

Release Date:2016-07-11

Character:Ryo Higashimura

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:19

Totto Television
6.0

Totto Television

A drama series based on the novel "Totto Channeru" by famed Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.

Release Date:2016-04-30

Character:Hisaya Morishige

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:1

We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
8.2

We're Millennials. Got a Problem?

Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work, love, and friendship. The men are from the "yutori generation", when the Japanese government reformed the education system, emphasizing a pressure-free environment referred to as yutori education.

Release Date:2016-04-17

Character:Iwao Asou

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:11

6.0

The Stare

Ayano Mishima works as an AD at a TV broadcasting station. She covers the mysterious death case of a young man. Before he died, he said that somebody was watching him. Covering the case, Ayano Mishima realizes that the mysterious eye is also coming after her.

Release Date:2016-04-02

Character:Soichi Aizawa

Vote Count:2

Tokyo Sentimental
0.5

Tokyo Sentimental

Tokyo-born Kururi Takuzo creates a sweet rice treat called dango at his family's traditional Japanese confectionery that has been there for decades. In his spare time the divorcee roams the city, observes and photographs its sights. He has time so he often stands, focuses and takes it all in. Then he sees a woman that he loved long ago.

Release Date:2016-01-16

Character:Kururi Takuzo

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:1

疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜

'The Ninagawa of the world', still ill. The 80-year-old's intense run to stay alive, even after falling ill!

Release Date:2016-01-02

10.0

Death Note: The Musical

A high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone’s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die.

Release Date:2015-10-17

Character:Ryuk

Vote Count:2

The Man of the Political Economy

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity business. As a follower of Fukuzawa Yukichi, he inherited the spirit of independence, self-respect and the people. He rose up alone from the ruins of the war. It was the fight of an unconventional, stubborn old man over 70 with an indomitable will. Minister of Trade and Industry Ikeda Hayato admired Matsunaga like a father while Prime Ministers Yoshida Shigeru and Konoe Fumimaro, Shirasu Jiro (Takagawa Yuya) and others were in awe of his unfathomable passion.

Release Date:2015-09-19

Character:Matsunaga Yasuzaem

7.9

Double Meaning: Chain Reaction

Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.

Release Date:2015-09-15

Vote Count:4

5.6

UNFAIR: the end

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take on the organization, but Natsumi becomes involved in a new case. She gets closer to the final enemy.

Release Date:2015-09-05

Character:Chief of Special Investigation Team

Vote Count:8

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK.

Release Date:2015-08-22

Character:Matsunaga Yasuzaemon

Episode Count:5

Keiji 7-nin
7.1

Keiji 7-nin

Amagi Yu is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The Twelfth Section is called the “graveyard of detectives” and ridiculed as the “banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent”. Its assembled detectives Samura Kosuke, Yamashita Takumi, Nagasawa Keita, Mizutani Tamaki and Katagiri Masatoshi are elite and yet oddballs. Amagi appears fixated with time which seems to have no relation with a case. Raising questions about the timelines of the perpetrator and victim derived from the estimated time of death, time of crime, time of alibi and time limit, he searches for the meaning of “blank time” which arises from this. He obsesses over the weight of every minute and second of time because of some incident.

Release Date:2015-07-15

Character:Masatoshi Katagiri

Episode Count:85

Vote Count:7

The God of Risk
7.0

The God of Risk

Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese government. He is known as a legend in crisis management and known as "The God of Risk." To deal with numerous problems and scandals, Sunrise, the largest general trading company, hires him.

Release Date:2015-07-08

Character:Mitsuki Sakate

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:1

5.6

Shinjuku Swan

Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.

Release Date:2015-05-30

Character:Shuzen Amano

Vote Count:29

6.3

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito Tsuge planned a coup of Tokyo 13 years earlier. The leader of Special Vehicle Section 2, Keiji Gotoda, sets out to stop the terrorists.

Release Date:2015-05-01

Character:Onodera

Vote Count:31

Pla-Baroque

Yu Kuroha, a female detective from the Kanagawa PD Mobile Unit, discovers bodies of fourteen men and women frozen to death in a rental container. When the wills of the dead persons were found, her boss decides to treat the case as a simple group suicide. But Kuroha persists that they have to find the leader who assisted this mass murder. She finds out that the number of wills outnumbers the bodies by one. One person did not commit suicide…! Kuroha is a skilled sniper but also a delicate woman who takes refuge in cyberspace. The drama portrays her gaining maturity as a person and a detective by solving the mystery of a group suicide by standing against the mastermind of the case.

Release Date:2015-02-22

Character:Masanori Kunieda

Ouroboros
7.3

Ouroboros

"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity. Based on a popular comic, a clumsy detective and a cool gang stand up to true evil. Ikuo and Tatsuya grew up in a children's orphanage together. When their favorite teacher, Yuiko, is murdered, a policeman wearing a gold watch covers up the incident. Ikuo and Tatsuya promise each other to avenge their teacher someday. Twenty years later, Ikuo is a detective in Shinjuku second police station investigating various cases with elite detective - Mizuki, while smart and handsome Tatsuya has become one of the top members of a gang group.

Release Date:2015-01-16

Character:Mishima Kaoru

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:16

7.0

The Nutcracker 3D

This adaptation of the Nutcracker story (by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) is updated in this stop-motion animation from the original Japanese release of 1979. The new 3-D rendering is complemented by the art direction of Sebastian Masuda who is responsible for much of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's style. She also provides music here.

