Akira Emoto — Actor (103)
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Zebraman (2004) [Movie] TMDB
ゼブラーマン
director: Takashi Miike actor: Show Aikawa / Kyoka Suzuki …
A failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as the superhero "Zebraman". Although the TV series was canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escapist fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He gets more then he could ever wish for when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending.
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: L'indécis / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋 …
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
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Scrap Heaven (2005) [Movie] TMDB
スクラップ・ヘブン
director: Lee Sang-il actor: Ryo Kase / Joe Odagiri …
other title: スクラップ・ヘブン
The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.
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Doppelganger (2003) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
ドッペルゲンガー
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Koji Yakusho / Hiromi Nagasaku …
other title: 自视性幻觉 / ドッペルゲンガー …
Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelgänger appears to help him out of the rut he has created for himself.
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ICHI (2008) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Ichi
director: 曾利文彦 actor: 绫濑遥 / 中村狮童 …
other title: Ichi – Die blinde Schwertkämpferin / Ichi, la femme samouraï …
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.
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
ある船頭の話
director: 小田切让 actor: 柄本明 / 村上虹郎 …
other title: They Say Nothing Stays The Same / ある船頭の話 …
Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.
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Shinjuku Field Hospital (2024) [TV] TMDB
新宿野戦病院
director: Kankuro Kudo actor: Eiko Koike / Taiga Nakano …
other title: 新宿野戦病院
A gripping medical drama centered around a hospital in Kabukicho. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, including those from male host bars and street kids many with complicated backgrounds.
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某个男人 (2022) [Movie] NeoDB
ある男
director: 石川庆 actor: 妻夫木聪 / 安藤樱 …
other title: ある男 / A Man
律师城户章良（妻夫木聪 饰）收到来自谷口里枝（安藤樱 饰）的委托──她的丈夫谷口大祐（洼田正孝 饰）在伐木场遭遇意外丧命，而常年疏于联系的大祐的哥哥恭一在看到遗像后却说，这不是大祐，而是另一个人。里枝只能委托多年前帮她办理离婚的律师城户帮助调查，这个现实生活中的“谷口大祐”究竟是谁呢…？
根据平野启一郎小说《某个男人》改编。
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KT (2002) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
KT
director: 阪本顺治 actor: 崔日华 / 柄本明 …
other title: 绑架金大中
1973年6月，驻日韩国大使馆一等书记官金车云等人接到命令，准备绑架正在日本的韩国在野党领袖金大中。行动代号“KT”。从陆军军官学校时期起就与朴正熙保持联系的自卫队幕僚二部部长XZ田，以及为韩国中央情报局提供支持的幕僚二部部员富田等人运用各种手段追查金大中的下落。大使馆内部的线人通过接近采访过金大中的记者神川得知金大中将于8月9日进行演讲。金车云得报后，立刻布置具体作战计划。但由于计划败露，他们不得不提早一天行动，终于绑架成功。然而正当他们准备坐船返回韩国时，自卫队在美方的要求下出手开始阻止他们的行动………
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The Great Yokai War (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
妖怪大戦争
director: Takashi Miike actor: Ryunosuke Kamiki / Hiroyuki Miyasako …
other title: La guerra dei fantasmi / 妖怪大戦争 …
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
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The City of Lost Souls (2000) [Movie] TMDB Douban
漂流街 THE HAZARD CITY
director: Takashi Miike actor: Teah / Michelle Reis …
other title: 漂流街 THE HAZARD CITY / City of Lost Souls …
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.
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The Summer of Stickleback (2006) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb
ハリヨの夏
director: Mayu Nakamura actor: Sayoko Oho / Kengo Kora …
other title: ハリヨの夏
Set in Kyoto, 1990. Mizuho Oshima is a high school girl who hates her alcoholic mom, adores her father, and has a crush on school swim team member Sho Sugimoto. Her father lives with another women, but Mizuho hopes to reunite her family. Her mother then takes up with an Amerian soldier named Charlie and they become an item. This crushes Mizuho's hopes of reuniting her family. Mizuho then seduces her mother's lover ...
