Shinji Yamashita

Acting

Shinji Yamashita

Born

1951-12-16 (74)

Place of birth

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Shinji Yamashita (山下 真司) born December 16, 1951 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He's represented by the talent agency From First Production. He graduated from Shimonoseki Commercial High School and dropped out from Chuo University's Faculty of Letters.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 10 titles

Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie poster
6.9

ToQger vs. Kyoryuger will see the twelve rangers from both teams join forces to fight against an evil super giant. They must also save the Galaxy Line, which is falling from space. To make matters worse, the five main ToQgers are turned into children by a Shadow Monster.

Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie

2015

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur War poster
6.8

Both TyrannoRanger and AbaRed are attacking the Kyoryugers because of mind control by Space War God Boldos. Boldos uses the feelings of revenge from enemies defeated by heroes who uses the power of dinosaurs, creating Neo-Grifforzer and Neo-Geildon, clones of past enemies as well as Enter and Escape,enemies of the Go-Busters. Villains spanning generations are united into a single evil force. The Kyoryugers, who are fighting an unseen evil, meet with the Go-Busters, and the "Greatest Trap ever seen on Earth" is sprung. What rises up against the true dinosaurs, and the death of your best friends? Now, the Kyoryugers must try and use the "True Brave".

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur War

2014

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Final Live Tour 2014 poster
NR

"You'll be surprised when you'll heaaar-! Kyoryuger Final Battle!!" A live show that was performed across Japan in March and April of 2014, acting as a final farewell for the cast. It comprises two parts: a scripted show part, and a talk show with the cast. The ToQgers also appear in.

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Final Live Tour 2014

2014

Shiba Park poster
6.0

While walking their shiba dogs, 3 middle-aged men meet at the park everyday. They do not know each other's names. They keep their distance, but chat about whatever is on their minds.

Shiba Park

2019

Memories of Mom poster
NR

After years of trying, Kyoko and her husband Takehiro are finally pregnant. But their joy at the prospect of becoming parents ends suddenly when they learn Kyoko has stage four cancer. They now must face agonizing decisions that force them to choose between the life of Kyoko or the health of their baby. Adapted from a true story.

Memories of Mom

2014

We're a Bounty Hunter Team! poster
8.2

Fourth film from "Toei Hero Next" series featuring actors playing heroes of Toei tokusatsu series. This time, six cast of super sentai series "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger" star in a comedy film, "Oretachi Shokin Kasegi Dan." Directed by Koichi Sakamoto ("Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger").

We're a Bounty Hunter Team!

2014

Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE poster
10.0

Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE is the release of the director's cut version of Kyoryuger's first four episodes (Brave 1: He's Here! The Bright Red King, Brave 2: Gaburincho! Biting Combination, Brave 3: It's Going to Get Wild! The Slashing Brave, Brave 4: Shoot Through! The Gaburivolver of Courage), with a total running time of 106 minutes. The release features an additional 15 minutes of unreleased scenes from the series' first four episodes which explains how the other four Kyoryugers acquired their respective Zyudenryu. Also included are ending dance video, creditless ending, solo version of ending, and an audio commentary. The trailer for the Blu-Ray and DVD was released on July 25th 2013. Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE is available in both Blu-Ray and DVD, for 7800 yen and 6800 yen respectively. It was released on September 13th 2013.

Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE

2013

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Black Lizard

2015

Sanctuary: The Boss' Longest Day poster
NR

2018 Original Video.

Sanctuary: The Boss' Longest Day

2018

Sanctuary 2: The Boss' Longest Day poster
NR

Sequel to 'Sanctuary: The Boss' Longest Day'.

Sanctuary 2: The Boss' Longest Day

2018

2000s · 6 titles

Ping Pong poster
7.1

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.

Ping Pong

2002

Graveyard of Honor poster
6.3

A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Graveyard of Honor

2002

The Code poster
6.2

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.

The Code

2009

Mobile Detectives: The Movie poster
5.0

Although they are still teenagers, the Zenigata Sisters are detectives, and have a grandfather in the Inspector General. They possess an uncanny knack for solving crimes, but no one knows that they are investigators. The Zenigata Sisters have been busy solving crimes around the nation, and are faced with a case surrounding their own family. Unless three crimes are solved, the perpetrator threatens to escalate his crimes. It is then that Rui, Mai and Rei begin receiving mail on their cell phones from the police department. The trap set by the perpetrator has the sisters stumped. Will they be able to solve the crime in time?

Mobile Detectives: The Movie

2006

To Daisuke in Heaven poster
6.0

After making a career-derailing error, political reporter Yohei Iida is reluctantly reassigned to cover the Takushoku University track team as they return to the prestigious Hakone relay race after 13 years. There, he meets Sato Daisuke, an exceptionally optimistic 23-year-old runner determined to win and eventually reach the Olympics. As Yohei struggles with his own personal and professional turmoil, he uncovers a tragic reality: Daisuke has been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Deeply moved by Daisuke fighting his disease with the same relentless resolve he gave to running, Yohei makes a solemn promise to the young athlete. Confronted by Daisuke's courage, Yohei is challenged to abandon his cynicism, face his own failures, and find renewed purpose in life.

