Acting

Takeshi Caesar

Born

1955-08-17 (71)

Place of birth

Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

IMDb profile

Takeshi Caesar (born Tomofumi Murata) is a Japanese actor and retired martial artist. Caesar is also the founder of the 'shoot boxing' combat sport. In film, he is most known for his collaborations with Takashi Miike on various features, most notably Shinjuku Triad Society (1995), and Fudo: The New Generation (1996).

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SHOOT BOXING 2014 act.2 ～BOND 絆～ was a shoot boxing event held on April 18, 2014 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The main event saw MASAYA face former UFC fighter Michihiro Omigawa, and the card also featured Kazuyuki Fushimi, RENA against Seo Hee Im, Naguranchun Masa M16 and the final of the SB Japan featherweight title tournament between Koya Shimada and Motohiro Shinohara.

SHOOT BOXING 2014 act.2 ～BOND 絆～

2014

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SHOOT BOXING 2015 ～SB30th Anniversary～ act.1 was a kickboxing event promoted by Shoot Boxing, held on February 21, 2015 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

SHOOT BOXING 2015 ～SB30th Anniversary～ act.1

2015

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SHOOT BOXING 2026 act.5 was a kickboxing event held by Shoot Boxing on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event, Hiroki Kasahara faced Andy Souwer-recommended fighter Zaur Mamedov. The card also featured Koyata Yamada against Superbon-recommended fighter Jomyun Sinhaarchaya.

SHOOT BOXING 2026 act.5

2026

SHOOT BOXING 2025 act.4 features a title fight as Hiroki Kasahara faces Imoto Volcano. Haruto Yasumoto, Koyata and Kotaro Yamada also present.

SHOOT BOXING 2025 act.4

2025

SHOOT BOXING 2025 act.1 takes place on February 8, 2025, in Japan.

SHOOT BOXING 2025 act.1

2025

SHOOT BOXING 2026 act.2 was a kickboxing event held by Shoot Boxing on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event, Kotaro Yamada faced Kaito.

SHOOT BOXING 2026 act.2

2026

Film credits

2020s · 1 titles

7.1

Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.

Hell Dogs

2022

2000s · 4 titles

6.0

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

Izo

2004

Kazuki spends his days training to leave his home town and become the best cook in Japan.

Fighting Knife Yoshi

2000

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極悪　人間魚雷ブルース

2001

Sequel to 'Fighting Knife Yoshi'

Fighting Knife Yoshi 2

2000

1990s · 10 titles

6.7

In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.

Fudoh: The New Generation

1996

6.3

Tatsuhito, a cop, pursues Chinese warlord Wang through the underworld of Shinjuku and over to Taiwan.

Shinjuku Triad Society

1995

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

6.2

A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.

Kamikaze Taxi

1995

6.4

Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.

Young Thugs: Nostalgia

1998

6.4

The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.

Ley Lines

1999

7.3

Young Thugs: Innocent Blood follows three friends through their first year after leaving high school. Having robbed their teacher on their last day, Ryoko gets a job in a hair salon, while the two boys settle down into a career of enforcement and protection.

Young Thugs: Innocent Blood

1997

The Umezu-gumi stands in opposition to the Iwasa-gumi, which rules the streets. In this city where tensions remain on the brink of explosion, Hideki Minashima is released from Osaka Prison. He visits Iwasa to convey the final words of Shimizu, with whom he had shared a cup of sake as brothers whilst in prison. Meanwhile, Umezu’s expression changes upon meeting Minashima. For he was none other than the former boss of the Kobe Kazama-gumi—the parent organisation of the Umezu-gumi. Twelve years earlier, the boss had been stabbed to death, leading to the dissolution of the group; senior members Hirokawa, Kurahashi and Kudo had each gone their separate ways. Iwasa, who had become enamoured with Minashima—who was devoting himself to training with the aim of one day rebuilding the group—proposed handing over the position of second-in-command to him. Umezu, however, betrayed the code of honour of the underworld and turned his blade against Minashima...

The Last Loyalty Offering

1995

7.5

Dangerous street fighter Kazuyoshi Tamai finds out that his rival, Takeshi, is the leader of a gang responsible for a series of assaults. Kazuyoshi is ready to face off against Takeshi, but comic challenges keep his nemesis out of reach. It's not until years later -- when Kazuyoshi becomes a championship boxer and Takeshi is a pro wrestler -- that they meet again in a battle that pits two combatants with very different fighting styles.

The Way to Fight

1996

9.0

When Masaki find themselves at a bar owned by his friend Akemi and ponder the recent strange happenings. He later accepted a proposal from his old rival Hattori and join the Todo-gang. A member, Hazama, beeing jealous over Masakis high rank and starts planning ways to get rid of the newcomer from the gang.

New Third Gangster

1996