Masatoshi Nagase — Actor (31)
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Three Businessmen (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Three Businessmen
director: Alex Cox actor: Miguel Sandoval / Alex Cox …
An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in Liverpool. Similarly, a very proper British art dealer (Alex Cox), who specializes in African art, arrives in the same hotel. The two meet in the hotel's abandoned restaurant and decide to set off in finding an evening meal, which becomes problematic immediately when the Brit reveals he is vegetarian. While following their pursuit of a mutually acceptable meal, the main point of the film is their discourse en route to their various attempts at an eatery.
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Kokuho (2025) [Movie]
国宝
director: Sang-il Lee actor: Ryo Yoshizawa / Ryusei Yokohama …
other title: Kokuho - The Master of Kabuk / Le Maître du Kabuki …
Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of kabuki.
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A Class to Remember II (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
学校 II
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Toshiyuki Nishida / Hidetaka Yoshioka …
other title: 学校 II / Gakko II …
The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.
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The Private Detective Mike (2002) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
私立探偵 濱マイク
actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Mika Nakashima …
other title: 私立探偵 濱マイク
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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A Forest with No Name (2003) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
私立探偵 濱マイク 名前のない森
director: Shinji Aoyama actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Nene Otsuka …
other title: Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name / 私立探偵 濱マイク 名前のない森
Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the forest.
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Our Time Will Come (2017) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
明月幾時有
director: Ann Hui actor: Zhou Xun / Eddie Peng Yu-Yan …
other title: 明月幾時有
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
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Bitter Honey (2016) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
蜜のあわれ
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Fumi Nikaido / Ren Osugi …
other title: 蜜のあわれ
Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and adoring pet for an aging writer seeking greatness. Things quickly get complicated for the odd couple, however, when the writer's deceased former student/lover enters the picture as a ghost and helps Akako realize her own desires, activating her agency and frustrating the one-sided male fantasy the writer is so keen to continue.
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P. P. Rider (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ションベン・ライダー
director: Shinji Sōmai actor: Tatsuya Fuji / Michiko Kawai …
other title: ションベン・ライダー
Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.
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Sweet Bean (2015) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
あん
director: Naomi Kawase actor: Kirin Kiki / Masatoshi Nagase …
other title: Le ricette della signora Toku / Månen over kirsebærtræerne …
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
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We Are Little Zombies (2019) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES
director: Makoto Nagahisa actor: Keita Ninomiya / Satoshi Mizuno …
other title: Little Zombies / WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES
Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
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The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb
遙かな時代の階段を
director: Kaizo Hayashi actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Haruko Wanibuchi …
other title: 遙かな時代の階段を
Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
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Pistol Opera (2001) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban
ピストルオペラ
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Makiko Esumi / Sayoko Yamaguchi …
other title: ピストルオペラ / Ópera de Pistola …
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
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Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
五条霊戦記／GOJOE
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Tadanobu Asano / Masatoshi Nagase …
other title: Gojoe - La leggenda / 五条霊戦記／GOJOE …
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as the demons. Taking up his sword once more, he sets out to end their murderous terror.
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My Sons (1991) [Movie] TMDB
息子
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: 息子 / My sons (Mis hijos)
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.