Riki Takeuchi

Acting

Riki Takeuchi

Born

1964-01-04 (62)

Place of birth

Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

77 titles

Riki Takeuchi is a Japanese actor best known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies. Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive by Takashi Miike. Takeuchi also starred in Battle Royale II: Requiem, in which he played a fictionalized version of himself.

Known for

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

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game poster
9.3

After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

2003

Minna! ESPer Dayo! poster
4.7

In Notsu, Oita Prefecture, there are many people with supernatural powers. High school student Yoshio Kamogawa (Shota Sometani) is one of them and can read other people's minds. Yoshio uses his powers for trivial reasons.

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

2013

Battle Royale II: Requiem poster
5.0

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on Christmas Day, killing 8000 people. In order for the government to study the benefits of "teamwork", the new students work in pairs, with their collars electronically linked so that if one of them is killed, the other dies as well. They must kill Nanahara in three days - or die.

Battle Royale II: Requiem

2003

Tokyo Tribe poster
6.5

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy-hitting gangster Buppa of Buppa Town. With Buppa's support, Merra aims to initiate a gang war between the Wu-Ronz and the Musashino Saru, and in a confrontation between the two attempts to kill Kai of the Musashino Saru. The inadvertent murder of Kai's friend Tera (a Musashino Saru member beloved by all Tribes since before their formation) leads to the joining of forces between all of the Tribes in an all-out war against Merra and Buppa.

Tokyo Tribe

2014

Detroit Metal City poster
7.7

Dominating the world of indie music, Detroit Metal City (DMC) is a popular death metal band known for its captivatingly dark and crude style. Its extravagant lead singer, Johannes Krauser II, is especially infamous as a demonic being who has risen from the fiery pits of hell itself in order to bring the world to its knees and lord over all mortals—or at least that's what he's publicized to be. Unbeknownst to his many worshippers, Krauser II is just the alter ego of an average college graduate named Souichi Negishi. Although he is soft-spoken, peace-loving, and would rather listen to Swedish pop all day, he must participate in DMC's garish concerts in order to make ends meet. Detroit Metal City chronicles Negishi's hilarious misadventures as he attempts to juggle his hectic band life, a seemingly budding romance, and dealing with his incredibly obsessive and dedicated fans.

Detroit Metal City

2008

Film credits

2010s · 12 titles

Tokyo Tribe poster
6.5

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy-hitting gangster Buppa of Buppa Town. With Buppa's support, Merra aims to initiate a gang war between the Wu-Ronz and the Musashino Saru, and in a confrontation between the two attempts to kill Kai of the Musashino Saru. The inadvertent murder of Kai's friend Tera (a Musashino Saru member beloved by all Tribes since before their formation) leads to the joining of forces between all of the Tribes in an all-out war against Merra and Buppa.

Tokyo Tribe

2014

Thermae Romae poster
6.3

Lucius Modestus, ancient Roman bath architect, has lost his job. The one way he can win it back is by creating a bath that nobody has seen before, and, by pure chance, ends up slipping through time to Japan in 2012. There, he discovers the wonders of Japanese bath technology, incorporating it into his own designs, but must face the challenges of the succession of the emperor, his home life, and his new hot spring-based friends, including manga artist meet-cute Mami.

Thermae Romae

2012

Thermae Romae II poster
6.3

In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to build a thermae in the colosseum to help gladiators recover from their wounds, but faces difficulties. Thus, Lucius travels again to modern day Japan through the time slip. He meets Manami (Aya Ueto) again, who is now a reporter for a magazine which covers bathroom. With the help of the flat face Japanese tribe, Lucius again designs a new thermae. Meanwhile, Emperor Hadrian (Masachika Ichimura) wants to keep the peace with the thermae, but the Senate wants to extend the land by using force. Emperor Hadrian and the Senate now have a confrontation and Rome becomes divided.

Thermae Romae II

2014

Real Girl poster
6.4

Hikaru Tsutsui is a high school student. He enjoys animation and video games in the virtual world, but he doesn't enjoy his real life. People at his school don't even know he exists. One day, he cleans up the pool at his school with beautiful Iroha Ikarashi. Iroha approaches Hikaru and confesses that she likes him.

Real Girl

2018

No Longer Heroine poster
6.6

Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.

No Longer Heroine

2015

God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie poster
4.2

Hitori Gekidan gets off a crew bus, assuming he will participate in a travel program. He overhears people in the monitoring room announce the beginning of the "24 Hour Kiss Pressure Game." He is then assaulted by attractive actresses pleading for a kiss as well as deadly mercenaries and zombies attempting to kidnap him. Soon he grasps his character and situation. He is Shogo Kawashima aka The Desert Reaper and he is on the run with Aoi Tsukasa (Aoi Tsukasa). For unknown reasons, the Red Shadow, who raised him, wants him back.

