Kankuro Kudo

Sunset Sunrise

In the context of COVID-19, Jin Zuo, who was forced to work remotely due to the pandemic, decided to move from the city to Sanli, where he could enjoy fishing, in search of a new lifestyle. But gradually, we found that there were problems such as "empty houses" in the local area.

Release Date: 2025-01-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1

The Last Town We Saw

The narrative centers on Taichi Tamiya, a television scriptwriter living in modern-day Tokyo with his family. Their ordinary lives are disrupted when they inexplicably time-travel to June 1944, during the height of World War II. Confronted with the harsh realities of wartime Japan—scarcity of resources, constant air raids, and societal pressures—the family struggles to adapt and survive. The story delves into their attempts to navigate this perilous era while seeking a way back to their original time.

Release Date: 2024-09-21

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 3

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

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 5

Mom, Is That You?!

Akio Kanzaki’s job as head of human resources is wearing his nerves thinner and thinner. To make matters worse, he’s on the brink of divorce with his wife, and his relationship with his college-student daughter isn’t exactly smooth sailing. One day, he decides to drop in to Tokyo’s old-timey district to visit his mother Fukue. However, things seem a little off. His mother used to be always working with an apron on, but now she’s covered in stylish clothes, looking livelier than ever, and even in love! Akio becomes perplexed, feeling out of place in his own mother’s home, but after encountering kind, warm—and almost nosey—neighbors and a side of his mother he’d never seen before, Akio gradually starts to discover something he had lost sight of.

Release Date: 2023-09-01

Vote Count: 11

One Second Ahead, One Second Behind

Set in Kyoto, Japan, a love story takes place between Hajime and Reika. Hajime is a handsome young man, who is usually a second quicker than everyone else and straightforward. He works at the post office. Reika is a young woman, who is usually a step slower than everyone else. After Valentine's Day, Hajime wakes up and is unable to remember what happened that day.

Release Date: 2023-07-07

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 7

The Dry Spell

The story takes place during a summer of continuous sunshine when water supply restrictions are issued in the city. Shunsaku Iwakiri works for the city's water department and his job is to visit homes and stores that are behind on their bills and either collect the money or shut off the water supply (water suspension enforcement). Shunsaku is separated from his wife and children, and his heart grows thirsty as he spends his days visiting poor households and being abhorred. One day, during a water shutoff, Shunsaku meets two young sisters who have been neglected. He sees them as his own children and offers them a helping hand.

Release Date: 2023-06-02

Character: Fushimi

Vote Count: 3

Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”

Release Date: 2023-04-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: 

Ichikei's Crow The Movie

Release Date: 2023-01-13

Vote Count: 6

Ichigeki

The drama depicts the exploits of the “Ichigeki Hishikkitai”, a special combat unit formed by farmers to deal with the "Imperial Robbers" and the "Imperial Thieves" of the Satsuma Clan who were causing a stir in Edo at the end of the Edo period.

Release Date: 2023-01-03

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2

The Mole Song: Final

Reiji's final mission is to prevent the smuggling of 600 billion yen of drugs. For his mission, he gets on luxury passenger ship and he faces his strongest enemy to date.

Release Date: 2021-11-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」

Release Date: 2020-04-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: 

Punk Samurai Slash Down

Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence and he must think of an escape plan.

Release Date: 2018-06-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 9

Dear Etranger

Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.

Release Date: 2017-08-26

Character: Sawada

Vote Count: 19

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio

A young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to protect the boss' daughter.

Release Date: 2016-12-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 15

My Uncle

Yukio Haruyama is an elementary school student. He has an uncle that teaches philosophy part-time at an university. His uncle leeches off his family. The uncle then goes on a blind date and falls in love with beautiful Eri Inaba. She is a fourth generation Japanese living in Hawaii. Sometime later, Eri goes back to Hawaii to take over a coffee farm left behind by her recently deceased grandmother. Yukio and his uncle travel to Hawaii to see Eri.

Release Date: 2016-11-03

Character: Sadao Haruyama

Vote Count: 6

Too Young To Die!

After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.

Release Date: 2016-06-25

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 28

Bakuman

Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.

