Yoshiaki Umegaki

Acting

Yoshiaki Umegaki

Born

1959-07-12 (67)

Place of birth

Kasaoka, Okayama, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

Unification of Japan 63 poster
NR

After wiping out the Kamome Church, Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) put the matter to rest. Himuro returns briefly to Kobe with Joji (Takashi Kitadai), reflecting on how Kobe has become home and on their violent past in Yokohama. Meanwhile in Kobe, a delinquent group led by Isamu (Hidemi Higa) and Nobumitsu (Takuya Negishi), reminiscent of the younger Himuro and Tamura, causes trouble in Masaki-gumi territory. Following Kawatani’s (Hitoshi Ozawa) orders, Joji visits Masaki-gumi with Ishizawa (Hiroto Honda) and Yamamura (Kenta Kawasaki), but is delayed by Masaki’s (Yoshiaki Umegaki) old-fashioned lecturing. Soon after, a Masaki-gumi member reports being robbed by Isamu’s group. Although Joji offers to help, he is turned away. Not long after, Isamu and his crew appear at the Masaki-gumi gambling den, threatening to ignite a new conflict.

Unification of Japan 63

2024

Unification of Japan Gaiden: Yamazaki Family — Joji and His Merry Friends poster
NR

One day, when Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) go to the office, they're met with a host of adorable pet animals. Asking a guilty-looking Ishizawa (Hiroto Honda) and Yamamura (Kenta Kawasaki) what happened, they learn about Joji (Takashi Kitadai) and his escalating alcoholism, and how his new impulse is to buy pets he finds "cute". Little hedgehogs and leopard geckos, however, are the least of their problems when Joji's post-stupor amnesia gets him in trouble with the independent Masaki Family...

Unification of Japan Gaiden: Yamazaki Family — Joji and His Merry Friends

2024

2010s · 5 titles

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NR

The body of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi, a construction company worker, is discovered stabbed to death in Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo. Detective Masanao Ushio of Shinjuku West PD begins an investigation and finds that the murdered Kawagishi was an honest person who didn't have any troubles. Kawagishi worked for a company in Kofu City in Yamanashi, leaving behind his wife and daughter on Awaji Island in Hyogo. He seems to have started working as a laborer 3 years ago, having fallen on hard times when the company went bankrupt. Saeko Kawamura, Ushio's reporter friend, calls him wanting to talk about the case. According to Saeko, Kawagishi was one of the survivors of the "bus hijack arson case" that happened three years ago. In the bus hijack arson case, a man who was hallucinating under the influence of dangerous drugs set fire to an intercity bus going to Shinjuku and departing from Kofu Station...

Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors

2016

Live Spectacle Naruto poster
8.1

The 2016 re-run of the original Live Spectacle Naruto stage adaptation.

Live Spectacle Naruto

2016

Athlete poster
5.6

Ex-swimmer Kōhei, facing divorce, meets aspiring animator Yūtaka in Tokyo’s gay district. Their fiery attraction deepens amid emotional highs and lows.

Athlete

2019

That's the Way! poster
NR

Based on editor Toshiki Takei's memoir, rookie Hatsumi Takeda becomes the editor of Fujio Akatsuka, the king of gag manga, in his 1967 heyday. As Akatsuka learns more about his new boss, he sees her unrealized talents, and they gradually become great partners...

That's the Way!

2011

Biohazard: The Stage poster
9.0

A bioterrorism incident occurs at a university in Western Australia. Chris and Piers from BSAA's anti-bioterrorism unit head to the scene to investigate, and they cooperate with former S.T.A.R.S. member Rebecca, who is teaching at the university. On the scene, they meet a mysterious young man named Tyler Howard…

Biohazard: The Stage

2015

2000s · 5 titles

Tokyo Godfathers poster
7.9

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

Tokyo Godfathers

2003

Free and Easy 18 poster
7.5

Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.

Free and Easy 18

2007

A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen poster
7.8

Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.

A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen

2000

The Cycling Genius Is Coming! poster
NR

Teru has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura, an ace of the club who wants to turn around he club which has deteriorated to the point of dissolution, and Yuta, an aloof cycling genius with unshaken confidence in his speed who does not allow others to follow him. Meeting a rival that is faster than him for the first time, Teru joins the club in order to challenge them. His only interest, however, is his own cycling speed. Joining the club teaches Teru the importance of teamwork to support the lead cyclist and to place priority on the victory of the team.

The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

2008

The King of Minami: Yakuza Finance poster
NR

#36 in the series, following "License for Cruelty." The CEO of a yakuza-backed finance company teams up with a shady consultant to convince debtors to sign away the deed to their property in order to declare bankruptcy and clear their debts.

The King of Minami: Yakuza Finance

2001

1990s · 26 titles

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion poster
7.5

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

1996

A Class to Remember II poster
6.4

The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

A Class to Remember II

1996

20th Century Nostalgia poster
7.1

A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.