God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie

2013

Silver Spoon poster
6.7

Ooejo Agricultural High School is located in Hokkaido. Most students are from families involved in agriculture and their dreams are to continue working in agriculture. Meanwhile, Yuugo (Kento Nakajima), who graduated from a prestigious middle school, applied to the Ooejo Agricultural High School just because the school has a dormitory. Yuugo, who grew up in the city, finds himself in an unfamiliar environment at Ooejo Agricultural High School, surrounded by nature and animals. Yuugo is also the only one who doesn't know what type of career he wants to pursue. Yuugo becomes impatient. He goes through struggles everyday, but he also gets to know the other students and rural life in general. He begins to grow as a person.

Silver Spoon

2014

Scramble: Blind Spot of Conflict poster
NR

The Kansai Tiger Fang Association and Kanto Shoryukai have decided to hold an unprecedented handmade harmony ceremony in response to the upheaval of the Exclusion Ordinance. However, Takasaki of the Togakai and Fujiki of Shoryukai had the feeling that they could not accept the harmony ceremony. At that time, a murder incident targeting Tajima, the president of the Kansai Tiger Fang Association, occurs at the hotel there.

Scramble: Blind Spot of Conflict

2012

Wandering Warriors poster
NR

The leader of the Soryukai, Aoi (Takeuchi Riki), is cornered. His subordinate and brother-in-law, Yuichi (Yusuke Izaki), has caused a violent incident, and the massive settlement demands are becoming a serious burden. At the same time, Yamanami (Ryu Kano), the secretary-general of the Kyoyu Alliance—of which Aoi himself serves as an executive—has begun dealing in forbidden drugs and encroaching on Aoi’s territory. Bound by the law and shaken by the organization, the true ninkyodo has long been lost. This is the story of one man who stood firm in the wandering world of the yakuza, upholding the path of chivalry to the very end.

Wandering Warriors

2012

Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World poster
4.0

The fate of Tokugawa’s world hangs in the balance as Yagyu Jubei is sent on a mission to discover what happened to 10 of the shogun’s spies that never returned. Matsukata Hiroki, one of the last surviving members of the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema proves that he has not lost a step as he portrays an older and wiser Yagyu Jubei in a movie that brings the best of samurai filmmaking into the 21st century. Summoned from semi-retirement by Shogun Iemitsu, Jubei is asked to take to the road and investigate a clan rumored to be preparing explosives for a rebellion. With help from a beautiful female ninja they head into the Shirakawa domain where the fighting skills of both are tested time and again as they strive to destroy a conspiracy that could bring a new Warring States Era. In the 1960's Yagyu Jubei was the signature role of the great Konoe Jushiro, father of Matsukata Hiroki. This brings the character full circle.

Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World

2015

Outlaws poster
NR

Assistant young head of Kimoto Kogyo, Naraoka (Kazuya Kimura), was caught just before he was about to kill the balls of Gunji (Riki Takeuchi), the head of the Kujukai Kujukai family, a rival organization. When he is released from prison, the government has switched to a policy of coexistence and co-prosperity, and there is no place for Naraoka. Unnecessary even by his own gang, Naraoka begins to work as a shinogi with his only brother Tsutomu (Kazuki Namioka) and fellow inmate Kameda (Akio Shiro). However, this is the territory of the Kujukus, and they are surrounded by enemies as they run amok without a care...

Outlaws

2011

Goku-Oni poster
7.0

Kijima Isoroku, the easygoing president of the perpetually unprofitable Kijima Funeral Services, has a hidden side. Hired by the Kumanohara family to stop the powerful Shura Jindo-kai from encroaching on their territory, he senses major profit and joins the fight to settle past grudges with the organization.

Goku-Oni

2011

2000s · 24 titles

Battle Royale II: Requiem poster
5.0

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on Christmas Day, killing 8000 people. In order for the government to study the benefits of "teamwork", the new students work in pairs, with their collars electronically linked so that if one of them is killed, the other dies as well. They must kill Nanahara in three days - or die.

Battle Royale II: Requiem

2003

ICHI poster
6.8

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.

ICHI

2008

Stormy Night poster
7.1

After hiding together in an abandoned barn one stormy night, wolf Gabu and goat Mei pledge to be secret friends, despite being natural enemies. They must overcome hardship and persecution in hopes of finding another forest where they can be together in peace.

Stormy Night

2005

Big Man Japan poster
6.0

Daisato, a second-rate, third-generation superhero, annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.

