Katsunobu Ito

Acting

Katsunobu Ito

Born 1958-06-27 · Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Amagi Pass poster
6.5

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.

Amagi Pass

1983

Umineko - Inseparable poster
3.3

The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.

Umineko - Inseparable

2004

S-friends: Hatsukoi poster
7.0

36-year-old Shoko Morimura (Aika Yukihira) is raising her daughter on her own while working as a temporary worker. At a high school reunion, she reunites with her first love, obstetrician-gynaecologist Kitada Kazuki (Sho Aoyagi), and has a one-night stand with him. Shoko is once again excited, but becomes upset when Kazuki proposes that she become his "sex friend." Part one of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Yoriko Minato. Directed by Hideo Jojo On the Edge of Their Seats, the film depicts the emotions of a man and woman who spend the night together at a class reunion.

S-friends: Hatsukoi

2023

Sefure no Hinkaku: Ketsui poster
7.0

Shoko Morimura (Aika Yukihira) is a 36-year-old single mother who has been in a "friendship" with Kazuki Kitada (Sho Aoyagi), whom she met again at a high school reunion. For some reason, a 17-year-old girl, Saki Yamada (Akari Takaishi), whom Kazuki was taking care of, grows jealous of Shoko and causes an incident. This leads to a break-up, and Shoko is disappointed in Kazuki's defense of the young Saki. Second part of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Yoriko Minato. Directed by Hideo Jojo of On the Edge of Their Seats fame.

Sefure no Hinkaku: Ketsui

2023

Tokyo Pop poster
6.9

A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.

Tokyo Pop

1988

The Family Game poster
6.9

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor proceeds to blow the entire family apart.

The Family Game

1983

The Black House poster
6.1

A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively more frightened.

The Black House

1999

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep poster
4.9

Mami runs a barber shop called The Pink Cut. The place is an immediate success, due mostly to super-short skirts. Recently, Akira, who is anxious about not finding a job, has started coming to her shop. Although he has a girlfriend, he is soon interested in Mami.

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

1983

Katayoku dake no tenshi poster
NR

A divorced man meets a kindly Korean prostitute whom he cannot get from his mind. Things don’t prove to be straightforward for either of them.

Katayoku dake no tenshi

1986

Train Brain Express poster
6.0

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?

Train Brain Express

2012

りぼん RE-BORN poster
NR

A coming-of-age fantasy depicting the interaction between a girl who believes in the existence of kappa and a girl who watch over her.

りぼん RE-BORN

1988

Mirrorman Reflex poster
3.0

After dying in battle, Japanese soldier Akira Kageyama (Karato) is resurrected as a ‘mirror demon’ a supernatural agent capable of growing to enormous size. He uses his new abilities to defend the Manifest Realm from evil spirits.

Mirrorman Reflex

2006

A Brief Message from the Heart poster
8.0

A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.

A Brief Message from the Heart

1995

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

1990

Memories of You poster
6.5

A mother discovers that her 14-year-old daughter Yumi has leukemia and only six months to live. She decides to keep the information secret and pushes her past tutor Akira, now a university student, to reconnect with her.

Memories of You

1988

Something Like It poster
5.0

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying for his attention. But for clumsy, heart-on-his-sleeve Shintoto, life doesn’t stay rosy for long.

Something Like It

1981

Cabaret Diary poster
4.3

The story of lovers in "Miss Nippon" cabaret in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, where a strict, almost martial, code is followed among employees to bring the business to the top. Workers must follow the rules and a "no relations between workers" policy that's tightly enforced.

Cabaret Diary

1982

The Beauty of the Black Pearl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Beauty of the Black Pearl

1985

Main Theme poster
6.4

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

Main Theme

1984

Something Like, Something Like It poster
10.0

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.

Something Like, Something Like It

2016

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

Seito shokun! poster
9.0

Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji

Seito shokun!

1984

Romance Of Darkness poster
8.0

Rikka Nikaidou is a cute and innocent girl sees two persons vanish into thin hair...

Romance Of Darkness

2006

Nikko Story poster
NR

Oba Kamon runs a cafe in the Nikko city. One day, a mysterious woman appears before him and leaves behind a message, “In the ring where the sun shines, there it is.” Kamon begins to search for it's meaning.

Nikko Story

2023