Toru Masuoka — Actor (14)
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
毎日が夏休み
director: Shusuke Kaneko actor: Shiro Sano / Hinako Saeki
other title: 毎日が夏休み
The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife Yoshiko status in their suburban neighborhood. But the daughter Sugina, who herself has secretly stopped going to school because she is being bullied. One day, they discover that Nariyuki has quit his job. As Nariyuki decides to find a new job along with Sugina, Yoshiko, a firm believer in a life based on the company, soon finds her world falling apart.
The Law of Hell (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
地獄の掟
director: Akira Inoue actor: Renji Ishibashi / Toru Masuoka
other title: 地獄の掟
At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner Ikuzo manages the restaurant with his daughter. It’s customers who have a dark past have utmost respect for Ikuzo. One day, a half-dead man Tomijiro comes to the restaurant. This is the beginning of Ikuzo’s terrible fight.
The Fir Trees Remain (1983) [Movie] TMDB
樅ノ木は残った
director: Akira Inoue actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Koji Yakusho
other title: 樅ノ木は残った
The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved in this scheme, and the aim is to destroy the Date family. Tsunamune's brother Munekatsu Date who is willing to take over the family doesn't know the real purpose of Utanokami and helps him. Munesuku Harada gets to know the whole picture of the incident and takes action alone for the sake of protecting the Date family, leaving his own family. His lonely fight continues for 10 years and he got in danger in Utanokamike's house, and...
Atami Murder Case (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
熱海殺人事件
other title: 熱海殺人事件
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
The Empty Table (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
食卓のない家
other title: La Table vide / 食卓のない家
One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji remains adamant that he is not responsible for his son's actions.
Adult's Situation (2021) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
おとなの事情 スマホをのぞいたら
other title: Otona no Jijou: Smartphone wo Nozoitara / おとなの事情 スマホをのぞいたら
Seven men and women, consisting of three couples who are reluctant companions and one single man, play in the game with the secret that their relationship and friendship will collapse. Japanese remake of the Italian movie "Perfetti sconosciuti".
The Dancer (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
舞姫
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Hiromi Go / Lisa Wolf
other title: Die Tänzerin / 舞姫
Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.
13 Assassins (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
十三人の刺客
director: Takuji Tominaga actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Ken Tanaka
other title: 十三人の刺客
Gathering a band of 13, Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon sets out on a death-defying journey to cut down the shogun’s half-brother, Matsudaira Naritsugu.
Coquille (1999) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
コキーユ 貝殻
director: Shun Nakahara actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / Jun Fubuki
other title: コキーユ 貝殻
Thirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no longer young, but the moment she sees him, memories of her first love are revived. Her love for him has never faded even though she married another man and bore his child. What has kept her going is a white shell the boy gave her and a phrase of Jean Cocteau's poem, "My ears are shells, fondly hearing the sound of the sea..." She gets a divorce, returns to her hometown and opens a bar named "Coquille," which means "shell." Without their knowing, an unexpected turn of events awaits the two...