Shôko Nakahara

Acting

Shôko Nakahara

Born

1970-07-09 (56)

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Visitor Q poster
6.3

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.

Visitor Q

2001

Loro poster
6.7

Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – who live and act near to media tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi in the years between 2006 and 2009.

Loro

2018

Tokyo Gore Police poster
6.0

In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.

Tokyo Gore Police

2008

Gemini poster
6.6

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Gemini

1999

Full Metal Yakuza poster
5.9

After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane finds himself brought back to life by a mad scientist and rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid with a serious thirst for vengeance and the tools to carry it out.

Full Metal Yakuza

1997

Rageaholic poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Rageaholic

2022

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 8 titles

Loro poster
6.7

Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – who live and act near to media tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi in the years between 2006 and 2009.

Loro

2018

Ring of Curse poster
6.5

In observing a solitary classmate, a student begins to suspect that the loner has the ability to write words that will kill those who read them.

Ring of Curse

2011

No artwork available
NR

A spin-off short of "Helldriver," dealing with survivors in the dangerous northern territories.

Bailout!

2011

Dead Banging poster
NR

Nosebleed, a formerly unpopular rock band instantly gains a cult following after the lead vocalist, Kana, recruits a zombie, Tetsuo, as their death metal vocalist, even though he is the same undead monster that killed her former band members. Meanwhile, government agents frantically search for their runaway zombie experiment…

Dead Banging

2014

Lipstick poster
3.1

After young pop idol Arina is raped by a police officer, her pain drives her to insanity. Her sister Keiko, full of anger, won’t stop until she finds the man responsible for Arina’s downfall and make sure he feels her revenge. Keiko will make sure justice is served!

Lipstick

2013

Nonmetal Night poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nonmetal Night

2013

The Carol of the Old Ones poster
NR

The stage of this piece is a film school. In this setting, there is a heroine aspiring to be a director who has invited a major actress to perform in a film that will become her art project graduation piece. This actress is a lecturer and the heroine feels reverence for her. However, before one knows, the setting falls into complete disorder and the performers are forced to tackle a formidable force that is beyond the control of individuals.

The Carol of the Old Ones

2012

Synchronizer poster
NR

TAKASHI Hasegawa is conducting unauthorized research on how to synchronize brainwaves of humans and animals. One day, he thinks he may be able to cure his mother with dementia in this way.

Synchronizer

2017

2000s · 23 titles

Visitor Q poster
6.3

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.

Visitor Q

2001

Tokyo Gore Police poster
6.0

In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.

Tokyo Gore Police

2008

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl poster
5.7

Yumiko has been invited by her cousin to spend summer vacation in a rural village. Once they arrive, she is mad to feel very unwelcome by the mysterious locals who keep referring to her as "Snake Girl."

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl

2005

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2 poster
5.0

A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2

2007

The Security Woman Affair poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Security Woman Affair

2001

The Breed poster
NR

Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims ...!

The Breed

2000

Most Dangerous  Deka Matsuri poster
NR

Third installment of the Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 11 films made under the conditions: "the main character must be a detective" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes" "at least five gags must be included"

Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri

2003

Diary of Beloved Wife: Naive poster
4.2

Yoko is an ordinary housewife living in an ordinary apartment block. She has no real complaints as she goes about her tedious days, although her husband, Shinichi, is rather predictable in bed. They have one son, Junichi, and Yoko feels at a loss regarding his recently-acquired adolescent interest in sex and his secret stash of erotic magazines. Junichi is about to write his junior high school entrance exams, so he’s heading off to cram school camp for New Year’s. Before going, he makes a surprising suggestion, “Why don’t you guys go somewhere for New Year’s?” Yoko and Shinichi are suddenly faced with the prospect of New Year’s apart from their son. How will this couple, who’ve already lived half of their lives, change their behavior when it’s just the two of them?

Diary of Beloved Wife: Naive

2006

Toriko: The Yakuza Wife’s Extreme Sex poster
NR

Mika, the sultry hostess who rescues the bruised, penniless manga artist Keichi from a seedy, neon‑lit rip‑off club. After he’s beaten for failing to pay an outrageous bill, Mika can’t abandon him—she slips him into her private sanctuary. By the glow of candlelight, her cool fingers trace every bruise, her lips press soothing relief to his aching flesh. Each gentle caress ignites a fierce heat between them, awakening carnal desires neither expected. As Mika’s hair brushes his cheek, her eyes dark with secret longing, Keichi surrenders to the intoxicating pull of her world—where mercy turns into a heady, forbidden passion that neither can resist.