Release Date: 2015-10-03

Character: Taro Kawaguchi

Vote Count: 55

Piece of Cake

Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than being alone. She breaks up with her violent boyfriend after he discovered that she cheated on him. She moves to a new area to get a fresh new start on her life. There, Shino Umemiya meets her neighbor Kyoshiro Sugahara. He is also her manager at her new job. Shino Umemiya becomes interested in him, but he lives with mysterious woman Akari.

Release Date: 2015-09-05

Character: Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)

Vote Count: 13

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan to set him up as an undercover cop in the Yakuza.

Release Date: 2013-11-15

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 44

The Apology King

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.

Release Date: 2013-09-28

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 20

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.

Release Date: 2013-04-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 9

Amachan

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.

Release Date: 2013-04-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Ooedo ribingu deddo

Kabuki play

Release Date: 2010-10-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.

Release Date: 2010-07-03

Character: Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)

Vote Count: 9

Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City

A post-apocalyptic humankind in 2025 finds a hero in the form of Zebraman. But the Zebra Queen steals his powers, making him lose his ability to survive Zebra Time. But he wants his powers back.

Release Date: 2010-05-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 34

No More Cry

Abandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes over the restaurant at the owner's death. Cheery, always smiling, always helpful, Yuta is known as Yama-chan, the friend everyone turns to. When Yuta discovers he had a hitherto unknown baby brother, he sets out to track him down. But the baby brother, Yusuke, has grown up to be half of a successful comedy team, the Kinjo Brothers, and Yusuke's professional "brother" has just written a best-selling book about their adventures growing up together. Yuta's appearance on the scene threatens to reveal that the book is a complete fiction and to set all three "brothers" into conflict with each other.

Release Date: 2009-11-14

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the birth of actor Yusaku Matsuda and the 20th anniversary of his death . It is composed of newly shot interviews as well as real voice interviews and treasured videos that were not officially revealed until now.

Release Date: 2009-11-06

Kamui

A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

Release Date: 2009-09-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 46

Instant Swamp

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique shopkeeper.

Release Date: 2009-05-23

Character: Detective Sawaragi

Vote Count: 11

Dumbeast

How hard is it to kill an idiot? Just ask Kudo Kankuro! The acclaimed screenwriter brings his 2004 Kunio Kishida-winning stage play Donju (a.k.a. Dumb Animal) to the big screen in all its wacky tragicomedic glory. The one and only Asano Tadanobu sports a seriously nerdy bowl haircut to play the leading role of simple-minded novelist Dekogawa who has mysteriously disappeared. Dekogawa wrote an autobiography about his youth that reveals not only his past, but also some of his childhood friends’ best-forgotten secrets. In order to keep the skeletons in the closet, these buddies of yesteryear try to silence him permanently. But no matter how hard they try to kill Dekogawa, he just keeps coming back – because he’s simply too thickheaded to die!

Release Date: 2009-05-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 4

Brass Knuckle Boys

A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.

Release Date: 2009-02-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 24

The Short Films Everyone started out as a child

A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An omnibus work composed of five short films has been created. "The Short Films: We all started as children." The theme that runs through the five short films is "children." The styles vary from period dramas to contemporary daily life scenes, but all of the works highlight the dreams of children, who are entrusted with Japan's future, as well as the issues facing the social system surrounding children. ©ABC Television

Release Date: 2008-12-23

Welcome to the Quiet Room

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.

Release Date: 2007-10-20

Character: Tetsuo Yakihata

Vote Count: 25

Maiko Haaaan!!!

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.

Release Date: 2007-06-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 14

The Sword of Alexander

Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics: Skanda’s Vajra, Jew’s Cross, and the Sword of Alexander. Anyone able to re-unite these three Orichalcum relics would then obtain the powers of a God. Now two rival aliens are in a heated race to reunite the Orichalcum. They land in Edo era Tokyo where the relics are thought to exist.

Release Date: 2007-04-07

Character: Sasuke

Vote Count: 9

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series

After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the return of Ozzy and a long dead team of American baseball players who drowned off the shores of Kisarazu. It's down to Bussan and the Cats to save the day and restore the town to order, but can Bussan bring himself to say bye-bye once and for all?

Release Date: 2006-10-28

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 5

Tekkonkinkreet

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.

