Wataru Shihôdô

Acting

Wataru Shihôdô

Born

1962-12-09 (63)

Place of birth

Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Known for

Kamen Rider poster
6.4

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Kamen Rider

1971

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster
7.5

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

Mission To Kill poster
7.0

Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.

Mission To Kill

2009

Godzilla: Final Wars poster
7.1

Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

Godzilla: Final Wars

2004

Outrage Coda poster
6.8

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.

Outrage Coda

2017

Beyond Outrage poster
7.0

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.

Beyond Outrage

2012

Film credits

2020s · 12 titles

CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11 poster
NR

The Toyokai leadership fends off attackers, but the assailants’ identity and motives remain unclear. Suspecting the rival Teito Union, Uesugi grows wary. Assigned to Uesugi’s crew, Soma digs into their networks—uncovering traces of former Teito members like Sudo Reiji, who has fled overseas.

CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11

2025

CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10 poster
NR

With the release of Uesugi Yoshitake approaching, the Toyokai receives an assassination threat against him. The leadership raises security, while Munakata Seizo restructures his group—naming Sakai Atsushi as underboss and Murata Kunio as his aide. Meanwhile, Sawamura Ryuichi and Soma Kunihito try to settle a dispute involving old comrades, but…

CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10

2025

CONNECT: Road to Conquest 12 poster
NR

After killing Toishi, Sudo schemes to join the Hachio-kai, now led by his old acquaintance Kurose Akito. Meanwhile, Nawa-kai’s Sakurai pressures Finance Minister Kanzaki—an ally of Hachio-kai—for profit. As rival factions begin moving, Toyokai reels when Uesugi suddenly declares the group’s dissolution.

CONNECT: Road to Conquest 12

2025

Japan Gangster War 12 poster
NR

The twelfth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

Japan Gangster War 12

2021

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 7 poster
NR

The seventh 'Yakuza Emblem Legend' film.

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 7

2022

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 8 poster
NR

The eighth 'Yakuza Emblem Legend' film.

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 8

2022

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 5 poster
NR

The fifth 'Yakuza Emblem Legend' film.

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 5

2021

Unification of Japan 48 poster
NR

Hasegawa was left in critical condition at the hands of Chairman Murayama of the Hasseikai. Himuro kidnaps Numata, the Hasseikai chairman, and interrogates him, but Numata is shot by someone. Meanwhile, Hasegawa has regained consciousness, but due to the unpredictable situation, Himuro, Tamura, and the rest of the Yamazaki clan begin to crush the Hassei-kai.

Unification of Japan 48

2021

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 9 poster
NR

The ninth 'Yakuza Emblem Legend' film.

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 9

2022

Japan Gangster War Chapter 11 poster
NR

The eleventh 'Japan Gangster War' film.

Japan Gangster War Chapter 11

2021

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 4 poster
NR

The fourth 'Yakuza Emblem Legend' film.

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 4

2021

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 6 poster
NR

The sixth 'Yakuza Emblem Legend' film.

Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 6

2021

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 13 titles

Godzilla: Final Wars poster
7.1

Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

Godzilla: Final Wars

2004

Shibuya Story poster
9.0

Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.

Shibuya Story

2005

Female Prisoner Breeding 611 poster
5.0

The women's prison, which had been feigning tranquillity, descended into further chaos due to the former female guard serving time, and surveillance of the inmates grew even more stringent. Meanwhile, Reika, plunged into despair after her ex-lover Goto's confessed escape plan ended in failure, found Goto plotting his next move... intending to use the guard Yoshiko to orchestrate a complete escape.

Female Prisoner Breeding 611

2007

The King of Minami 24 poster
NR

#46 in the series

The King of Minami 24

2003

Hear the Sound of Life poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hear the Sound of Life

2006

Dragon King: The Beasts' Code poster
NR

In that city, Wang, the boss of the Beijing mafia, was at the center of everything. Anyone who defied him was eliminated... And then, a mysterious man named Chang Lo, who was being hunted by the Hong Kong mafia, drifted into town. In order to settle his past, Chang Lo set out to steal the "shaking head drug" that Wang was supposed to handle!