Big Man Japan

2007

LoveDeath poster
7.0

A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A violent man holding pure love, Sai and a stunningly beautiful playgirl, Sheila. While Sheila flees with a large sum of money, she is chased by a cool but violent gang, crazy killers and an out of control cop. No one can stop Sai and Sheila's love runaway.

LoveDeath

2006

Last Life in the Universe poster
7.1

An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister.

Last Life in the Universe

2003

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka poster
6.6

After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

2002

Gokusen: The Movie poster
6.6

A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this epic finale to the Japanese TV series.

Gokusen: The Movie

2009

Dead or Alive: Final poster
5.6

In post-apocalyptic Yokohama, a hard-boiled cop and a mellowed out drifter hook up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap the cop's son, the wheels are set in motion for an inevitable showdown.

Dead or Alive: Final

2002

Dead or Alive 2: Birds poster
6.8

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

2000

Deserted Dogs poster
7.0

Police officer Tanihara goes undercover and infiltrates the inner circle of a yakuza organization. Gaining the favor of the cold yet principled gangster Kanzaki, he begins to rise in the underworld. However, as time passes, Tanihara is torn between his duty as a cop and the loyalty he feels toward Kanzaki and the organization.

Deserted Dogs

2005

Samurai Gangsters poster
NR

Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi Sasano); well-known stranger Ishimatsu Mori (Yoichi Nukumizu); beautiful Masagoro Oiwake (Kazuki Kitamura); and others. As Jirocho's fame spreads, he gains more enemies. Among them are Katsuzo Kurokoma (Koichi Sato), who is one of the most powerful in Koshu, and the villain who is also Ishimatsu's nemesis, Masaru Mima (Riki Takeuchi). A traitor also emerges from the family, Yoshikazu Ebisu (Yoshikazu Ebisu). Meanwhile, Jirocho's wife falls ill and other terrible situations occur. Jirocho falls into a pinch of absolute despair. What on earth will he do? What is the fate of his minions? The Jirocho family will face a fierce battle...

Samurai Gangsters

2008

A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya poster
NR

Ōhara Ryūji (Riki Takeuchi) becomes unable to manage his life due to debts from baseball gambling. He goes to Tokyo, practically fleeing in the middle of the night, but his innate love of gambling doesn’t disappear, and he even lays his hands on the money at his workplace. At that time, someone suggests that he should become a sōkaiya. In order to repay his debts, he begins training to become one. Then, he starts to search for the true path of a sōkaiya…

A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya

2001

The King of Minami 24 poster
NR

#46 in the series

The King of Minami 24

2003

The Stupid Teacher poster
8.0

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.

The Stupid Teacher

2000

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi poster
5.5

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and more food in this fabulously fulfilling gourmet comedy. Reveling in Japan's love for food-themed shows, the film revolves around a culinary battle of David and Goliath proportions, cheekily parodying Japanese cooking shows with Iron Chef-like editing, excited running commentary, and comedic how-to segments. The Yakiniku Movie also shines a light on the food culture of Japan's resident Korean population, proving that tasty food transcends all boundaries.

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

2007

Yakuza Demon poster
6.2

Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay his share of funds for the oncoming battle but tells executives of the Family that he would fight at the front line instead. In the wish to protect Muto, Seiji has him arrested by the police. Ignoring the Family executives' mocks of "Muto escaped to prison", Seiji prepares for the battle and attacks like a demon on behalf of his boss...

Yakuza Demon

2003

Yo-Yo Girl Cop poster
5.6

Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.

Yo-Yo Girl Cop

2006

The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt poster
NR

#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.

The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt

2000

Nationwide Conquest: The Spirit of the Tekiya poster
NR

It depicts a world overflowing with the manly spirit of the stall vendors who run the festival. Kanji, the son who comes to inherit Kantaro’s stall-vendor business, heads to Niigata in order to save fellow stall vendors who are being attacked one after another.

Nationwide Conquest: The Spirit of the Tekiya

2001

Action Captain Legend: Blood Pact poster
NR

The fate of three men who have lived as brothers since childhood

Action Captain Legend: Blood Pact

2003

The King of Minami: The Men's Past poster
NR

#44 in the series, following "The Price of Betrayal."

The King of Minami: The Men's Past

2003

The King of Minami: Formula for Deception poster
NR

#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."

The King of Minami: Formula for Deception

2001

Otoko Michi poster
NR

A man falls in love with a man with his spiritual past.

Otoko Michi

2000

1990s · 15 titles

Dead or Alive poster
6.4

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.

