
Acting
Kunio Murai
Born
1944-09-20 (82)
Place of birth
Tianjin, China
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Known for
8.4Mikoto, a forensic investigative examiner, and her partners trace down the evidence of crimes and unravel the puzzles behind mysterious deaths.
Unnatural
2018
6.7Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. She is the voice of the suppressed staff who are unable to go against their bosses. Her partner is the veteran staff, Soma Ken, whose career with the bank had reached a dead end, no promotions in sight. Together, they resolve all the non-compliance issues at the bank.
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2014
7.0TV series starring Ikko Furuya, based on the Kosuke Kindaichi mystery novel series by Seishi Yokomizo.
Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
さくら心中
2011
7.5Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
Nobunaga Concerto
2014
8.9A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.
XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993
Film credits
2010s · 7 titles
7.0A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
6.5Now a member of Anteiku, Ken Kaneki grows closer to the ghouls around him. Determined to protect his new home against anti-ghoul forces, he trains his powers in secret. But when the infamous gourmet, Shū Tsukiyama, wishes to savour some half-ghoul flavour, Kaneki's training is put to test of a lifetime.
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
2019
6.8Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is not attractive. She has a hard time due to her unattractiveness. Kasane has a lipstick left behind by her late mother. The lipstick holds a strange power. Whenever Kasane applies the lipstick and kisses someone, she takes that person's face. Meanwhile, Nina Tanzawa is a beautiful actress with poor acting skills. She meets Kasane Fuchi and their fates change.
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
2018
7.2Kuki Fumihiro is a son from a wealthy zaibatsu (conglomerate) family. His father raises him to become pure evil. Kuki kills his father to protect his adopted sister Kaori. Afterward, Kuki disappears. He undergoes plastic surgery and takes the identity of Koichi Shintani. He watches Kaori and faces the great evil that exists within the Kuki family.
Evil and The Mask
2018
NRA near future not far from now. A couple who are tied with deep love with, Roku and Miyuki. Miyuki decide to freeze Roku had an incurable disease and wait for the development of a new medicine. Believe in the words of the doctor. He said that after 10 years he will develop a remedy.
Snowman
2018
5.0Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon Ishikawa and Neko no Me Ogin. Detective Shinkuro Akechi discovers that there is a code hidden within the golden statue. The code reveals the location where gold is hidden. Meanwhile, outlaws gather under Goemon Ishikawa.
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014
NRSou Kazuho's concert.
Sou Kazuho First Concert 「Feel SO Good」
2015
2000s · 5 titles
7.5Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
7.5Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
2008
5.0After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for herself, she finds her life moving into unchartered waters as she faces her 60th birthday.
Awakening
2007
Kazuma Tachibana, a Tokyo Police detective on liaison with the NYPD, and his partner, New York City Police detective Bob Anderson, chase a criminal named Chan in New York City. Upon his arrest, they learn that one of Chan's associates is a career criminal named Masaomi Niimi, wanted by Interpol on charges of passport fraud. They arrest Niimi, but in the process Anderson is fatally wounded and dies in Kazuma's arms. Overwhelmed by guilt and determined to avenge the loss of his partner, Kazuma joins his superior, Eiji 'Hato' Hatomura to escort Niimi back to Tokyo where he will stand trial.
Western Police Special
2004
NRKazuto Tobe, a salaryman at a top trading company, has lost his daughter and his relationship with his wife, Yoshimi, is strained. It is at this time that Tobe meets Keiko Nakazawa, a part-time worker at his favourite coffee shop. Tobe finds solace in seeing the likeness of his deceased daughter in her. However, Keiko is sold to a brothel by the yakuza due to her father's debts, and after her mother's death, she takes her own life. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Tobe dedicates the rest of his life to revenge.
Eve's Gifts
2007
1990s · 8 titles
8.9A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.
XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993
6.6A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.
Like Grains of Sand
1995
NRA drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
8.0A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995
NRAfter shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the press inside and explains why he was driven to his crime.
Kim's War
1991
8.0Set in Edo-era Kyoto, this drama depicts the adolescent battles and the love between parents and children who are born and raised in the same tenement house.
Rainbow Bridge
1993
When an explosion occurs, alcoholic bartender Kikuchi, who was wanted for a bombing 20 years ago, is suspected. Having lost two friends in the incident, Kikuchi sets out to find the real culprit.
The Terrorist’s Parasol
1996
6.0Shunsuke, a coach who hangs out at the gambling track, is in jeopardy at the bicycle race track. The place is saved by a "scammer", and he himself will hone his skill in scamming, which skillfully raises a lot of money.
Sting
1997
1980s · 11 titles
7.2After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
The Return of Godzilla
1984
6.8Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
Godzilla 1985
1985
7.4Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Port Arthur
1980
6.3Born in affluent families among the Japanese mountains, two close cousins fall in love and have to suffer through the social constraints of their time.
The Wild Daisy
1981
6.2Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.
Lullaby of Death
1982
7.0Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
The Yoshida School
1983
6.0Reportage writer Kenzo has made an interview appointment with Morishima, the mastermind behind the political and business world. On that day, Morishima is killed and a 200 million yen diamond is stolen. The diamond was brought by jeweler Kuhara to sell to Morishima. A woman named Maki who was present and disappeared immediately after the incident is suspicious. However, the site is a completely closed room. Kenzo's older brother, Matsushita, the chief of the investigation section, also shook his head...
Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning II
1985
NRMurder case.