Dragon King: The Beasts' Code

2002

Road to New Don poster
NR

The first 'Road to New Don' film.

Road to New Don

2007

True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan — Final Chapter poster
NR

In July, Showa 33 (1958), Seiji Moriya finally succeeded in rebuilding the Great Japan Kokusui Organization. With the banner of “Anti-Communism and Patriotism,” he threw himself into various nationalist movements. At the same time, Moriya stood at the forefront of the yakuza world—stepping in to mediate a full-blown conflict between two powerful syndicates, the Tsuruhashi-gumi and the Kyokugo Yozakura Family. The legendary “One-Eyed Dragon” once feared by all—this is the story of his unwavering conviction.

True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan — Final Chapter

2007

稲穂の無頼 ~哀しき相克~ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

稲穂の無頼 ~哀しき相克~

2009

True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan poster
NR

Once, there was a lone yakuza feared as the “One-Eyed Dragon.” His name was Seiji Moriya (Yasukaze Motomiya)—the man who would later become the first chairman of the Great Japan Kokusui Organization. This is the story of a young Moriya, still just a street thug, who lost his left eye yet never lost his will. Through encounters with mentors, family, and comrades who shared his ideals, he rose like a dragon through the turbulent world of the yakuza—staking everything on his conviction to revive the spirit of the Great Japan Kokusui Organization.

True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan

2007

Yakuza Legend: The Legendary Kawachi Ten-Man Killer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yakuza Legend: The Legendary Kawachi Ten-Man Killer

2005

Shin Japan's Don 3: Ferocious Battle poster
NR

Third film of the yakuza series starring Hiroki Matsukata.

Shin Japan's Don 3: Ferocious Battle

2004

Uchū no natsu poster
NR

After losing her parents, Kanako moves in with her grandmother in a town by the sea.

Uchū no natsu

2003

1990s · 18 titles

One Bowl of Kakesoba poster
8.0

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...

One Bowl of Kakesoba

1992

Dangan Runner poster
6.8

A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience store. The store's clerk, a washed-up rock star, chases the thief and literally runs into a Yakuza to whom he owes money. Thus begins an all-night, three-way pursuit through the streets of Tokyo.

Dangan Runner

1996

Dangan Runner poster
6.8

A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience store. The store's clerk, a washed-up rock star, chases the thief and literally runs into a Yakuza to whom he owes money. Thus begins an all-night, three-way pursuit through the streets of Tokyo.

Dangan Runner

1996

Jack: The Dark Emperor of Pachislot poster
NR

The first instalment in a series depicting the exploits of Akira Minami, the shadowy ‘No. 1’ slot machine player who works as a stand-in in the underworld of pachislot. Shimomura, the owner of a pachislot parlour, finds himself saddled with a debt of 700 million yen at a secret pachislot club, but...

Jack: The Dark Emperor of Pachislot

1993

Nobody poster
6.3

Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, the salarymen find themselves embroiled in a deadly game...

Nobody

1994

Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard poster
6.2

In Meiji-era Japan, a village of witches and wizards is slaughtered. Years later, an archaeologist discovers a mummy from the village, which reanimates, murders, then possesses his assistant. This evil spirit is now searching for Misa, who is protected by a survivor of the original massacre, known only as Saiga.

Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard

1996

Another XX: Fanatic Love poster
5.5

Female detective Eiko Kagami traces the mysterious murders of women who all end up dead immediately after sleeping with the popular author of the book, "Crazy Love."

Another XX: Fanatic Love

1998

Azami the Punisher poster
1.0

Azami spends her days as a tattoo artist who's in charge of her own parlor, but she also has another side. She is the punisher of evils that have gone beyond the usual laws of society. A former Miss Japan, Naoko Kamishirato, tattooed and nude in provocative scenes in her first starring role...

Azami the Punisher

1998

No artwork available
9.0

Two girls decide to move in with two boys in an apartment in crowded Tokyo. As much as they all like each other initially, they cannot prevent a domestic disaster from occurring.