Dead or Alive

1999

The Pachinko Game Drifter poster
NR

Based on the comic by Yoshikazu Ebisu, starring Riki Takeuchi, Dan-chan, who plays the role of Takeuchi, challenges the great game of the century, betting on the existence of a certain pachinko parlor

The Pachinko Game Drifter

1995

Blood poster
4.8

Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.

Blood

1998

The Pachinko Game Drifter II poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Pachinko Game Drifter II

1995

Sada poster
7.0

On 17 May 1936–during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable–Sada Abe killed and emasculated her lover. Condemned by the law, Sada finds herself lionised by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because hers was a crime of passion, the purity of her motivation elevates her from criminal to heroine.

Sada

1998

Nobody poster
6.3

Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, the salarymen find themselves embroiled in a deadly game...

Nobody

1994

Chaka: The Lonely Hitman poster
NR

Shima (Riki Takeuchi), the right-hand man of his yakuza boss and renowned hitman, suffers from kidney disease. Interned in the hospital, he meets Junko, a nurse. When Shima is shot, she goes home and heals him. Gradually a relationship is formed between them and Junko gets pregnant. But Shima cannot escape the obligations of his clan and the disgust of Junko...

Chaka: The Lonely Hitman

1998

Fudoh: The New Generation poster
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

Jingi 10: Bloody Proxy War poster
6.0

Togashigumi, who is planning to go to Gekokujo at the Kanto Ichienkai, was enthusiastic about the sima of the sand group. Deputy head of the sand group, Hitoshi Kamibayashi (Riki Takeuchi) and its chairman, Yoshiro Yazaki (Toshihiko Sakakibara) will raise the alert of the Togashigumi. In such a situation, Yoshiro is trapped by Togashigumi and is suspected of killing Togashigumi. Jin embarks on an attempt to uncover the truth instead of Yoshiro who dives underground. While Togashigumi's chairman, Kaido, declares war on the sand group, Hitoshi has to aim for Yoshiro as an organization's kejime.

Jingi 10: Bloody Proxy War

1996

Yakuza Ladies: Decision poster
7.5

Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

1998

Wild Criminal poster
7.0

Tomoyo was the lover of Udo, a leading member of the Japanese mafia. When Udo disappears with a bundle of dirty money, she is a suspected accomplice. tomoyo is a woman who has always depended on men, and she often sleeps with them in order to survive. Yuki spent all her time around dangerous men, until her luck finally ran out. Beaten, raped and left in the trunk of a car, she ends up overhearing Udo as he assassinates his fellow mafia agents. Yuki is a woman who has always confronted men, and she often spills blood in order to survive. Thrown together by chance, Tomoyo and Yuki must work together, or die at the hands of the syndicate. They're always ready to love, always read to kill, and never ready to trust.

Wild Criminal

1999

The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark poster
NR

#7 in the King of Minami series, following "Tactical Debt." Manda tries to save his business from a money-lending hostess club run by yakuza from Tokyo and a beautiful woman with a grudge.

The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark

1994

The Territory of Beasts poster
7.0

A violent action film about a legendary hitman who seeks revenge on a traitor. Yuji, a former assassin who once left the life behind, accepts a contract from a man tied to him through a master–disciple bond to assassinate the boss of a rival organization—only to find an unexpected trap waiting for him.

The Territory of Beasts

1997

Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet poster
6.0

Joe reunites with his ex-lover Serika, unbeknownst that she is the mistress and pawn of Mexican-Japanese crime lord Nicol. Joe’s superiors see Serika as a suspect and a member of Nicol’s gang, so when she disappears, Joe must recruit outside help to get her back. Here a sympathetic female colleague named Sunny and a tearaway member of Nicol’s gang aid him in his search.

Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet

1990

The King of Minami: The Price of Restructuring poster
NR

#29 in the King of Minami series. Manda and his associates follow a debt-laden detective to Hiroshima, where they plan to collect from his former employer for engaging in wrongful termination, under the intentionally vague label of "restructuring."

The King of Minami: The Price of Restructuring

1999

1980s · 9 titles

Yakuza Ladies poster
5.5

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.

Yakuza Ladies

1986

His Motorbike, Her Island poster
7.7

Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.

His Motorbike, Her Island

1986

Yakuza Ladies 2 poster
7.8

Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.

Yakuza Ladies 2

1987

The Discarnates poster
6.7

A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

The Discarnates

1988

Bomber Bikers of Shonan poster
4.8

Based on the popular comic, “Shonan Bakusozoku” illustrates the lives of high school bike fanatics.