Release Date: 2006-10-21

Character: Sawada (voice)

Vote Count: 376

A Heartful of Love

Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a young woman who was gravely ill. Hiroshi regarded this as an opportunity to help the young woman from his past, the memory of whom he had always cherished.

Release Date: 2005-10-08

Character: Mitsuo Usui

Vote Count: 3

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.

Release Date: 2005-04-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 2

69

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.

Release Date: 2004-07-10

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 13

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.

Release Date: 2004-05-08

Character: Ryunosuke Oki

Vote Count: 49

Drugstore Girl

Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, she jumps on a train ("destination anywhere, east or west, she don't care") and ends up in a town named Masao in Tokyo's remote suburbs. There, she gets a part-time job at a newly opened drugstore. What do ya know.. The local shopping district's middle-aged men all fall for the young girl's charms, and they start practicing lacrosse once they have found out that that's her favourite sport.

Release Date: 2004-02-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 9

Zebraman

A down-and-out schoolteacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.

Release Date: 2004-01-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 84

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series

When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.

Release Date: 2003-11-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 7

Fukumimi

29-year-old Satonaka Takashi (Kudo Kankuro) is a freelancer. He falls in love at first sight with Satoru Nobunaga (Shiho Takano), who was a nurse at his previous hospitalization. He half stalks her and ends up working at the "Time Machine" restaurant in Tokyo Patio, an apartment complex for the elderly in Asakusa. On his first day of work, Takashi is approached at the entrance by a strange old man (Kunie Tanaka). However, he is told that the old man, Fujiwara Fujiro, is already dead. Fujiro, unable to give up his feelings for Chidori Kanzaki (Yoko Tsukasa), whom he loved before her death, possesses Takashi and uses his body to fulfill his feelings for her. Possessed by Fujirou, Takashi tries somehow to get rid of the spirit, but without success. However, when Fujirou discovers his feelings for Saiya, Takashi is helped by Fujirou, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience due to his age, and finally decides to allow Saiya to live with him in his body...

Release Date: 2003-09-13

Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP

This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a result of his mom selling out their shop and soon becomes involved in a ‘bone smasher’ case, in which someone puts homeless people to sleep and breaks their bones.

Release Date: 2003-03-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Thirteen Steps

A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.

Release Date: 2003-02-08

Character: Toru Kihara

Vote Count: 8

Iden & Tity

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 rock principles simply for better record sales. The most interesting parts of this movie is how they pay homage to music icon, Bob Dylan who gave the filmmaker his blessing, which is no small feat itself, especially for a Japanese indie debut.

Release Date: 2003-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1

Rock'n'Roll Mishin

A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label.

Release Date: 2002-09-28

Vote Count: 1

Ping Pong

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.

Release Date: 2002-07-20

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 59

Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess

Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but there's no such luck. One day, she meets a strange man at a flea-market who gives her a red liquid, telling her that if she splashes it on Yuichi, her wish will become true. She acquiring the liquid, certain that the liquid will cause Yuuichi to love her. Saeko finally gets the courage to confess her love to Yuichi, but he rejects her. Disappointed, she splashes the liquid on Yuichi, but that liquid actually causes him to shrink about three inches in height.

Release Date: 1999-09-13

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1

愛が世界を救います

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: 

The Brightest Sun

When a private detective is murdered, a former colleague and a trainee detective are sent to investigate. Along the way, they uncover a tragic truth that triggers memories from their own haunted pasts.

Release Date: 2025-06-01

Seaside Serendipity

In a coastal town attracting artists, 14-year-old Sosuke and his friends stay busy painting and helping with school projects. As carefree children interact with secret-laden adults, the sunlit ocean reflects their contrasting struggles—kids embracing challenges while adults seek elusive answers.

Release Date: 2025-02-17

Character: Goro

Shinjuku Field Hospital

A gripping medical drama centered around a hospital in Kabukicho. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, including those from male host bars and street kids many with complicated backgrounds.

Release Date: 2024-07-03

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 2

Extremely Inappropriate!

Ichiro is a PE teacher in 1986 feared by his students for a "tough love" approach, harsh tongue and frequently “inappropriate” behavior. He’s also a dad trying to raise a rebellious daughter after having lost his wife to illness. When he gets transported in time to 2024, he encounters modern sensibilities that teach him about empathy but also gives people of today a reason to rethink their own political correctness in this time traversing comedy about change.