20th Century Nostalgia

1997

Evil Dream poster
8.0

The bus driver Nakatsuka Yukihiko saw in his dream the sexual fantasies involving one of his regular female passengers - Noriko Otomo. On the other hand, she sees the same dreams.

Evil Dream

1994

The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark poster
NR

#7 in the King of Minami series, following "Tactical Debt." Manda tries to save his business from a money-lending hostess club run by yakuza from Tokyo and a beautiful woman with a grudge.

The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark

1994

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin poster
NR

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin

1996

Weather Woman poster
3.4

Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost. She decides a panty shot might do the trick, so during her forecast she lifts her skirt, thereby capturing the attention and the hearts of viewers. Keiko's stunt creates such a stir of excitement over the weather report that viewers begin religiously turning in to see what she'll do next. However, this showboating routine earns the ire of Kaori, the beautiful and ambitious daughter of JTV's chairman. Jealous of her success and aching to take over the weather report, Kaori is willing to do just about anything to get what she wants.

Weather Woman

1996

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2

1998

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4

1998

Salaryman Senka poster
NR

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

Salaryman Senka

1995

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5

1998

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1

1998

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3

1998

The King of Minami: Trans Woman Blues poster
NR

#25 in the King of Minami series. A trans dancer named Rio is in debt to Manda after trying to finance a trip to the US for gender reassignment surgery, still illegal in Japan. The owner of a prestigious nightclub recruits her, introduces her to a doctor in Osaka who performs the illicit surgery and even agrees to foot the bill. But when the club owner turns out to have ulterior motives, Rio turns to Manda for help.

The King of Minami: Trans Woman Blues

1998

Black Money poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Black Money

1994

Forever with You poster
7.0

In a room with only a bed, Shizumi's left hand was somehow fixed to the bed by handcuffs and chains. "Who is this man?", "Why am I sleeping like this?" Shizumi who woke up with a terrible headache started to recall the memory from last light...

Forever with You

1995

The King of Minami: Bankruptcy Takeover poster
NR

#9 in the series, after "Lovers Contract."

The King of Minami: Bankruptcy Takeover

1994

The King of Minami: The Special Movie poster
NR

When aspiring businessman Chiwaki borrows money from the LA mafia and flees to Japan to escape his debt, he soon finds himself being chased throughout Osaka by the local yakuza and a mafia loan shark. Chiwaki plans to get out of debt by investing in a high-end beauty salon, with a loan from Ginjiro Manda. Soon, Chiwaki finds himself pursued by Manda as well, who is willing to go up against the mafia to get his money back.

The King of Minami: The Special Movie

1995

The Towers of Musashino Line poster
10.0

Miharu Tamaki is about to move to Nagasaki due to his parents' divorce. As his final summer vacation in Tokyo draws to a close, he is drawn to an inscription on a high voltage tower reading "Musashino Line Tower 75". With his friend, he resolves to find Tower 1.

The Towers of Musashino Line

1997

The King of Minami: First & Second Yen poster
NR

#4 in the King of Minami series, featuring two stories from the manga. In "High Interest Marriage," Manda helps a woman pull a reverse marital fraud on the man who took advantage of her. Then, in "Ten Million Yen Woman," a man agrees to pay 10 million yen for a one night stand, but ends up seeking Manda's help to avoid paying his debt.

The King of Minami: First & Second Yen

1993

Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess poster
7.0

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.

Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess

1999

The King of Minami: Lovers Contract poster
6.0

#8 in the series, after "Lady Loan Shark."

The King of Minami: Lovers Contract

1994

The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. Liquidator poster
NR

#5 in the King of Minami series and the second film to be released theatrically. Manda's original apprentice, Ryuichi, resurfaces after being targeted by the yakuza in Kobe. Meanwhile, Manda hounds a factory owner named Yanagida for his interest payments, only to discover that he's only one of many victims of the evil liquidator Gennai, who profits off of other companies' bankruptcy.

The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. Liquidator

1993

Extremely Wild Genuine Sex: Night of the Perverts poster
4.7

What did a man who had his wife stolen by his mistress and his girlfriend violated see in this hell on earth? A feast of lust unfolds every night like a nightmare in Kabukicho, a city without night... A mysterious and gruesome live show!

Extremely Wild Genuine Sex: Night of the Perverts

1990

Juskiss poster
NR

Space Investigator Justy arrives on Earth in pursuit of a dangerous bio-weapon, Debora, which has the ability to attach to living things and to control their consciousness and pass on to others through bodily contact. The only way to capture Debora is with a kiss, so Justy commandeers the body of a young man, Masayoshi, and has him kiss any person she suspects of being possessed by Debora.

Juskiss

1996

Masayuki Kusumi's Hilarious Video: HE-SO poster
NR

Home video comedy.

Masayuki Kusumi's Hilarious Video: HE-SO

1990

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