Bomber Bikers of Shonan

1987

Urban Marine Resort Story poster
4.0

A story of love and adventure between a woman who likes water sports and a man who likes boats. Mariko thinks she's just in for a fun vacation when she and her friend Tomoyo discover a missing Korean War plane while scuba diving. Who will find the buried treasure first? Number two in the Hoy Choy Productions trilogy.

Urban Marine Resort Story

1989

Cabaret poster
4.8

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.

Cabaret

1986

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast poster
6.9

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

1986

Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus poster
9.0

Riki Takeuchi stars as the likeable but obnoxious punk bus driver who comes to the aid of a beautiful woman in possession of stolen diamonds. She's being pursued by the man she ripped off and he drives a huge armored bus.. Based on the manga by Hiroyuki Murata.

Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus

1988

Series credits

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

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game poster
9.3

After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

2003

Minna! ESPer Dayo! poster
4.7

In Notsu, Oita Prefecture, there are many people with supernatural powers. High school student Yoshio Kamogawa (Shota Sometani) is one of them and can read other people's minds. Yoshio uses his powers for trivial reasons.

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

2013

Detroit Metal City poster
7.7

Dominating the world of indie music, Detroit Metal City (DMC) is a popular death metal band known for its captivatingly dark and crude style. Its extravagant lead singer, Johannes Krauser II, is especially infamous as a demonic being who has risen from the fiery pits of hell itself in order to bring the world to its knees and lord over all mortals—or at least that's what he's publicized to be. Unbeknownst to his many worshippers, Krauser II is just the alter ego of an average college graduate named Souichi Negishi. Although he is soft-spoken, peace-loving, and would rather listen to Swedish pop all day, he must participate in DMC's garish concerts in order to make ends meet. Detroit Metal City chronicles Negishi's hilarious misadventures as he attempts to juggle his hectic band life, a seemingly budding romance, and dealing with his incredibly obsessive and dedicated fans.

Detroit Metal City

2008

The Full Throttle Girl poster
7.2

Devoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work pays off when she lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata. Wakaba loathes kids and nursing, but unwillingly takes on the job as she is fixated on wealth and success. One day when she goes to a preschool to pick up Hinata, she meets a man named Yamada Sota. Sota is a man without higher education, wealth, or a future goal, someone that Wakaba absolutely cannot stand, the complete opposite of her ideals. Once again, contrary to her will, she ends up looking after Hinata and a few other kids along with Sota. Despite being exhausted from all the first-time experiences in child care, Wakaba begins to realize what is truly important to her.

The Full Throttle Girl

2011

The Mirror of Janus poster
6.0

The series is about a girl suffering from multiple personality disorder.

The Mirror of Janus

1985

Tears of a Swan poster
NR

Mika, 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

The 101st Proposal poster
7.8

After 99 failed dates, an earnest bachelor meets a guarded classical musician. He's all in — she's not so sure. Can his persistence lead to love?

The 101st Proposal

1991

Villiany Ganbo poster
7.3

When Kanzaki Kaoru was young, her mother operated an Okonomiyaki restaurant. However, in just a day, her entire life as she knew it turned upside down. Her mother was declared a bankrupt, and they were plunged into a life of poverty. Moving from place to place, Kaoru started working the minute she graduated from middle high school. By scrimping and saving, today, Kaoru finally has 1 million yen in her savings account. Since she understood fully what it felt like to be poor, Kaoru lends her money to her colleague who is in financial trouble. She finds herself moneyless again, and under strange circumstances, she comes to know of someone who works for the company "Koshimizu Consultant"... and thus begins her journey into a world where betrayals are the norm, and everyone is trying to outwit the other; a world full of sly and cunning people. With her indomitable spirit, Kaoru claws her way.

Villiany Ganbo

2014

ママハハ・ブギ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ママハハ・ブギ

1989

Kuroshoin no Rokubei poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kuroshoin no Rokubei

2018

Shonan Junai-gumi! poster
6.0

Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma are the deadly duo, Oni-Baku (Demon Explosion), with the sole mission of losing their virginities. As they turn away from the gang life to accomplish this, old enemies resurface to haunt them, and new ones appear to take their fame.

Shonan Junai-gumi!

1995

Oobakayo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Oobakayo

2017

Dark Law Enforcement poster
NR

Tsuyoshi Tatsuzaki is disqualified from practising law due to the betrayal of his best friend. Rookie lawyer Narumi Akikawa quits her efficiency-oriented law firm because of her sense of justice. Former Marutobushi detective Kenjiro Kazama, who has been forced out of his job after his underhanded misdeeds are exposed. By chance, the three meet and attempt to bring to justice the great evil that lurks in the darkness of the world.

Dark Law Enforcement

2017

Behind the camera