Acting

Nobuto Okamoto

Born 1948-01-02 · Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Love and Honor poster
7.4

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

Love and Honor

2006

Madadayo poster
7.3

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

Madadayo

1993

PARTY7 poster
6.7

Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?

PARTY7

2000

Part-Time Detective poster
7.0

Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic crisis that causes them to have problems with the bank. But while looking for work will Hitoshi befriending Hibino, president of "K & D Research" a detective agency. This will give you the opportunity to spend a trial investigating an infidelity. So get to be a part-time detective Noriko.

Part-Time Detective

2002

High School Teacher poster
8.0

In a rugby match, disaster strikes as player Kazuki causes serious injury to his friend Takeshi, and as a result he is left as a vegetable. Guilt-ridden he quits the team and settles in a remote Kamakura Girl’s High School as a sport teacher. During a hot summer holiday, Kazuki has fallen into a love relationship, albeit unacceptable to the outsiders, with one of his student Mayu. Later, he realizes that his attraction to her comes from nothing other than her loneliness and a crime labelled as grossly unforgivable.

High School Teacher

1993

Supermarket Woman poster
6.7

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.

Supermarket Woman

1996

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers poster
6.6

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

2005

The House of Hanging poster
6.2

This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.

The House of Hanging

1979

A Taxing Woman's Return poster
6.4

Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by a corrupt sociopath.

A Taxing Woman's Return

1988

Lullaby to Kill poster
6.6

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.

Lullaby to Kill

1977

The Greatest Man in the World poster
10.0

Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

The Greatest Man in the World

1986

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1 poster
5.6

"Shin Mimibukuro," which has greatly influenced numerous Japanese horror works such as "Ring" and "Ju-on," is finally being fully adapted into a complete visual format for the first time. The directors include Takashi Shimizu of "Ju-on," Hideo Nakata of "Ring 0," actor Shiro Sano, and Akio Yoshida, the veteran of TBS dramas such as "Kamaitachi no Yoru," all of whom are distinguished talents in the horror world. The cast is also spectacular, featuring a diverse array of talents such as Rina Uchiyama, Kaoru Okunuki, Nao Omori, Mako Ishino, Hitomi Miwa, Riko Kurita, Nobuto Okamoto, and Ikkei Watanabe.

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1

2003

A Quiet Life poster
7.6

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.

A Quiet Life

1995

When the Island Floats poster
NR

Mikio, the former manager of a shuttered movie theater, begins tracing his origins when its building is slated for demolition and redevelopment. His high school best friend, Nobuhiro, struggles to face his father’s advancing dementia. Old things fade away, and new things are born. Every day unfolds as a fleeting moment in a city undergoing constant change.

When the Island Floats

2025

I Am a Cat poster
4.0

Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!

I Am a Cat

1975

A Madcap Corporation poster
NR

A yakuza family goes into show business.

A Madcap Corporation

1983

Star Ranch poster
NR

This fairy tale depicts the heartwarming connection between a young man who has lost his memory and the gypsies.

Star Ranch

1987

Falling into the Evening poster
7.0

Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo's good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica's conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but inscrutable woman named Hanako.

Falling into the Evening

1998

The Wives of Rokumeikan poster
NR

A blockbuster drama that depicts the lives of the people who colored the dawn of modern Japan, centering on a woman who rose from a courtesan to the wife of the prime minister, and through the wives of former Meiji military commanders, many of whom were geishas.

The Wives of Rokumeikan

1988

Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 10 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 10

2016

No artwork available
9.0

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

Have Wings on Your Heart

1978

Sosuke Loses His Lover poster
3.7

Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.

Sosuke Loses His Lover

1992

No artwork available
NR

Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students.

Be Free!

1986

Zakken! - The Cosmos Beneath Our Feet poster
NR

Spring, a freshman in high school, in the middle of youth. Yukari has yet to find something she is passionate. Then she meets Mimi, a classmate who loves a wildflower. The two of them decide to join the Wildflower Research Club = "ZAKKEN" together.

Zakken! - The Cosmos Beneath Our Feet

2026