Acting
Masayuki Watanabe
Born
1956-01-24 (70)
Place of birth
Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
16 titles
Known for
7.4Yū Amagi is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The Twelfth Section is called the "graveyard of detectives" and ridiculed as the "banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent." Its assembled detectives Kōsuke Samura, Takumi Yamashita, Keita Nagasawa, Tamaki Mizuta, and Masatoshi Katagiri are elite and yet oddballs. Amagi appears fixated with time which seems to have no relation with a case. Raising questions about the timelines of the perpetrator and victim derived from the estimated time of death, time of crime, time of alibi, and time limit, he searches for the meaning of "blank time" which arises from this. He obsesses over the weight of every minute and second of time because of some incident.
Seven Detectives
2015
8.5The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best material for a chance at comedic glory.
M-1 Grand Prix
2001
6.4Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.
Burst City
1982
NRWhat makes an ideal house? A warm, sunny interior perhaps, or a house with a rooftop spa and a fantastic view? Maybe a large garden where the kids can play? Everyone has a different answer. But what if you're limited to a plot size of just 20㎡ ? Don't give up, because help is at hand from super architects. Using innovative architectural design you can realize your very own dream house. Dream House is a social documentary in which we build a home fulfilling as many of the dreams and wishes of the client as possible, following each step in detail, from the initial design stage onward.
Kansei! Dream House
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
熱海五郎一座「仁義なきストライク」
2026
6.7A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.
Supermarket Woman
1996
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
1990s · 3 titles
6.7A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.
Supermarket Woman
1996
8.0Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he wants to destroy himself. He steals a mistress of the boss of a big yakuza syndicate by force. He takes over the yakuza group he belongs to, by killing the old boss. When he tries to use 'shabu' as the main financial resource of his group, it leads to the serious confrontation with another big yakuza syndicate.
Shabu
1996
1990 Original Video film.
Silver Legend
1990
1980s · 8 titles
6.4Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.
Burst City
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kigeki kazoku dōmei
1983
10.0Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata.
Kizu
1988
10.0A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
Paper Lantern
1987
NRJapanese comedy film.
Nezumi Kozō kaitō den
1984
10.0Four young high school students who dream of being in a rock band must deal with the unexpected deaths of their friends while making concert decisions.
Rock Requiem
1988
10.0In 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
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Buchō no aijin: Pinku no sutokkingu
1986
1960s · 1 titles
Series credits
7.4Yū Amagi is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The Twelfth Section is called the "graveyard of detectives" and ridiculed as the "banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent." Its assembled detectives Kōsuke Samura, Takumi Yamashita, Keita Nagasawa, Tamaki Mizuta, and Masatoshi Katagiri are elite and yet oddballs. Amagi appears fixated with time which seems to have no relation with a case. Raising questions about the timelines of the perpetrator and victim derived from the estimated time of death, time of crime, time of alibi, and time limit, he searches for the meaning of "blank time" which arises from this. He obsesses over the weight of every minute and second of time because of some incident.
Seven Detectives
2015
8.5The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best material for a chance at comedic glory.
M-1 Grand Prix
2001
NRWhat makes an ideal house? A warm, sunny interior perhaps, or a house with a rooftop spa and a fantastic view? Maybe a large garden where the kids can play? Everyone has a different answer. But what if you're limited to a plot size of just 20㎡ ? Don't give up, because help is at hand from super architects. Using innovative architectural design you can realize your very own dream house. Dream House is a social documentary in which we build a home fulfilling as many of the dreams and wishes of the client as possible, following each step in detail, from the initial design stage onward.
Kansei! Dream House
2003