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The World Is Wonderful Sometimes (2007) [Movie] Douban
世界はときどき美しい
director: 御法川修 actor: 松田龙平 / 市川实日子 …
other title: 世界有时挺美好 / Life Can Be So Wonderful …
《世界时时都美好》38岁的裸体模特野枝（松田美由纪 饰）的健康出现问题，与此同时，她也感到时间在自己身上留下的不可磨灭的痕迹。生命将逝，心中会有怎样的起伏和波动？《吧蝇》被称为蝇男的大叔（柄本明 饰）时常泡在酒吧和澡堂中，似乎那浓烈的酒精和蒸腾的热气才能洗去一天的烦躁和疲惫；《她喜欢的孤独》喧嚣的都市中，美丽女孩真由美（片山瞳 饰）与恋人真心相爱，但是她仍然喜欢那份为周遭所遗忘的孤独；《自由》对活着这件事存在着隐隐不安的青年栋一（松田龙平 饰），即将和女友朋子迎来一个意外到来的新生命；《活下去的几个理由》在旅游代理店工作的女孩穗高花乃子（市川实日子 饰），尝试着去品读那个如此熟悉却又陌生的母亲，以及自己的漫漫人生……
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Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021) [TV] TMDB
オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!) このヤロウ
actor: Sosuke Ikematsu / Joe Odagiri …
other title: オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!) このヤロウ
Police dog handler Ippei Aoba has a problem. It's called Oliver. To others, Oliver is a genius police dog that comes from a long line of geniuses, but, to Ippei, he appears—literally—as a lazy, foul-mouthed, middle-aged man in a dog costume.
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Tonight, at the Movies (2018) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
今夜、ロマンス劇場で
director: 武内英树 actor: 绫濑遥 / 坂口健太郎 …
other title: 今夜，在罗曼剧场 / Color Me True …
大电影制片厂即将步入黄昏时代之际，在某电影厂担任副导演的青年健司（坂口健太郎 饰）经历了人生刻骨铭心的邂逅。此前他在某座电影院内发现一卷被废弃的胶片，胶片中的电影女主角美雪公主（绫濑遥 饰）令他神魂颠倒，痴迷非常。当得知这卷胶片即将卖给他人时，健司无比怅然。最后一次的放映过程中，令人意想不到的事情发生了，那位公主竟然从大银幕中走了出来。在此之后，刁蛮公主将健司视为仆人，暂时徘徊人间，体会这个多彩的世界。
与此同时，健司得到了可以升为导演的机会，为此他以自己和公主为蓝本努力撰写剧本。在这一过程中，他渐渐喜欢上了公主，可是却也得知公主身上一个令他怅然的秘密……
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Double Bed (1983) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
ダブルベッド
director: 藤田敏八 actor: 大谷直子 / 石田惠理 …
other title: 双人床 / ダブルベッド
30代前半のテレビ・ディレクターとその大学時代の友人ら、“若い中年“をめぐる日常を描いたドラマ。夫を裏切る妻、友人を裏切る男、恋人を裏切る女など、入り乱れた人間の愛僧の世界を藤田監督が淡々と描写した一編。柄本明、岸部一徳が好演している。
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0.5 mm (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
0.5ミリ
director: 安藤桃子 actor: 安藤樱 / 织本顺吉 …
other title: 0.5mm / 0.5ミリ …
Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a kindly old man, gaining access to a portion of the immense wealth held by Japan's aging population. She continues with similar encounters, and while these begin as scams or revenge on rampant sexism, they ultimately become vulnerable intergenerational exchanges.
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The Go Master (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
director: 田壮壮 actor: 张震 / 张艾嘉 …
other title: 呉清源　極みの棋譜 / 吴清源
1914年出生于福建省闽侯县的吴清源被称为“围棋天才少年”，1928年在濑越宪作（柄本明饰）、喜多文子（松坂庆子饰）等日本朋友的热心帮助下，吴清源（张震饰）和母亲（张艾嘉饰）、妹妹（黄奕饰）东渡日本，开始了终其一生的围棋生涯。初至日本，吴清源与日本棋院大赛刚出炉的冠军较量，并中盘获胜；五年后，吴清源与他人共创围棋新布局，掀起一场围棋革命。1939至1956年间，吴清源凭个人之力打败日本最顶尖的七位超级棋士，十次大胜“十番棋”，被誉为“昭和棋圣”。他以“95盘擂台赛式”的“十番棋”，令当时棋坛所有大师全部降级，创造了日本围棋界所称的“吴清源时代”。然而，吴清源作为一位围棋棋手能否超越国籍、政治、战争等世俗问题？他是否有过难以承受的痛苦？