To Daisuke in Heaven

2003

True Record Dainihon Kikusuikai Soryuden poster
NR

2007 Original Video.

True Record Dainihon Kikusuikai Soryuden

2007

1990s · 11 titles

Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell poster
7.3

The seventh movie of the series “Yakuza Ladies” focuses on a wife of a small Osaka family. She risks her life to protect her husband’s family and its members against much larger, more established organizations.

Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

1994

Zero Woman: The Accused poster
5.2

Rei, the deadly but reluctant assassin for the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police Department, befriends a young man after she sees him cruising a gay bar looking for johns. After he gets beaten up by a group of street thugs, she takes him in to live with her. When a series of vicious murders takes place, she begins to suspect that the killer may actually be her friend taking revenge on everyone who has abused him. Will she uphold her duty to the police, or protect her only friend?

Zero Woman: The Accused

1997

Jorogumo poster
8.0

Disguised as a brothel guard in a lawless town, a deadly female swordswoman with a dark supernatural secret hunts the man who murdered her mother—but when innocent children become pawns in a deadly trap, she must risk everything to exact her revenge and confront the monster within.

Jorogumo

1996

The Anthropology of a Fight Scene poster
NR

A man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.

The Anthropology of a Fight Scene

1993

Mahjong Legend: Crying Dragon 2 poster
NR

The Sakuramichi-gumi is a major yakuza organization in the Kanto region. The conflict between Ishikawa and Kawachi, the second-generation leaders of the Kai-gumi, over the succession, and Onizuka, a western assassin aiming for nationwide domination, is escalating. Amidst this turmoil, the Kai-gumi believes that Ryu, a young mahjong player recognized by the previous leader, holds the key to resolving the situation, and requests a meeting with him…

Mahjong Legend: Crying Dragon 2

1996

Yakuza Fist poster
NR

Kiichi Naruse, a former professional boxer and yakuza member, begins teaching boxing to Makoto Sanada, a young boy he finds cowering on the ground after losing a fight one day. As Makoto’s skills improve by leaps and bounds, Naruse stakes his own unfulfilled dream of becoming a champion on the boy…

Yakuza Fist

1994

Mahjong Legend: Crying Dragon 3 poster
NR

At the Sakurado-kai, the conflict between the Ishikawa-gumi and the Kawachi-gumi over the chairman's seat had devolved into a quagmire. With the men's motives intertwined and much bloodshed ensuing, the final battle between Ryu and the beautiful female mahjong player, the Dark Clown, finally began. It was the ultimate Russian roulette mahjong game.

Mahjong Legend: Crying Dragon 3

1996

Woman from Hong Kong poster
NR

In 1997, a female detective from Hong Kong passed an exam for a man who dreamed of becoming a senior detective, which produced a series of stories.

Woman from Hong Kong

1990

Wangan Midnight poster
6.5

Direct to video adaptation of the comic by Michiharu Kusunoki.

Wangan Midnight

1992

Retaliation Attack: Beautiful Assassin poster
NR

Yayoi Niijima's first starring role in the film adaptation of her controversial nude photo book, which sold over 100,000 copies. Miyuki witnesses her lover Ryosuke being shot dead by a yakuza right before her eyes. Swearing revenge, she takes up a gun.

Retaliation Attack: Beautiful Assassin

1998

The Price of an Affair poster
NR

Kosaku Tori, an ordinary office worker in the advertising department of a major electrical appliance manufacturer, has been married to his wife Tsuruko for nine years and has a daughter in primary school. By chance, he begins an affair with Yoshie, a showroom hostess.  Drowning in her sexy physique, Kosaku sinks deeper and deeper into the abyss of his desires. However, an affair is an expensive affair. Using his credit card and cancelling his staff travel pass, Kosaku becomes increasingly consumed by his relationship with Yoshie. Then one day, Tsuruko finds a pager in the corner of their bedroom. It contained a love message from Yoshie to Kosaku...!

The Price of an Affair

1993

1980s · 5 titles

Tokyo Blackout poster
6.2

Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome-shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.

Tokyo Blackout

1987

Legend of Plumeria poster
NR

Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a hotel chain. Although Emiko is not yet ready to get married, Akira and both of her parents are enthusiastic about the matchmaking. During a summer vacation in Japan, Emiko is attacked with a knife by a boy, but is saved by Shinji Terao (Kiichi Nakai), a young man who happens to be passing by. Shinji is passionate about windsurfing and trains hard every day for the world championships. Emiko is attracted to him because of his sincerity, though he is not very sociable. Upon returning to Hawaii, she overcame her parents' objections and got him to break off his proposal to Akira. Meanwhile, the world competition is approaching and Shinji comes to Hawaii from Japan.

