Chikako Kaku

Acting

Chikako Kaku

Born 1961-10-17

Acting credits

Dragon Quest: Your Story poster
6.8

Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope.

Dragon Quest: Your Story

2019

Four Days of Snow and Blood poster
7.3

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.

Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989

Seven Days War poster
6.3

A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. They're sick of heavy-handed teachers and iron-fisted parents. And now they're going to do something about it.

Seven Days War

1988

Karate Cop 5 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Karate Cop 5

1987

The Serialist poster
NR

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of his decapitated victims with flower decoration to the police. The murders and photos caused widespread panic in Japan. One day, Ippei is contacted by Daigo from prison. He asks Ippei if he wants to interview him and write his memoirs. Soon, more women are killed in the same grisly manner as the serial murders from twelve years ago. Now, Ippei becomes the prime suspect of the police and Ippei must quickly find the real murderer. Based on the novel "The Serialist" by David Gordon (published by Simon & Schuster; Original edition on March 9, 2010).

The Serialist

2013

Yojo no jidai poster
7.0

Adapted from Shusaku Endō's novel.

Yojo no jidai

1988

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

友情 ~平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』~

2023

Haru Urara poster
NR

Based on the true story of racing horse "Haru Urara" ("Gentle Spring"), who lost every single horse race she entered since her 1998 debut.

Haru Urara

2005

Afternoon of the Evil Spirits poster
NR

An ancient evil spirit resurrects in the modern age and possesses a beautiful woman.

Afternoon of the Evil Spirits

1983

Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams poster
NR

Biographical story, based on life of Ino Tadataka, a Japanese measurer and cartographer. Ino Tadataka travelled the length and breadth of Japan on foot for 17 years from the age of 55 to perform his surveys. The accuracy of his maps also owed much to the fact that he was the first surveyor in Japan to combine measurements on the ground with observations of the heavens. Ino started the work as a private individual but earned the confidence of the Shogunate and it eventually turned into a national project. His maps were later used for many years as the foundation for maps made by modern survey techniques.

Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams

2001

No artwork available
NR

Sawatari Shusui was told about 7,000 ryo of buried gold by Osuke, who claimed to be a princess of the Fujiwara family. Shusui speculates that powerful people in the Date family and the shogunate are planning to overthrow the shogunate using buried gold and gets excited about a major national crisis. He gets separated from Osuke due to interference but with the help of his sister Kikuji and others he tracks down Osuke's whereabouts. He then realizes that Osuke is not from the Fujiwara family but is actually the daughter of Edo elder Itakura Shōken who has been confined under the pretext of an epidemic disease. Having promised to help Osuke, Shusui goes up to Edo Castle and advises shogun Tsunayoshi not to visit Nikkō Tōshō-gū Shrine which has been restored by Date family because "evil spirits are attached". However, Tsunayoshi is furious and orders him to stay under house arrest.

The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

1991

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

1985

No artwork available
NR

Sawatari Shusui saved Princess Hiroko of the Konoe family, who was about to be married to Tokugawa Tsunatoyo. However, Hiroko, a tomboy, disappears. As someone is after Hiroko's life, Shusui pursues her whereabouts... Meanwhile, Sasao Yoshinari and Shusui's sister, Kikuji, who were following Shusui, meet a young man and Kikuji is captivated by him, but they do not realize that he is Hiroko in disguise as a young man. Shusui is set to search for Hiroko with her attendant Orui, but that night they are attacked by a group of ninjas at their inn.

The Notorious Bored Samurai 5

1990

Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22 poster
NR

Yoake Sudeo, a former elite detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, now works as a taxi driver. One day, he picks up Michiko Takanezawa, a university assistant professor recently acquitted of murdering her former lover. Hounded by the media and the victim’s wife at her home, Michiko pleads with Yoake to drive her to her hometown, Aizu-Wakamatsu. But the next day, the wife of the murdered professor is found dead near Tokyo—turning the case on its head.

Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22

2006

Dashou (Jan) poster
NR

Tachibana Wataru is a rookie keirin cyclist determined to defeat his rival, Kiyohara Ryo. Sasaki, Kiyohara's lifelong friend and trainer, sees her older brother in Wataru.

Dashou (Jan)

1993

Black Current poster
4.0

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.

Black Current

2009

Shodo Kyouju poster
NR

Kamikawa Katsuji, a bank employee, is married to Yasuko, the daughter of a rich family and lives an ordinary married life. But he keeps a lover, Kamiya Ayako, a nightclub hostess, behind his wife’s back and is mired in a web of lust. His life takes mysterious turns after becoming Katsumura Hisako’s disciple. The beautiful and elegant Hisako, a calligraphy instructor, possesses the special ability to tell the fortune of people by looking at their calligraphic styles.

Shodo Kyouju

2010

Black Corridor poster
NR

A luxury European tour turns deadly when two wealthy participants die under mysterious circumstances. With the celebrity guide absent, her assistant Etsuko steps in and, along with tour conductor Ryohei, must manage the difficult group while unraveling the truth behind the murders as secrets among the travelers come to light.

Black Corridor

2004