Nagare Hagiwara

Acting

Nagare Hagiwara

Born — Died

1953-04-08 — 2015-04-22

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Known for

GARO poster
7.7

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.

GARO

2005

SMAP×SMAP poster
8.5

SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games.  These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking.  Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.

SMAP×SMAP

1996

Tales of the Bizarre poster
7.8

Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.

Tales of the Bizarre

1990

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

1983

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

竜馬がゆく poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

竜馬がゆく

2004

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

2000s · 10 titles

The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell poster
NR

Genji Sokabe (Hakuryu) is a legendary hit-man who has just finished a 15-year prison stretch for killing the head of a rival gang. But Genji returns to a world where the old Yakuza codes of honour, vengeance and pride have been forgotten by a younger generation of criminals, and discovers that his old gang is now more concerned about money and finance. Taking up his guns once more, Genji sets out to teach the younger generation a lesson they will never forget.

The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell

2001

Shura ga Yuku 11 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shura ga Yuku 11

2000

Shura ga Yuku 13 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shura ga Yuku 13

2000

Shura ga Yuku 12 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shura ga Yuku 12

2000

Shura ga Yuku 9 poster
NR

The 9th series of Violence Action that depicts the battle between this issue and Ino aiming at the top of the gangster society as a unit.

Shura ga Yuku 9

2000

The Law of Killing poster
NR

Members of the Ryusei Group conspiring to expand their influence into the Kanto region are being murdered one after another. The method? Strangulation with piano wire. The culprit is Sakura Kyosuke, who became a hitman for the rival group, the Jinbukai, to earn money for the medical treatment of his sister, Saori, who has a walking disability. His crimes are both elegant and cruel, making him an indispensable yet troublesome figure for the Jinbukai! However, the Ryusei Group hires former police officer Togawa and orders Sakura's elimination. A fierce battle between two elite assassins now begins. The brilliant, cruel, and tragic story of men who know no other way to live but as hitmen!

The Law of Killing

2005

修羅のみち3 広島・四国全面戦争 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

修羅のみち3 広島・四国全面戦争

2002

Gluttonous 2 poster
5.0

They'll swallow anything... except their pride! How do they do it? Why do they do it? You've seen them on TV: Japanese competitive eaters, eating unbelievable amounts of food in record times. It's the outrageous comedy about a brutal world where the only gags allowed are the jokes!

Gluttonous 2

2007

Gluttonous poster
6.0

They'll swallow anything... except their pride! How do they do it? Why do they do it? You've seen them on TV: Japanese competitive eaters, eating unbelievable amounts of food in record times. It's the outrageous comedy about a brutal world where the only gags allowed are the jokes!

Gluttonous

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

喪失の儀礼

2003

1990s · 30 titles

A New Love in Tokyo poster
5.7

A look at the lives of two prostitutes in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.

A New Love in Tokyo

1994

Rebirth of Mothra poster
6.2

A new Mothra takes to the air and battles against Desghidorah to save all of humanity.

Rebirth of Mothra

1996

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties poster
6.0

Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

1995

Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication

1998

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan poster
NR

The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for almost 300 years has never been told like this before. From the early days as a supporter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, then on to his days with Oda Nobunaga, leading to his wars against and ultimate victory over the Toyotomi to become shogun is a fascinating tale of his military genius coupled with a native intelligence that allowed him to become the last of the great warlords and ultimately the leader of the nation. With great performances from an all-star cast featuring names like Kitaoji Kinya and Takahashi Hideki this is history come to life on the screen.

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

1992

Midwinter Camellia poster
7.0

Yasuo Furuhata directs this romantic yakuza flick based on a book by popular romance novelist Tomiko Miyao. Set in 1932, the film centers on Peony (Yoko Minamino), a geisha who was forced into the business at a young age by her dissipated father.

Midwinter Camellia

1992

MARKS poster
6.0

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...

MARKS

1995

Playtime Never Ends poster
8.0

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway robber and police grows desperate to arrest him to save their face. However the robber remains at large.

Playtime Never Ends

1991

Shura ga Yuku 8 poster
NR

The 8th gangster action that depicts the familiar Hongo-gumi facing the Tokyo Waterfront City Development Project, which is a wide-area gangster in the Kansai region.

Shura ga Yuku 8

1998

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2 poster
NR

Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2

1998

King of Sha-kin 3 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

King of Sha-kin 3

1998

Shura ga Yuku 5 poster
NR

The fifth installment of the Gokudo Action Series, which depicts the process of the yakuza organization walking on the path to national domination, centered on the confrontation between the two gangsters who became their nemesis. This work is set in a certain area of ​​Hiroshima, which is shaken by the construction problem of an industrial waste treatment plant.

Shura ga Yuku 5

1997

Shura ga Yuku poster
NR

Terrible ! Bloody conflict , outbreak !! The overwhelmingly popular graphic novel serialized in Manga Goraku is finally made into a moviel Draw the hard life of men running through the times , including Show Alkawa !!! First film of the live action series.