Legend of Plumeria

1983

A Woman in Danger poster
NR

A girl who comes to Yokohama from Tsuwano stumbles upon the solution to a mysterious series of explosions. However, when she learns this secret, evil hands reach out to her!

A Woman in Danger

1982

Yamada Village Waltz poster
10.0

In Yamada Village, which is suffering from a serious shortage of wives due to the wave of depopulation, four young men from the village decide to go on an arranged marriage. However, they are rejected by the other women because of Yamada Village's too rural character. Then, a beautiful young writer, Ayakoji Reika, who has fallen into a slump, comes to Yamada Village in search of the countryside...

Yamada Village Waltz

1988

愛しのチィパッパ poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

愛しのチィパッパ

1986

Series credits

Oshin poster
8.2

Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the life of Shin Tanokura during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. Shin was called "Oshin", which is an archaic Japanese cognomen.

Oshin

1983

The Files of the Young Kindaichi poster
7.6

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

1995

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger poster
6.9

The Deboth Army who invaded the Earth in the time of the dinosaurs has revived. Wise God Torin selects 5 brave individuals who can defeat their respective Zyudenryu and give them powers to become the “People of the Strong Dinosaurs”, Kyoryuger.

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

2013

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019

Detective Office 5: Another Story poster
NR

This anthology-style mystery series is part of the D‑5 PROJECT, centered around Detective Office 5 - a long-running private detective agency in Kawasaki. Each detective is known only by a number rather than a name (e.g., Detective 596, 532), with standalone stories featuring different characters and surreal, quirky cases.

Detective Office 5: Another Story

2005

Nonchan no yume poster
NR

The 40th NHK Asadora starring Fujita Tomoko. It is about a woman who struggles to survive after World War II and starts a magazine.

Nonchan no yume

1988

Detective School Q poster
8.0

The city is filled with countless urban legends. Strange incidents that occur in the midst of these legends lead people into a labyrinth... It is the five young detective hatchlings who take on these difficult cases. Overflowing with intellectual curiosity, they make the most of their abilities. They are full of intellectual curiosity and show their abilities to the fullest as they run through the city and get to the bottom of the mystery. And what lurks behind the scenes is a professional criminal planner... Through fierce battles with the enemy and encounters with various people, they are sometimes hurt, but they gradually grow up. This is a pop youth mystery that depicts the friendship and adventures of a group of talented detectives.

Detective School Q

2007

The Millionaire Detective poster
6.5

What do you get when you mix a granddaughter from an extremely rich family with crime, murder, and a passion for law and justice? Kanbe Miwako, a granddaughter of a super rich millionaire becomes a detective and starts working at a male dominant police station. Her fancy fashion, elegant manners, and upper-class attitudes constantly gets on the nerves of the old-fashioned coworkers. However, to everyone’s surprise, Miwako’s unique investigation lead by an ultra rich sense of value becomes the key to solve mysterious cases, one by one!

The Millionaire Detective

2005

One Missed Call poster
6.9

Yumi, a writer of a science magazine, witnesses a mysterious death of a high school girl who received a "one missed call" from her own cell phone, two weeks in the future. The disturbing message on the cell phone turns out to be the screams of the victim.

One Missed Call

2005

The High School Heroes poster
NR

Gosei School has a long history. The principal of the school is highly ambitious and he tries to achieve his goals by using supernatural majin powers. Six students go up against the principal. The students are Taisei Manaka (Taisho Iwasaki), Ryuhei Domon (Ryuga Sato), Yusuke Takigawa (Yuto Nasu), Hyuma Oura (Hidaka Ukisho), Naoya Morimura (Naoki Fujii) and Ichika Sakurai (Issei Kanasashi).

The High School Heroes

2021

Rescue: Pride of Orange poster
6.5

Kitajima Daichi has wanted to join the rescue squad and wear the same orange uniform ever since he was saved by them as a child. When the squad calls for young firefighters to join, he and some other men take the challenge to go through the tough training. Together, they live through hard times and joy as they save lives while living on the edge themselves.

Rescue: Pride of Orange

2009

You're My Pet poster
7.5

A dejected woman finds an unconscious man resembling her former dog and takes him in as a "pet", forming an unexpected bond as they overcome obstacles together, raising the question of whether such love can exist.

You're My Pet

2003

Matrilineal Family poster
NR

A generations old family business is sent into turmoil when the sudden death of the head of the family opens the door to a fierce struggle between his three powerful and privileged daughters and the young mistress of modest means pregnant with his child.

Matrilineal Family

2005

The Mirror of Janus poster
6.0

The series is about a girl suffering from multiple personality disorder.