Release Date: 2024-01-26

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 14

A Town Without Seasons

It follows a group of people who are still living in temporary housing 12 years after a natural disaster called "Nani" destroyed their town.

Release Date: 2023-08-09

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 9

Let's Get Divorced

A mediatised married couple who no longer love each other is highly optimistic about getting a divorce. However, external circumstances will get in their way and they will have no other choice but to work hand in hand to reach their ultimate goal: getting a divorce.

Release Date: 2023-06-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 17

Because We Forget Everything

M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M begins the search for his girlfriend. Along the way, the people he meets describe a woman very unlike the F he knew.

Release Date: 2022-09-14

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 10

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly passes away. Momoko is dumbfounded by being alone again. She begins to go to the library and borrows books. This changes her life.

Release Date: 2021-07-15

Character: Loneliness 3

Vote Count: 3

Story of My Family!!!

An aging pro wrestler returns to fight for his inheritance when his father — a respected Noh actor — threatens to leave his fortune to his caregiver.

Release Date: 2021-01-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 18

獣道一直線！！！

Release Date: 2020-10-15

Episode Count: 1

劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編

Release Date: 2020-09-26

Episode Count: 1

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and Jiro respectively. Older one (Ichiro) is very serious while the younger one (Jiro) is trying to start rental father/uncle service and they have to deal with issues from their clients.

Release Date: 2020-01-11

Character: Murata

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 3

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who became one of the first Japanese nationals to participate in the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The second half features Tabata Masaji, the coach who laid the foundations of Japanese swimming and helped bring the games to Tokyo for the first time in 1964.

Release Date: 2019-01-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 47

Vote Count: 4

遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます

An unprecedented program in which Kenichi Endo, an actor who is active on the front lines as a famous by-player, and Kankuro Miyato, a scriptwriter who has worked on numerous movies, dramas, and stages, study "making the roles of famous actors". Broadcast. A one-situation drama written by Miyato and starring Endo. I thought that the shooting of the drama was completed safely, but due to a trouble, I decided to retake it. Instead of the co-star who has returned, a famous actor who was present at the scene will appear in a hurry. What kind of change will be made by different actors playing the same role in the same story? ??

Release Date: 2018-11-12

Episode Count: 7

Prison Princess

Release Date: 2017-10-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 5

Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~

Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Release Date: 2016-10-22

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 12

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

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 11

Gamera

GAMERA is a kaiju short film first released as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Gamera's debut film.

Release Date: 2015-10-08

Character: Manafu's father

Vote Count: 15

Saving My Stupid Youth

Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school and leads a very ordinary life, except for the fact that he is still tortured by the memory of an unfortunate incident that took place there involving him and his school 14 years ago. In hopes of closure, he strikes upon a plan to jointly hold this year’s Culture Festival with a nearby girl’s school, with which there are chilly relations. Determined at all costs to make the event a success, Heisuke finds himself dealing with a constant stream of problems along the way.

Release Date: 2014-10-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 22

Villiany Ganbo

When Kanzaki Kaoru was young, her mother operated an Okonomiyaki restaurant. However, in just a day, her entire life as she knew it turned upside down. Her mother was declared a bankrupt, and they were plunged into a life of poverty. Moving from place to place, Kaoru started working the minute she graduated from middle high school. By scrimping and saving, today, Kaoru finally has 1 million yen in her savings account. Since she understood fully what it felt like to be poor, Kaoru lends her money to her colleague who is in financial trouble. She finds herself moneyless again, and under strange circumstances, she comes to know of someone who works for the company "Koshimizu Consultant"... and thus begins her journey into a world where betrayals are the norm, and everyone is trying to outwit the other; a world full of sly and cunning people. With her indomitable spirit, Kaoru claws her way.

Release Date: 2014-04-14

Character: Iyataro Toyotomi

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 3

Manju Kowai

After buying an old coffee shop in a residential area of Tokyo, the master (Katsuhisa Namase) and his wife Yoko (Eiko Koike) rename the store and prepare to reopen it. Then, a girl in school uniform, Tokiyo (Kaho), comes into the store. She says she has been held captive for eight years by a man named Yamazaki and has escaped.