Shura ga Yuku

1995

Shura ga Yuku 4 poster
NR

The fourth of the extreme actions that depicts the men who are confronting the war set by the Kansai yakuza who are planning to advance to the Kanto region by taking advantage of the off-track betting dispute.

Shura ga Yuku 4

1997

Shura ga Yuku 6 poster
NR

Set in Aizuwakamatsu, where resort development is progressing, the sixth installment of the gangster action series that depicts the battle between the eastern and western gangsters aiming for national domination.

Shura ga Yuku 6

1997

Ramen Fight poster
NR

The story of young ramen chef, who takes ownership of Gantetsu Ramen after the disappearance of his father, determined to train hard to get back at those who led his father going missing.

Ramen Fight

1996

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf poster
NR

A yakuza movie directed by Eiichi Kudo

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf

1996

Shura ga Yuku 7 poster
NR

The 7th gangster action of men who continue to fight bloody battles in Tosa, Shikoku.

Shura ga Yuku 7

1998

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface poster
6.5

“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

1997

Teyandei Baby poster
NR

A live-action adaptation of the comic of the same name by Chika Tomisawa, depicting the comical daily life of a yakuza who suddenly finds himself reborn as a baby! Harada is a man living in the world of the yakuza. One day, whilst on his way to avenge his boss, he encounters a young couple in labour. Unable to turn a blind eye, he approaches them, but loses his balance and falls. When he came to, he had, to his astonishment, been reborn as a baby. What fate awaits Harada—now known as Hoshio (Hoccho-kun)—as he finds himself resigned to life as a baby…?

Teyandei Baby

1996

30 -thirty- poster
5.0

Takeshi Hashimoto, on the brink of turning 30, struggles with insomnia. He finds himself repeatedly dreaming the same dream. Despite seeming to have a successful career and personal life, Takeshi feels stifled and stuck in his current existence. When his close friend and colleague, Saeki, offers him some advice, Takeshi decides to try changing his approach to life. However, the next day, Saeki suddenly takes his own life, leaving Takeshi even more bewildered. Out of the blue, a girl named Sai and a mysterious man named Hōsaku—whom Sai calls her brother—appear in Takeshi's life. Their natural and intriguing presence helps Takeshi slowly reconnect with himself. One day, after receiving a promotion offer, Takeshi decides to turn it down after much thought. “I want to change the way I’m working…” he says. As he begins to notice small changes within himself, he starts to forge his own path.

30 -thirty-

1997

Heisei Zankeiden: Gaido is Killed! poster
NR

Takanezawa, a young head of the Yokohama Kibe group, confronts the Kansai organization that forces the transfer of Shima with the debt of the previous generation as a shield. Appeared by Riki Takeuchi and Hagiwara fashion.

Heisei Zankeiden: Gaido is Killed!

1997

Shura ga Yuku 3 poster
NR

The third hit series of a gangster movie that depicts a fateful confrontation between a man stigmatized for killing a gangster and confronting an enemy who has fitted himself. The stage will be moved to Kyushu, and the escalated battle between yakuza will unfold.

Shura ga Yuku 3

1996

Shura ga Yuku 10 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shura ga Yuku 10

1999

Shin Mahjong Demon 1 poster
NR

This is based on a true story, recited, directed by the real Sakurai Shouichi, who has now retired from the underworld mahjong. An elite bureaucrat clashes with Sakurai, a lone wolf, wishing to hire him as rep player. However no matter the money offered, Sakurai will not respond to any offer...

Shin Mahjong Demon 1

1998

Jingi 14: Fund Robbery poster
6.0

The group that Hitoshi and Yoshiro once crushed after a fierce battle, the angry party. Takeda, a former Black Dragon Society executive who was in the office after the conflict, infiltrated the Black Dragon Society after his release and took the position of executive. At that time, Hitoshi and Yoshiro were following the case where a familiar Sokaiya colluded with a major trading company and embezzled 500 million gold. It was because they were in the Shima of the sand group, and there was information that the general assembly shop borrowed money from the yakuza and was busy repayment. As I proceeded with the investigation, it turned out that the yakuza was the Black Dragon Society. Hitoshi and Yoshiro learn about the existence of Takeda, a former angry party.

Jingi 14: Fund Robbery

1998

Catch Up poster
NR

An investigation into the obsession of a former detective the loser of life!

Catch Up

1992

No artwork available
NR

A single gunshot shattered her happiness. Left as the sole survivor after losing her husband and child, she was defiled by a man's lust, hooked on drugs, and groomed into a high-class call girl. Yet, her life took a new turn the day she met a hitman. Mastering the techniques of assassination, she rises up as the ruthless angel—codenamed "SUGAR"—to unleash a roar of vengeance!