Toriko: The Yakuza Wife’s Extreme Sex

2001

Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri poster
NR

Second installment of omnibus series Deka Matsuri. 10 films made under the conditions "The main character must be a female detective" "the film must be less than 10 minutes long" "at least five gags must be included"

Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri

2003

DEATH II: Bleeding Hell poster
NR

Ryoda, who opens a used car dealership in Yokohama, is actually the boss of a Colombian Mafia now he have a war against the Chinese Mafia

DEATH II: Bleeding Hell

2004

Four Roads to Hell poster
5.0

Like a good ghost story? Then turn out the lights and prepare to feel a chill as Japan's masters of the macabre spin some of the creepiest spectral sagas to grace the screen. Four Roads To Hell is an anthology featuring short stories based on true accounts as collected from writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama. This is part of the "Tales Of Terror From Japan" series.

Four Roads to Hell

2007

Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tales Of Terror: Only the Two of Us

2003

Defiled Women Special poster
NR

Imprisonment, madness, sexual assault... A trap of carnal desires awaits the women... A man is tossed about by the seduction of an unsatisfied married woman and becomes addicted to sex with her...

Defiled Women Special

2004

Psycho Doctor poster
NR

Yoshioka Gynecologist is a women’s clinic that has a good reputation in the neighborhood. The medical examination by Dr. Yoshioka was trusted by many patients. However, Yoshioka, who collapsed due to too much overwork, became a wheelchair, and now Goro Kuroda and Yoshioka’s wife Eri have taken over the hospital. Goro and Eri are enthusiastically examining today. However, Kuroda had a serious secret.

Psycho Doctor

2001

Sea of Madness poster
NR

A horror film directed by Hiroshi Takahashi. After winning an overwhelming number of seats in the National Diet, the Prime Minister of Japan, Shintarō Makabe, is about to undertake a constitutional revision to remove Japan's Article 9 (forbidding the building of a military). However, this leads to conflict with his wife. Meanwhile, the President of the United States has been cursed. (Description translated from Amazon.co.jp)

Sea of Madness

2007

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Akecha Dame-hen poster
NR

In this film, the charismatic figure of the horror world, Yô Takahashi, who laid the foundation of Japanese horror as the screenwriter for "Ring" and "Don't Look Up," finally makes his directorial debut in the horror genre. Joining him are Yudai Yamaguchi, known for "Battlefield Baseball," Kei Horie, who gained immense popularity as Gao Yellow in "Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger" and received acclaim overseas for his directorial debut "Growing Growing," and Toru Moriyama, a stalwart of TBS dramas. Together, these talented directors from the horror world ensure a film that is no less impressive than its predecessors!

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Akecha Dame-hen

2003

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya poster
NR

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro is a collection of 10 short horror films, each 5 minutes long (broadcast on BSi in February 2003). This is the second installment.

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya

2003

Prime Minister's Office Lady poster
NR

A woman, disguised as an office lady, takes revenge for her dead lover.

Prime Minister's Office Lady

2001

Maicching Machiko! Begins poster
NR

Based on the Maicching Machiko Teacher Manga.

Maicching Machiko! Begins

2005

Sodom the Killer poster
6.0

Bad things happen when innocent blood is shed. In the early 1700s, Lord Sodom Ichibei is happily celebrating his wedding day when his wife-to-be suddenly dies. In his search for an explanation, he kills any and every suspect he comes across. When Lord Ichibei tortures and kills two innocent girls, their death brings about a curse on the Sodom family. Three hundred years later, one of Sodom's descendents, Ichiro, is also set to be married. But one of the innocent victims has been reincarnated as Ichiro's sister and she kills everyone at the wedding. This transforms Ichiro into the evil and vengeful "Sodom The Killer", a cursed man hell-bent on slaughter and the world's destruction...

Sodom the Killer

2004

Wild Night poster
NR

A city where solitude and clamor intersect... A woman wanders alone, seeking solace for her heart, spending her days in the embrace of men. A bizarre murder occurs in the city, and the detective pursuing the case grows increasingly anxious. The madness of the serial killer repeating his heinous acts further consumes him... When three hearts meet, a desperate love races through the night. The debut work and foundational piece of acclaimed film director Kei Nakata, known for “Non-Metal Night” and “In Between...”.