Release Date: 2014-04-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Washimo

Hiyori's grandmother died. To stop her crying all day and every day, Hiyori's father built a humanoid robot called Washimo, that looks like her granny, complete with dentures. It walks faster than a snail but slower than a rhinoceros beetle; in fact, however, it can outrun a bullet train.

Release Date: 2014-03-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 78

Amachan

Amachan is the 88th 2013 NHK asadora written by Kankuro Kudo (Tiger and Dragon, Unobore Deka). It's about Amano Aki (Nounen Rena), a 16 year old girl from Tokyo who goes to her mother's former home in Sodegahama, a fishing village in Kitasanriku, Iwate prefecture for the summer break. She falls in love with the sea and its people, and decides to stay on to become an Ama (women divers who fetch clams and sea urchins for tourists) just like her grandmother, Natsu (Miyamoto Nobuko). Her decision is welcomed wholeheartedly by Natsu and the other locals. However, her mother Haruko (Koizumi Kyoko) does not like the idea at first. She has a strained relationship with Natsu, and her extreme dislike of the sea, diving and the countryside is one of the reasons why she left her hometown 24 years ago. Eventually, she decides to stay in Sodegahama with Aki, considering that she is contemplating on getting a divorce anyway and does not want to go back to her husband in Tokyo. She also notices that it might be good for Aki for she seems livelier and happier in Kitasanriku than in Tokyo. The road towards becoming a full-fledged Ama-san is tough for Aki as she encounters tests and hurdles. One day, a video of her as an Ama gets uploaded in the city's tourism website, transforming an ordinary high school girl into an overnight Internet sensation. Suddenly she is called upon to use this opportunity to attract tourists to a city suffering from depopulation.

Release Date: 2013-04-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 157

Vote Count: 9

The Castle of Crossed Destinies

In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun. Based on the 4th-6th volumes in the manga series "Ooku" by Fumi Yoshinaga.

Release Date: 2012-12-22

Vote Count: 3

大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」

Release Date: 2012-03-28

Episode Count: 1

Odd Family 11

Minoru Sanada is a cameraman with little skills in his profession. His wife Megumi runs a cafe, but the cafe doesn't have any customers. Yet, the couple has 8 chidren.

Release Date: 2011-10-21

Department: Writing

Job: Screenstory

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 12

大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１２「サッドソング・フォー・アグリードーター」

Release Date: 2011-06-10

Episode Count: 1

大人計画「母を逃がす」

Release Date: 2010-12-01

Episode Count: 1

The Wife of Gegege

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.

Release Date: 2010-11-20

Character: Shigeru Mura

Detective Lovesick

He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee from his life. Now "Detective Lovesick" finds his crime-fighting mojo and his chance at rising through the police hierarchy slipping away. Spending his days in a desperate search for the love of his life, Detective Lovesick is a man in love with himself and idolizes his drinking buddy, who is a romance psychologist. He loses himself to love easily, even at work, falling for every femme fatale he investigates and after a lot of hair pulling, ending each case with a marriage proposal. "Marry me or be under arrest." But will any woman accept such a proposal? Suspense, comedy and romance all converge in a libido-rich police drama unlike any you've ever seen.

Release Date: 2010-07-09

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 10

The Tragedy of W

The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...

Release Date: 2010-01-11

大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」

Release Date: 2009-10-03

Episode Count: 1

少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!

Release Date: 2008-12-07

Episode Count: 15

Vote Count: 2

Ties of Shooting Stars

Based on a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino, Ryūsei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents. After many years, the two brothers have found the murderers, and are set to carry out their plan for vengeance when they realize they've made a serious miscalculation; you see, their sister...

Release Date: 2008-10-17

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 15

Mirai koshi Meguru

Meguru Yoshida (Kyoko Fukada) is an English instructor at a cram school who is forced to support her family after her debt-ridden father disappears. Meguru has a strange condition. Whenever she eats too much, she has visions of what the future holds for those in her presence. One day, while eating barbecued beef, she realizes that her boyfriend, Yuki, will become bald and fat 20 years down the line. She becomes discouraged with the idea that she may end up living her life with Yuki, especially after attending a party with some former classmates who she finds will turn into very handsome men.