Sugar: Angel's Roar

1996

No artwork available
NR

Set during Japan's economic recission, feisty Tokyo Counselor Office Director Akiko Tachibana helps to save a hotel from bankruptcy.

Heisei Kin'yudo: Sabakibito

1999

No artwork available
NR

Kansuke Kandaiji, an expert witness who takes see's the heart's of people and determines the true value of things.

Yakuza Lone Wolf

1998

1980s · 13 titles

Fall Guy poster
6.5

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.

Fall Guy

1982

Legend of the Eight Samurai poster
5.9

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.

Legend of the Eight Samurai

1983

Death Shadows poster
6.3

Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.

Death Shadows

1986

Yakyuukyou no Uta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yakyuukyou no Uta

1985

Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack of the Kazama Sisters poster
5.3

After the events of the previous film, the 17 years-old Sukeban Deka III, Yui Kazama, works for the Juvenile Security Bureau along with her older sisters Yuka and Yuma. This organization is led by politician Kuraudo Sekin, who fights juvenile crime in heavy-handed manners, to the extent to equip his student agents with triple-bladed yo-yo weapons. However, when Sekin's methods become too zealous, Yui quits the bureau and refuses to undertake undercover missions for them. It is soon discovered that Sekin's actual goal is to overthrow the Japanese government, and the Kazama sisters, along with a gang of young outcasts, have to stop him.

Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack of the Kazama Sisters

1988

Wuthering Heights poster
6.8

Young orphan Onimaru is adopted by the wealthy Yamabe family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Kinu. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Kinu, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Mitsuhiko, a man of means who befits her stature. Onimaru vows to win her back.

Wuthering Heights

1988

Tracked poster
5.7

When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous crimes--or the detectives hot on his trail.

Tracked

1985

No artwork available
NR

Rumiko Arai, a 20-year-old girl working in a sawmill, meets a driver, Sekiguchi, and they begin a relationship with the promise of marriage. But Rumiko's grandmother tells her that they are both cursed by an ancient evil.

Haze of Love

1985

Desperate Pursuit poster
10.0

In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by two detectives, Tsuzuki and Ōnuki, but they fail to catch the perps. Yamamoto hands the detectives a set of keys before he stops breathing. Tsuzuki and Ōnuki now have to investigate Kurata's murder...

Desperate Pursuit

1986

Apartment Wife: Serial Murders poster
NR

Murders of housewives occur one after another in a suburban apartment complex. All of the victims have had an intimate relationship with a certain man, and behind him lies a woman with a past...

Apartment Wife: Serial Murders

1986

Beauty in the Flames poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beauty in the Flames

1984

Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure poster
NR

A thrilling and entertaining piece in which Jirokichi, portrayed by Morio Kazama, tackles a major event involving an attempt to assassinate the shogun. This production features historical figures such as Toyama Kagemoto, Oshio Heihachiro, Utagawa Hiroshige, and Watanabe Kanzan in their youth, depicting their exploits before they became famous. It becomes a lively portrayal of youthful vigor, with scenes of Jirokichi leaping using trampolines, creating a light and lively action.

Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure

1988

Sukeban Deka III: The Three Sisters' Most Dangerous Journey, Eight Deadly Traps poster
7.5

The Kazama Sisters are tasked with investigating a deadly temple.

Sukeban Deka III: The Three Sisters' Most Dangerous Journey, Eight Deadly Traps

1987

Series credits

GARO poster
7.7

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.

GARO

2005

SMAP×SMAP poster
8.5

SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games.  These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking.  Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.

SMAP×SMAP

1996

Tales of the Bizarre poster
7.8

Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.

Tales of the Bizarre

1990

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

1983

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

竜馬がゆく poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

竜馬がゆく

2004

Sukeban Deka III: Romance of the Ninja Girls poster
6.0

Kazama Yui, a country girl from Kyushu who was recruited by the Dark Director and given the role of the third Saki Asamiya. In the story, Yui was sent to Tokyo to meet up with her long lost sisters, Yuka and Yuma, and they inherited the family's ninja art in order to solve the menace of a psychic terrorist known as the Emperor. Now turned into a trio of kunoichi, they would battle the villain and his army, helped by their mentor Kazuya Yoda and the agents Reia Kido and Obiwan Osho. Yui herself rarely used the Saki Asamiya moniker and showed a very different personality compared to Saki and Yoko, and the series was more focused in fantasy than serious urban crime drama. NOTE: although it has 3 in the title and is loosely related to the other two Sukeban Deka shows this should not be treated as a direct continuation but rather as a standalone show.

Sukeban Deka III: Romance of the Ninja Girls

1986

Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu poster
NR

The drama, based on a novel by Keiichiro Ryu, tells an alternative history in which the historical shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara and his double Jirosaburo Serada becomes the ruler of the country instead.

Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

隠しカメラの人妻

1985