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Strawberry Times 2: Santa ga koi shi ni yatte kita
1989
After the first anniversary of Ishimatsu's death, Jirocho Shimizu sets off on a pilgrimage. During his travels, he encounters a woman and local fishermen in desperate need of help. However, more trouble brews when Katsuzo Kurokoma returns to extract revenge on Jirocho.
Jirocho of Shimizu 4: The Cold Wind of the North, the Revenge of the Righteous
1983
Taeko, who last saw her missing grandmother, could not forget the white gloves of the cab driver. The driver was a very creepy old man...
Vehicle Shadows, Messengers of the Dead
1988
1970s · 6 titles
6.4Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.
Godzilla vs. Gigan
1972
7.0Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.
The Beast Shall Die
1974
7.7Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.
The Blossom and the Sword
1973
7.0Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves.
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
10.0Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Without Complaint
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Shadow of Love
1972
1960s · 11 titles
7.5This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
6.9Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and Ohyaku ends up in prison, she resolves to do anything to escape and claim revenge on the ones who betrayed her and her lover.
Ohyaku: The Female Demon
1968
6.0An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
Snake Woman's Curse
1968
NRNinkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
Tears of Banishment
1967
7.0With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
1968
7.2A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town’s businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968
6.5A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
Classmates
1967
7.0After the death of his parents, railway worker Yuichiro Murofushi returns to his hometown and agrees to an arranged marriage at the insistence of his uncle and aunt. However, the arrangement soon falls through due to various circumstances.
The Journey
1967
6.5Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninjutsu, takes on the corruption inside the Iga clan and avenges many unjustly killed ninja by the acts of Sandayu Momochi's scheming vice-leader.
Watari, the Ninja Boy
1966
NRTeppei Omori is a man of extraordinary virility, with 21 mistresses, over 30 children, and more than 1,100 women he has had relations with. Teppei's daily routine involves visiting each of the beef hot pot restaurants, "Akasatana," run by his mistresses, to collect the sales and keep an eye on the women. One day, Noe, one of his mistresses at the first branch, announces that she wants to marry Urakawa, the chef. The other mistresses, in the prime of their lives, can no longer be content with working for him only once a month, and they compete for Teppei's attention, cheating on him behind his back.
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
1969
4.7Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
The Shogun and His Mistresses
1967
Series credits
8.4Mikoto, a forensic investigative examiner, and her partners trace down the evidence of crimes and unravel the puzzles behind mysterious deaths.
Unnatural
2018
6.7Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. She is the voice of the suppressed staff who are unable to go against their bosses. Her partner is the veteran staff, Soma Ken, whose career with the bank had reached a dead end, no promotions in sight. Together, they resolve all the non-compliance issues at the bank.
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2014
7.0TV series starring Ikko Furuya, based on the Kosuke Kindaichi mystery novel series by Seishi Yokomizo.
Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
さくら心中
2011
7.5Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
Nobunaga Concerto
2014
7.3Kazuhisa Fukase graduated from a prestigious university, but he leads a boring life. His only strength is making delicious coffee. Whenever he makes coffee, he is reminded of his friend Yoshiki Hirosawa. He was friends with Yoshiki Hirosawa back in their university days, but Yoshiki Hirosawa died on a snowboarding trip 10 years ago. One day, he meets Mihoko Ochi at a coffee shop. He is strongly attracted to her. Kazuhisa Fukase goes to a professor’s retirement celebration at a university. There, he meets Kosuke Asai who went snowboarding with Yoshiki Hirosawa on that fateful trip. Journalist Toshio Ogasawara also appears there. He has been investigating Yoshiki Hirosawa's death.
Reverse
2017
NRMika, a prodigy ballerina, gave up her ballet career when she tore her Achilles tendon. Later, at the suggestion of Shoko, an acquaintance of her father's, Mika joins a swimming club where Shoko teaches synchronized swimming, but Mika is traumatized by an incident in her childhood and has a phobia of water. She is also bullied by Ryoko, the daughter of the owner and a top synchronized swimmer, and by her classmates out of jealousy. However, under Shoko's strict but enthusiastic guidance, Mika eventually overcomes her fear of water and her talent blossoms...
Tears of a Swan
1989
8.0A program that uses a script written by Koki Mitani and is produced by a different cast and crew each time. As the narration at the beginning of the show says: "If you think you can create the same work with the same script, you don't know drama". This is a drama that clearly shows how the atmosphere of a work changes depending on the direction, making it ideal for those who aspire to become directors.
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
1996
7.8Eiji Sakuma is a judge. He also leads the group Shinbunshi in secret The group holds court on a video site and imposes punishment against defendants. Detectives, including Erika Yoshino, attempt to take down the group.
Yokokuhan: The Pain
2015
NRKunihiko Yamanobe, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, owes money to Yuki Tachibana, played by Kyoko Koizumi, because of his wife's credit card bankruptcy. This is the love story of two men and a woman who are brought together by a strange bond of debt!
Why I borrowed money from her
1994
A woman cartoonist struggles to make her way in the face of social restrictions. Her home office is the setting for encounters with editors, assistants and even her mother-in-law, and it’s often hard to distinguish friend from foe. Yet her ability to deal with problems somehow makes our own difficulties more bearable.
The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey
1994
NRNo synopsis available yet.
魔都夜曲
2017
NRBased on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the heroine Kumiko because she finds evidence that her father, who should have died, was "alive." Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, he is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding.
Kyukei no Koya
1978
No synopsis available yet.
裏切りのフィナーレ
1984

