Acting

Matsunosuke Shofukutei

Born 1925-08-06 · Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Wild Berries poster
6.8

A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.

Wild Berries

2003

Chicken Is Barefoot poster
7.2

A disabled child of separated parents gets caught up in police espionage due to his uncanny ability to remember license plate numbers.

Chicken Is Barefoot

2004

Locomotive Teacher poster
10.0

Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha Sensei" (Teacher Locomotive) after learning he is mute. The parents on the island are mostly hostile to Seigo Yoshioka, believing he is incapable of teaching their children. But with Seigo Yoshioka's determination and kindness, a strong bond develops between the students and the mute teacher, which then changes the parents' opinions of Seigo Yoshioka. Suddenly, tragedy then strikes ...

Locomotive Teacher

2004

The King of Jail Breakers poster
6.5

Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?

The King of Jail Breakers

2010

Knockout poster
7.2

A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.

Knockout

1989

Young Thugs: Nostalgia poster
6.4

Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.

Young Thugs: Nostalgia

1998

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors poster
10.0

Tsutomu Minagawa is set to retire; the organized business life, a perfectly normal family living in a two-story house with a garage, the once unstoppable routine is about to close down forever. However, Tsutomu's last day changes him forever, as a car accident leads to his new purpose and sets him on a mission to clean every traffic mirror in Japan in order to save lives.

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

2003

Haunted School 4 poster
6.0

Taking advantage of their summer holiday, Kō and his little sister Yae visit their cousin at Nozaki located at the sea-side. However, on the day they arrive, a typhoon hits the town for the first time in many years. At this time, their cousin tells them: When the storm hits, the spirits of those who perished at sea... will return.

Haunted School 4

1999

金田一耕助ファイルⅡ 獄門島 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

金田一耕助ファイルⅡ 獄門島

2003

Three for the Road poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Three for the Road

2007

Young Lord Yakuza poster
8.0

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.

Young Lord Yakuza

1961

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival poster
NR

A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival

1967

Bokunchi - My House poster
6.8

A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.

Bokunchi - My House

2003

When You Wish Upon A Star poster
NR

A boy from Tokyo moves to the countryside and has trouble adapting, falls in love.

When You Wish Upon A Star

2011

Cynthia: Kaijoken Tanjou Monogatari poster
NR

Based on the real-life story of Yoshitomo Kimura, who suffered a spinal cord injury in 1987, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. His wife works as a clinical lab technician and struggles to encourage his will to live. After attending a motivational workshop featuring a wheelchair-bound man, Kimura resolves to rehabilitate himself. He eventually regains enough mobility to work from home, but still faces daily challenges—especially if he falls alone at home. That’s when they decide they should adopt a dog to assist him. They welcome a rambunctious Labrador puppy named Cynthia (シンシア), hoping she might become a trained service dog.

Cynthia: Kaijoken Tanjou Monogatari

2003