Wild Night

2000

The Secret Garden poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Secret Garden

2004

1990s · 23 titles

Gemini poster
6.6

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Gemini

1999

Full Metal Yakuza poster
5.9

After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane finds himself brought back to life by a mad scientist and rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid with a serious thirst for vengeance and the tools to carry it out.

Full Metal Yakuza

1997

Scorpion: Double Venom poster
4.0

Nami Matsushima, a former doctor, is put in prison for murdering one of the men who raped and killed her sister. Now, faced with violent and lecherous prison gangs, an aggressively amorous warden, and with a friend on death row, Nami must steel herself for a ten year stay in one of Japan's toughest women's prisons.

Scorpion: Double Venom

1998

Simpatici & antipatici poster
5.4

In the Tiber sports club, Alberto, a ruthless property developer, the cynical surgeon who makes thirty million dollars after a prostate operation, the actor exhausted by failure and the failed salesman who sells caviar by discounting prices and who tries to make up for continuous overdrafts in the bank, meet. There is also the starlet with a Venetian accent and the hateful scion with a Ferrari, the waiter who dreams of being the scion and the jeweler who loses his house, wife and wealth because of the hot Spanish woman.

Simpatici & antipatici

1998

Vado e Torno poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vado e Torno

1998

Lady Moonflower poster
9.0

The leader of the Shineyuki clan, Monroe Shimahara (played by Kobayashi Kobayashi), combines talent and beauty, and is known as the hope of the Japanese floral industry. Such a creature is naturally the object of admiration and fantasy in the hearts of countless men. The little character Kizaki (played by Konji on Water) admires Shimahara for a long time. To him, Miss Shimahara is like a snow lotus on a high mountain, pure, beautiful, and untouchable. With the opportunity of internal power competition within the flower path, Kizaki's desire was realized. He purposefully met Shimahara's sister (played by Kazuko Nakahara), took photos of her through violent means, and then sent them to Shimahara's office. In order to redeem his sister's film, Shimahara went alone to Kizaki's residence, but fell into a trap that had already been set

Lady Moonflower

1994

A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo poster
7.0

A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.

A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo

1998

Married Woman's Game poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Married Woman's Game

1999

Confinement Escape: At the End of Abnormal Libido poster
4.0

Yumi is a woman who works as a prostitute in order to enter medical school. A yakuza rescues her from a customer who dies on his stomach, and they fall in love. The yakuza goes to jail, and five years later, when the yakuza is released, he tells her he is quitting the gang and lives with her. One day, the woman is kidnapped by someone, locked up in the basement of an abandoned building, and raped.

Confinement Escape: At the End of Abnormal Libido

1995

Confinement Escape: Inccubus poster
NR

Rie, who recently married Tatsumura, the heir of a construction company, one day receives a wrong number call. Dissatisfied with her husband, she begins to engage in long phone conversations that eventually lead to phone sex. Around the same time, her husband dies in an accident, followed shortly by the murder of his mother. The police suspect Rie of committing the crimes for the inheritance. However, Rie is summoned by the mysterious voice on the phone and ends up being restrained completely naked in an abandoned building. Her beautiful body slowly falls into a cunningly crafted trap.

Confinement Escape: Inccubus

1998

The Way to Fight 3 poster
NR

The third film in 'The Way to Fight' series.

The Way to Fight 3

1997

Naughty Guide to Tokyo Nightlife poster
1.5

For those willing to descend deep enough into Tokyo's seedy underworld, many illicit and illegal pleasures are available, for a price. The NAUGHTY GUIDE TO TOKYO NIGHTLIFE follows a number of women who are part of this world and who offer to act out any man's erotic fantasy, for a price, of course.

Naughty Guide to Tokyo Nightlife

1996

Black Suit Legend poster
NR

In Roppongi, university student Koshiro is fascinated by the world of "black suits" when he meets Club Legend's number 1 hostess Miho and top staff member Hideto, and decides to join the world by getting a job at the high-class club himself.

Black Suit Legend

1997

Shin Peanuts 2 poster
NR

Two small-time crooks, Yusuke Shura (Kojiro Shimizu) and Ken Hayami (Yuji Kishimoto), return to Japan from the US for the first time in ten years. This time, they rise to the challenge to help the victims of the unscrupulous business practices of Marie Mizutani, one of Japan’s leading jewellery chains. The president of Marie Mizutani had colluded with a member of parliament to misuse sales revenue as slush funds...

