Shinobu Nakayama

Acting

Shinobu Nakayama

Born 1973-01-18 · Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Shinobu Nakayama (Nakayama Shinobu , born January 18, 1973) is an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is the younger sister of actress Miho Nakayama. Best known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999), Shinobu Nakayama like her older sister, Miho Nakayama, started out her career as a musician. Unfortunately, Nakayama could never quite attain the same popularity of her older sister as a solo artist, but became successful when she joined a music group called Rakutenshi. In the early 1990s Shinobu Nakayama started a career in acting, again following in the footsteps of her older sister. Her career finally started going after she landed a role in the Jet Li movie Fist of Legend, a remake of the Bruce Lee film Chinese Connection. Shortly afterwards she got the part of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), which lead to playing that same character four years later in Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shinobu Nakayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Fist of Legend poster
7.5

Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.

Fist of Legend

1994

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II poster
7.3

The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

1993

Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku- poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku-

2023

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris poster
7.4

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

1999

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe poster
7.4

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

1995

Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS poster
7.4

The Igasaki Clan reunites two years after defeating Kibaoni Gengetsu to determine who is the greatest ninja.

Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS

2016

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji poster
5.9

Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

2001

Midnight Run Main Store 2 poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Midnight Run Main Store 2

1993

Honey poster
7.7

Kogure Nao is a shy and cute high school student. One day, Onise Taiga asks her "would you like to date with me on the promise that we will get married?" Nao is unable to turn down his proposal because she is scared of him. Taiga has red hair and piercing eyes. His appearance gives off the impression that he is a bad boy, but he is actually considerate to others and good at cooking. After getting to know Taiga, Nao begins to have feelings for him.

Honey

2018

Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You poster
8.3

Just when Hideki thinks he will lose his virginity, he gets hit by a car, and dies. God gives him a 2nd chance by placing his mind into the body of Sachiko's best friend, a girl. Can he convince Sachiko of his love?

Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You

1990

恋に唄えば♪ poster
9.0

A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.

恋に唄えば♪

2002

TANNKA poster
6.0

Kaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and the indulgence of an energetic, but less-fulfilling, youthful suitor.

TANNKA

2006

Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace poster
7.0

The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.

Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace

2006

The Donor poster
10.0

Set in a hospital conducting live experiments, this is a science horror story. At a maternity hospital, a series of gruesome incidents occur where the uterus and ovaries are taken from the human body. Nurse Tomoka investigates the mystery surrounding these events...

The Donor

1996

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie poster
4.5

The Dynaman must prevent a powerful new gun invented by a friend of Doctor Yumeno from falling into the hands of the Jashinka.

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie

1983

Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History poster
NR

The story of Asaki (Eiji Okuda) and his younger brother Shinji (Sho Aikawa). The elder brother has established himself as an author of sports manga. The younger brother engages in vigorous bare-knuckle brawls with local yakuza and well-known brawlers. The distance between them grows little by little, and the younger brother struggles in the shadow of his elder brother's light. Strong enemies and incidents appear one after another.

Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History

2003

GAMERA 1999 poster
6.0

Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From concept to film, the documentary is a video diary of the film's production.

GAMERA 1999

1999

Eleven Without Honor or Humanity poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eleven Without Honor or Humanity

1993

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa poster
8.0

A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa

1996

After School Angler Life poster
6.8

Mezashi, a high school student, has become distrustful of people after being the target of bullying by her classmates. After being transferred to a new school in the Kansai local region due to the parents' convenience, she then learns the basics of fishing when invited to join "The Girls Angler's Club". Little by little, she begins to feel at home in the fun atmosphere and begins to enjoy fishing and friendship.

After School Angler Life

2023

The Goblin of Mt. Kurama poster
NR

The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?

The Goblin of Mt. Kurama

2001

Dr. Hikojiro poster
NR

One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!

Dr. Hikojiro

2015

Baian Fujieda the Assassin poster
6.0

An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.

Baian Fujieda the Assassin

2006

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime

2015