Release Date:2014-11-29

Character:King (voice)

Vote Count:1

The Perfect Insider
7.2

The Perfect Insider

Due to Professor Kita’s suggestion, student Moe Nishinosono and Associate Professor Sohei Saikawa head to Professor Kita’s research institute. There, various experiments have been conducted in a low temperature research room. During the night a murder takes place. Two graduate students are found dead in the low temperature research room. How did the killer enter the closed research room and how did the killer leave the room?

Release Date:2014-10-21

Character:Shosuke Nishinosono

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:4

10.0

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special

An omnibus special comprised of five segments.

Release Date:2014-10-18

Character:Oba Kunimasa

Vote Count:1

Julius Caesar

Release Date:2014-10-07

7.2

AIBOU: The Movie III

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding the incident are fully investigated. Soon, partners Ukyo Sugishita and Tooru Kai are dispatched to the island to conduct the investigation. When Ukyo and Tooru arrive on the island, which is privately owned by a wealthy businessman, they discover a unit of former Self-Defense Forces personnel who have set up a small community as they participate in training exercises. While Ukyo initially expected to be investigating an accidental death, he quickly becomes convinced it was actually murder. However, when they finally manage to uncover conclusive evidence of this, the soldiers attack.

Release Date:2014-04-26

Character:Sakutaro Kuriyama

Vote Count:4

The Long Goodbye
6.6

The Long Goodbye

Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as a private detective, and has doubts about Tamotsu’s death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Heizo Harada.

Release Date:2014-04-19

Character:Endo

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:5

MOZU
8.8

MOZU

An explosion take place in a street of Tokyo. Many people were killed or seriously injured. One casualty is Chihiro, the wife of Public Security chief inspector Kuraki Naotake. While trying to find why his wife was being implicated in the explosion case, Kuraki comes into contact with Public Security sergeant Akeboshi Miki and Metropolitan Police Department inspector Osugi Ryota who are also investigating this case.

Release Date:2014-04-10

Character:Jin Nakagawa

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:6

7.7

Trick the Movie: Last Stage

Trade company employee Shinichi recommends to Naoko and Jiro to go to a beautiful place abroad. There, Naoko and Jiro meets tribal shaman and sees through her tricks. The shaman has refused to leave her place.

Release Date:2014-01-11

Character:Branch Manager Yamamoto

Vote Count:20

Hanzawa Naoki
8.2

Hanzawa Naoki

Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to approve the loan, but he had to due to the branch manager's order. Nishi Osaka Steel Company seems financially stable, but the company actually hides massive amounts of debt through fraudulent accounts. The company is caught. Three months later, Nishi Osaka Steel Company goes bankrupt. The bank's branch manager is Asano. He is an ambitious man and tries to shift the blame to Hanzawa. Hanzawa then attends an inquiry about the loan failure at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo. Hanzawa denies fault and promises to retrieve the 500 million yen loan. He did this because it's the only way for Hanzawa to survive as a banker.

Release Date:2013-07-07

Character:Hiroshi Naito

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:79

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Set in present day Japan in a provincial town, Bunzo Kurosawa, a greedy and violent father, is murdered in his own home. Bunzo has 3 sons: oldest son Mitsuru, second son Isao and youngest son Ryo. The three sons are suspected of murdering their own father.

Release Date:2013-01-12

Character:Bunzo Kurosawa

Episode Count:11

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
7.4

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.

Release Date:2012-10-18

Character:Takeshi Saionji(西園寺 猛司)

Episode Count:11

Vote Count:29

Cymbeline

Release Date:2012-04-02

O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜

O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜

Release Date:2012-02-27

Episode Count:4

Man of Destiny

Man of Destiny

A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key figure in the story.

Release Date:2012-01-15

Character:Soichi Kuru

Episode Count:10

5.8

Surely Someday

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 upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly concealed, they come up with a dimwitted strategy of faking a bomb threat to the school in order to force the principal to change his mind. Their plan seems to work at first, but when a real bomb goes off, the group is forced to take responsibility for the explosion and they are kicked out of school. Three years later, more details of the incident is revealed as the youth look back on the past.

Release Date:2010-07-17

Vote Count:6

Mourning Becomes Electra

Release Date:2004-11-16

オイディプス王

Oedipus, a prince of Corinth, was prophesied to "kill his father and marry his mother." To avoid the fulfillment of this prophecy, he went on a wandering journey, drove off the monstrous Sphinx in the kingdom of Thebai, and became the king of Thebai. Oedipus takes the former king's wife, Iocaste, as his wife and lives happily ever after, but a few years later, a plague of evil strikes the kingdom of Thebai. In order to save his kingdom, Oedipus asks for an oracle and follows its oracle to find the cause of the death of the former king Laius, but in the course of his investigation, the tragic truth is revealed...

Release Date:2002-06-07

Anpan

Anpan

At the beginning of the Showa era, there was a girl running through the town of Kochi at an incredible speed. Her name was Asada Nobu, also known as 'Hachikin Onobu'. Meanwhile, Yanai Takashi, who lost his father to illness at a young age, was taken in by his uncle and met Nobu at the school he transferred to. As the footsteps of war approached, Nobu, who was attending a women's normal school, had become a fanatical militarist girl like the others around her. Soon, the war began, and Takashi was sent to war. Taku lost his younger brother, Chihiro, in the war, and Nobu also lost the person she loved. After graduating from a women's school, Nobu's values had all changed during the war, and she decided that she had to figure out for herself what was right, so she got a job as the first female reporter at a newspaper company in Kochi.

Character:Kamaji Asada

Episode Count:1

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