Release Date: 2008-01-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 2

大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」

Release Date: 2006-11-11

Episode Count: 1

Memories of Matsuko

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.

Release Date: 2006-05-27

Character: Tetsuya Yamekawa

Vote Count: 168

吾輩は主婦である

Release Date: 2006-05-22

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」

Release Date: 2006-05-14

Episode Count: 1

Tiger and Dragon

A young yakuza thug apprentices with an indebted comic "rakugo" performer, whose not-so-fashionable son runs a clothes shop in the Harajuku backstreets.

Release Date: 2005-04-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 10

大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」

Release Date: 2004-09-08

Episode Count: 1

Manhattan Love Story

Next door to Chuo TV's offices is "Manhattan," a coffee shop for aficionados. The owner's passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy their coffee. He is a man of few words. If he has to say something, he gets his waiter Shinobu Gamo to speak on his behalf. Owner's real name is unknown. He would prefer to be addressed as the shops' "Master" rather than its owner - not that anyone is aware of this. He gives his all to coffee. Despite his wishes, his regular customers don't really come to taste the coffee. They are there because of love. They use his shop as a place for dates, marriage proposals and break-ups. He doesn't show it, but it saddens him that his customers are so preoccupied with affairs of the heart and not the coffee.

Release Date: 2003-10-09

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 3

Love & War of a Samurai

Based on the jidaigeki novel, Semishigure, written by Fujisawa Shuhei. Duty and honor were the principles of the samurai, but just like others throughout history, greed and power motivated some while friendship, truth and love guided others. This is the story of Bunshiro, a true warrior who survives tragedy in his youth to become a great swordsman and defender of the weak, and Fuku, the love of his life. They first fall in love as teenagers, but her poverty and his tragedy separate them. After a corrupt official forces Bunshiro's father to commit suicide, he is treated like an outcast. Later, the same official tries to use Bunshiro in a plot to kill Fuku, who has become a wife of the local lord, but he turns the tables, saving Fuku and her child and uncovering the corruption. Many years later Bunshiro and Fuku meet again to reminisce about their lives, and the love that remains smoldering in their hearts.

Release Date: 2003-08-22

Episode Count: 7

大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．７「熊沢パンキース０３」

Release Date: 2003-07-30

Episode Count: 1

大人計画「春子ブックセンター」

Release Date: 2002-05-15

Episode Count: 1

The Labor Cop

Due to the effect of the prolonged great depression, finally even the police have to introduce a part-time job system for its employees. Although his main job is a steeplejack, one man is also employed as a day-laborer detective. He spends his days waiting for an incident to occur so he will be called in to investigate. On the other hand, Yasu is not only a graduate of The University of Tokyo with a successful IT business, he is also member of the Nagasaka yakuza clan. Moreover, he is a favorite of the clan leader.

Release Date: 2002-04-27

California Dreamin'

Release Date: 2002-04-12

Vote Count: 3

Kisarazu Cat's Eye

When 21-year-old Kohei learns he has six months to live, he recruits his friends to form a group of cat burglars who steal for the good of the community.

Release Date: 2002-01-18

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 10

GO

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.

Release Date: 2001-10-20

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 84

大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．６「キラークイーン６６６」

Release Date: 2001-10-19

Episode Count: 1

Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na

2001 Japanese movie

Release Date: 2001-04-18

エロスの果て

A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.

Release Date: 2001-03-14

大人計画「エロスの果て」

Release Date: 2001-03-14

Episode Count: 1

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto has become a member of a youth gang called the G-Boys. Known for his cool head and ability to get things done, Makoto becomes a key troubleshooter for the gang by diffusing tense situations and keeping his friends out of harm's way. However, the death of his girlfriend and an escalating turf war with a rival gang threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.

Release Date: 2000-04-14

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 25

大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．４「ウーマンリブ発射！」

Release Date: 1999-10-27

Episode Count: 1

Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication

Release Date: 1998-10-06

Character: Ikuo Kashiwada

Vote Count: 2

大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」

Release Date: 1997-12-17

Episode Count: 1

Kids Return

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.

Release Date: 1996-07-27

Character: High School Student

Vote Count: 310

A New Love in Tokyo

A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.

Release Date: 1994-12-17

Character: Hideo Nagai

Vote Count: 20