The Mirror of Janus

1985

School Wars poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

School Wars

1984

Roar At The Sun! poster
9.0

The detectives of Nana-magari station investigate a wide variety of crimes in 70s Japan, ranging from the mundane to the absolutely bizarre.

Roar At The Sun!

1972

Aijou Ippon poster
NR

Tomoe, 17, is an average high-school girl, interested in clothes and guys, but her family life is not so average. Losing her mother at a young age, she lives alone with her father, Shouhei and does all the cooking, laundry, housekeeping, like a mother would do. They have a hard time making ends meet, because Shouhei's only income is from working as a judo teacher to the neighborhood kids. Tomoe can't wait to go to the university to get away from her father, and judo which she hates. But because of her father's unfortunate arrest, she is forced to take over at the dojo. With help from the captain of her high school's judo team, Tomoe begins to teaching the few kids who still come to learn judo, and even start practicing the judo that she gave up as a child. This heartwarming family drama will entertain kids and adults alike.

Aijou Ippon

2004

Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai poster
7.0

Zenigata Mai is a high school girl who sidelines as a detective. Her father is a high ranking police officer, so her partner Jun Godai is forced to allow her to participate in investigations, often through cellphone conversations.

Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai

2003

No artwork available
NR

This drama revolves around four sisters whose father served as a warlord during the Sengoku period. It tells a tragic story of two lovers who are being held apart due to political conflicts between their clans.

Onna Furin Kazan

1986

Regatta: Kimi to ita eien poster
NR

Makoto is a promising oarsman at a University regatta team. One day, he loses his best friend by a tragic accident which he believes and blames himself for the very cause. Although he once leaves the team out of tremendous sense of responsibility, he finally decides to return by the encouragement of Misao and his teammates, and moreover, for the love and passion of regatta. He is determined than ever to become a top class oarsman and struggles to fulfill his dream to participate in the Olympic games. Through the severe practices and competitions of regatta, Makoto learns the bitterness and difficulties of life. Rivalry with teammates, agonies of love and friendship.

Regatta: Kimi to ita eien

2006

Celeb & Poor poster
9.0

Wealthy daughter of a hotel chain mogul meets poor widowed father of three. Despite their vastly different values and beliefs, will their chanced encounter blossom into something more?

Celeb & Poor

2008

OL Zenido poster
4.0

Ayame Tamaru, an office worker living near Zeniaraibenten, a shrine in Kamakura famous for bringing financial luck to worshippers, is absorbed in washing numerous bills spread over a bamboo sieve. It is popularly believed that if you wash money at Zeniaraibenten, the money will grow and multiply. Back home, her room is filled with artifacts showing her peculiar hobby: salt piled up high to bring in good luck, and on the wall, a scroll is hung with calligraphy featuring her motto, "Stinginess is a virtue." Numerous 10,000 yen bills are pasted behind the scroll for additional good luck. Declaring that the goal is to save 10 million yen and believing only in money, Ayame is dedicating all of her waking hours to saving money. One day, a young man suddenly appears before Ayame. Named Shinichi Kaneshiro, he and Ayame used to be lovers. Five years ago, he asked her to marry him but was turned down because he was poor and had no money.

OL Zenido

2003

Tenshi no Uppercut poster
NR

Adapted from the novel 'Tenshi no Uppercut' by Kitajima Takashi. A delinquent girl series telling the struggles of a girl newly arrived in Midorigaoka High School after moving to Kunitachi City against a women's gang known as The Red Rose as well as the teachers and the system they created in the school.

Tenshi no Uppercut

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

世界で一番熱い夏

2001

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Lion Teacher

2003

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rui poster
NR

Zenigata Rui is a high school girl with an IQ of 180 who solves cases using her cell phone as her weapon. Rui takes on numerous challenging cases with Detectives Jun Godai and Ippei Takamura.

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rui

2004

Keitai Deka Zenigata Kai poster
NR

Zenigata Kai appears to be a perfectly ordinary high school student. However, she is actually a secret detective who solves difficult cases one after another.

Keitai Deka Zenigata Kai

2007

Keitai Deka Zenigata Ai poster
NR

Zenigata Ai, whose grandfather is the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, appears to be just an ordinary high school girl. However, she is actually a secret detective who solves difficult cases one after another, armed with her innate intuition and an IQ of 180. Having received a special assignment from her grandfather to solve cases, Zenigata Ai, along with her partner Detective Jun Godai, takes on numerous challenging cases.

Keitai Deka Zenigata Ai

2002

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

あそびにおいでョ!

1988

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rei poster
NR

Zenigata Rei (Kaho) is a a middle school student and math prodigy that also works as a secret detective. She uses her IQ of 180 to solve the mysteries of various difficult cases one after another.

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rei

2004

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

香港迷宮行

1992