Shin Peanuts 2

1997

Confinement Escape: Lewd Flesh Hunting poster
7.0

When Kozue wakes up, she finds the brutally murdered body of her boyfriend. Falsely accused of the crime, she escapes and teams up with a man to uncover the truth behind the incident. It turns out that her boyfriend had been plotting with the yakuza to steal a diamond from the world-famous jewelry designer Junko and sell it. Kozue visits Junko's mountain villa to ask for her cooperation, but Junko demands sexual favors in return, which Kozue reluctantly accepts. However, when the yakuza arrive, Junko is repeatedly assaulted. Kozue tries to flee but ends up being captured as well…

Confinement Escape: Lewd Flesh Hunting

1996

Jokyōshi okasu poster
NR

Rinko, a high school teacher, is the object of admiration for her male students due to her looks and intelligence, and her single colleague, Nozawa, is also infatuated with her. One of her students, Yuichi, also harbors a secret crush on Rinko. One day, Rinko comes to Yuichi's rescue when he is being bullied by other students. However, Yuichi feels humiliated that he was helped by the woman he admires, and he stops attending school the next day. Worried, Rinko calls Yuichi's house, and his older sister, Etsuko, answers the phone. Etsuko showers Yuichi with affection that goes beyond that of siblings, and even helps him with his sexual needs. Etsuko asks Rinko to come visit him. What awaits Rinko there is...

Jokyōshi okasu

1998

No artwork available
NR

20XX SM, a super rare video starring Masaru Matsuda, a new cult hero who runs through an era without drug morals!

The Dogman

1997

The Way to Fight 2 poster
NR

Straight to video sequel to Takashi Miike's 'The Way to Fight'.

The Way to Fight 2

1997

Confinement Escape: The Woman Who Bloomed in Hell poster
NR

Atsushi, a former member of the Self-Defense Forces, meets Naoko after picking up a lost cell phone. The two fall in love and share a passionate relationship. One day, Naoko suddenly vanishes. When Atsushi coincidentally sees her again, she confesses that she is the wife of a yakuza member and wants to escape her sadistic husband. Atsushi promises to run away with her. However, they are quickly found—Atsushi is left critically injured, and Naoko is taken captive and subjected to cruel mistreatment. Filled with love for Naoko and fury toward the yakuza, Atsushi storms the villa to rescue her.

Confinement Escape: The Woman Who Bloomed in Hell

1999

Immoral Venus 2: Damage poster
NR

After saving a suicidal man, Yagi, Kanako takes him back to her home in Jukai and treats him tenderly as if he were her lover. Yagi, who is tired of living, is attracted to her, but gradually he cannot stand her love. One night, Yagi is drugged with sleeping pills by Kanako and locked up.

Immoral Venus 2: Damage

1996

Horror News poster
10.0

Yuko, a high school girl, receives a newspaper called Horror News, in which mysterious events of the future are written.

Horror News

1996

BLUE SEASON Temptation Fruit poster
NR

A history club member commits suicide by jumping off the school building. Hazuki is curious about the mysterious message, so she consults her father, a detective. She infiltrates the club and begins investigating her. The granddaughter of the powerful Hatsune holds the key to the incident. Hazuki is whipped by Hatsune and lured out by her homeroom teacher, Junko, who indulges in her pleasure. Hazuki is then raped and abducted by Hatsune's men. Hazuki had begun to touch the core, but the tragedy and humiliation had only just begun.

BLUE SEASON Temptation Fruit

1997

Dochinpira 16: Delicious Prey poster
NR

Jin Kaito makes a living charming women with flair and finesse. But his game hits a snag when Reiko, a beautiful woman actively searching for a husband, falls for him at first sight. Suddenly, the hunter becomes the hunted! Things get even more complicated when Jin crosses paths with Tatsuya, a Reiko’s childhood friend and an eager rookie hoping to team up. Reluctantly forming a duo, the two head out for fresh targets and immediately stumble into a dangerous brawl with a member of the fearsome Shiga crime syndicate. Now, Reiko is caught in the crossfire, and Jin must put more than just his charm to the test.

Dochinpira 16: Delicious Prey

1996

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