Shion Machida

Acting

Shion Machida

Born

1971-11-30 (54)

Place of birth

Hyogo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Shion Machida is an actress, known for Dragon Head (2003), Big Man Japan (2007) and Kêtai sôsakan 7 (2008).

Known for

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster
7.5

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

GATE24: The Border poster
5.4

A newly formed airport task force overcomes institutional barriers and uses an eccentric officer's extraordinary observational skills to protect Japan's borders from international crimes.

GATE24: The Border

2026

Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case

2023

Convenience Store Kyodai poster
8.0

At a lively Mojiko convenience store, a charming manager and his mysterious brother turn everyday chaos into comedy, while a sharp-witted employee turns their antics into a viral webcomic.

Convenience Store Kyodai

2026

Big Man Japan poster
6.0

Daisato, a second-rate, third-generation superhero, annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.

Big Man Japan

2007

Forbidden Fruit poster
NR

Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today's women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.

Forbidden Fruit

1997

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 18 titles

Big Man Japan poster
6.0

Daisato, a second-rate, third-generation superhero, annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.

Big Man Japan

2007

Inugami poster
5.2

Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.

Inugami

2001

The Choice of Hercules poster
7.2

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.

The Choice of Hercules

2002

Nagai Nagai Satsujin poster
7.0

A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the dead man was insured for 300 million yen. The media and the public look at Noriko and her boyfriend Tsukada with suspicion, but they have perfect alibis. Then, Detective Hibiki, who is in charge of the case, and Private Detective Kono become involved in a series of mysterious murder cases.

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

2008

Apartment 1303 poster
4.8

While celebrating with her friends in her new cheaply rented apartment on the thirteenth floor of a building, the young Sayaka unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her older sister, Mariko, decides to investigate the mysterious death of her sister.

Apartment 1303

2007

Paradise: Carried Away poster
7.2

Set in a rural fishing village in southern Japan, this is the story of Erika, a celebrated former anchorwoman now back in her hometown campaigning for a seat in the national party, and Yohei, an insecure fisherman-in-training. The two are worlds apart.

Paradise: Carried Away

2006

Lupin's News poster
7.0

The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi, is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case...

Lupin's News

2008

Waru: The End poster
NR

Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.

Waru: The End

2006

Chameleon poster
5.7

Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.

Chameleon

2008

Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako poster
NR

Misaki is a popular bar hostess whose policy is to 'live on presents'. She is haughty and wants nothing but the most expensive and exclusive. One night, she finds a rabbit and takes it home, setting off the story of an unimaginable tragedy. It is an 'animal panic horror' film with a new edge presenting an allegory of the worst in the modern materialistic world. This is the first full-length feature film for Yuichi Kanemaru, who has worked as assistant director to Kaneto Shindo, Yasuo Furuhata and Takashi Miike. And Tomoko Tabata's dynamic performance in her first horror movie is a definite highlight.

Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako

2008

Shoot the Boss: Hunt the Enemy poster
NR

Young Shima member Wataru Jōjima (Hitoshi Ozawa) witnesses the loss of his boss, Takeo Shima (Jerry Fujio), right before his eyes. Left adrift, Jōjima visits Akebono Academy, a care facility frequently visited by Shima. There, he encounters Sanae Ikushima (Eri Takahashi), a young girl Shima had been looking after—.

Shoot the Boss: Hunt the Enemy

2007

Love Kill Kill poster
5.2

A porn fanatic, a drifter, a jobless man and a magic-mushroom farmer are drawn together at an orgy.

Love Kill Kill

2004

The Whole Body and the Little Finger poster
NR

Jun, a young pimp in Tokyo, is so emotionally estranged from himself and the world around him that he has forgotten much of his past. With the help of an oddball psychotherapist, "Dr. T", Jun begins to uncover the shameful memories at the root of his confusion: As a teenager, he seduced and slept with his younger sister, Kumi. This discovery returns Jun to his childhood home, and to Kumi, who he has not seen or communicated with in many years. What follows is an unexpected and explosive chain of events confronting Jun with his misdeeds, and also revealing to him the true cause of his isolation. This haunting and often funny film is a unique exploration of love, regret, and the essentially bizarre in human relationships.

The Whole Body and the Little Finger

2005

The Spear of Longinus poster
6.2

A war rages on, its end unknown, covering the world in despair. At a military field hospital, a group of soldiers bring in one of their own, wounded by a large, vicious, bite-like wound, along with a large box. The soldiers are visibly shaken. Suddenly, an enigmatic man appears. As he starts to tell them the legend of the Lance of Longinus, their night of unimaginable terror begins.

The Spear of Longinus

2004

Tokyo Gore School poster
5.4

For Fujiwara, everything seems to be going well - he is doing well in high school, he is good looking and also a good fighter. One day, he is suddenly attacked by a group of students without any provocation. He then discovers that there is a mysterious violent game being played out in the corridors and playfrounds of Tokyo’s high schools. The game is being spread virally via the students’ mobile phones! The victims are mysteriously hypnotized and become senseless killing machines. Fujiwara must fight for his survival and to discover the game’s terrifying secret.

Tokyo Gore School

2009

They Call Him Joker poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

They Call Him Joker

2007

Dragonfly poster
NR

Ginza, a fiercely competitive district of the nightlife scene. Aiko, an office worker who was on the verge of marriage, is unilaterally dumped by her fiancé. Some time later, upon discovering that her ex-boyfriend Ryu was bisexual, her heartbreak turns into a desire to ‘show him what he’s missing’. Then, through an introduction from a hostess she met by chance, Aiko enters the world of nightlife. Taking the stage name ‘Ryu’, she resolves to survive amidst the turbulent waves of life as a woman of the night…

Dragonfly

2006

They Call Him Joker Vol.2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

They Call Him Joker Vol.2

2007

Series credits

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster
7.5

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

GATE24: The Border poster
5.4

A newly formed airport task force overcomes institutional barriers and uses an eccentric officer's extraordinary observational skills to protect Japan's borders from international crimes.

GATE24: The Border

2026

Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case

2023

Convenience Store Kyodai poster
8.0

At a lively Mojiko convenience store, a charming manager and his mysterious brother turn everyday chaos into comedy, while a sharp-witted employee turns their antics into a viral webcomic.

Convenience Store Kyodai

2026

Forbidden Fruit poster
NR

Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today's women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.

Forbidden Fruit

1997

Ryakudatsu Datsukon poster
7.0

Chiharu has supported her husband Tsukasa for years, working multiple jobs while he trained to become a psychiatrist. Now over 30 and struggling with infertility, she discovers Tsukasa has impregnated another woman—and despite a divorce settlement, Chiharu is determined to win him back.

Ryakudatsu Datsukon

2026

Shadow Work poster
8.2

A battered wife who's lost her sense of self after years of domestic abuse finds hope when she escapes to a seaside house where women in similar situations help her rediscover her identity, but the home's hidden rules force her to confront painful truths in a heart-wrenching journey toward healing.

Shadow Work

2025

No artwork available
NR

Experiencing a car crash that made a demise towards her best friend, Shiho visits the beautiful Hokkaido countryside and meets her friend's family. The physical and mental scar that affected her so deeply fades away as she finds warmth and kindness in the three brothers that she meets.

Natural Love for the Future

1996

Inu-kei Danshi poster
NR

Loyal dog-like guys heal strong-willed girls! A heartfelt original short drama series featuring dog-like men. (Source: Japanese = asahi.co.jp || Translation = MyDramaList)

Inu-kei Danshi

2025