The Things We Liked

1997

Jingi 13: Hell's Tomb Mark poster
8.0

After the internal conflict in the Kanto Ichienkai that was once caused by the Takayama group, until the reconstruction of the Takayama group, the Shima of the Takayama group was kept by the sand group led by Hitoshi Yoshiro. There was a group that was aiming at the sima. The Wuryukai under the same Kanto Ichienkai. After the death of his predecessor, this group, who made a name for himself as a servant, began to repeat dirty business after the young head Tange took over his mark. The sand group and the Wuryukai are in conflict over the Shima of the Takayama group. At that time, Kihara, an old friend of the dragon society, comes from Jin.

Jingi 13: Hell's Tomb Mark

1997

Tosei Burai poster
NR

Ryoji Minami, an elite trading company man, falls in love with Minako Kano, the daughter of the fifth president of the Kanto Kano family, overcomes obstacles, and has a wedding. A sudden misfortune befell Ryoji. On the day of the wedding, his father and daughter were killed by a bomb planted in a package. In anger and sadness with nowhere to go, Ryoji vows to take revenge on the bomber, and as the sixth head of the Kano family, confronts the Kyoei Alliance.

Tosei Burai

1995

Demon Fighter Kocho 2: School of Evil Spirits poster
4.0

Second live action Demon Fighter Kocho movie

Demon Fighter Kocho 2: School of Evil Spirits

1997

Fukushu no Teio poster
6.0

Tatsuya Shijo was leading a blissful life with her wife and daughter. But all hell came down when a madman murdered his wife and daughter and bizarrely his sister, who was about to get married, killed in a hit and run incident. Vying for revenge, Tatsuya became a professional killer.

Fukushu no Teio

1995

Tokyo Babylon 1999 poster
6.0

Subaru is investigating the death of of a enemy, Kaneyama but before he died, he undertook a project, which was how to teach seven teenage girls how to use black magic to get revenge on people they don't like, but when one of the girls feels remorse, she is told by the other girls to continue with the black magic. Subaru tries to stop them but the girls think that he is their enemy and put a curse on him.

Tokyo Babylon 1999

1993

Shin Mahjong Horoki 2 poster
NR

After a 20-year hiatus, the legendary mahjong master Boya Tetsu returns to the world of competition. However, he becomes entangled in the troubles of a young man named Hiyokko, who was the catalyst for his comeback, leading to a showdown with the mysterious woman Hanae. The intense mahjong battle ignites Boya Tetsu's competitive spirit...

Shin Mahjong Horoki 2

1999

Son of a Cat poster
NR

The private detective, known as ‘Cat’, is a lazy, good-for-nothing father to his son, Taku. One day, Washio, a gangster who has come to ransack the shop where Taku works, recruits him. Taku begins working under Washio but, having doubts about his methods, returns to his former life. Washio and his gang then plot revenge against Taku, the traitor, and Cat, with whom they have a long-standing feud.

Son of a Cat

1997

Be-Bop High School 12 poster
NR

A masterpiece that makes a mans heart cry

Be-Bop High School 12

1997

Immoral Venus 2: Damage poster
NR

After saving a suicidal man, Yagi, Kanako takes him back to her home in Jukai and treats him tenderly as if he were her lover. Yagi, who is tired of living, is attracted to her, but gradually he cannot stand her love. One night, Yagi is drugged with sleeping pills by Kanako and locked up.

Immoral Venus 2: Damage

1996

Series credits

Kamen Rider poster
6.4

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Kamen Rider

1971

Kamen Rider poster
6.4

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Kamen Rider

1971

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster
7.5

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

Mission To Kill poster
7.0

Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.

Mission To Kill

2009

BORDERLESS -72 Hours poster
5.3

A dynamic duo of detectives operates from a high-tech mobile command truck to solve complex "wide-area" crimes that cross jurisdictional boundaries.

BORDERLESS -72 Hours

2026

Rekishi Meikyuu kara no Dasshutsu~Real Dasshutsu Game X TV Tokyo~ poster
7.7

About a senior high school girl in the year 2520 who travels back in time with her friend to correct the history erased by a cyber hacker through solving each mystery in the bugs placed by the hacker; viewers can also participate in real time by competing with the cast to solve the mysteries through the app "Smart News".

Rekishi Meikyuu kara no Dasshutsu~Real Dasshutsu Game X TV Tokyo~

2020