Yukijiro Hotaru — Actor (16)
Columbo of Shinano 4 - The Karuizawa Forked Road Murder Case (2017) [Movie] TMDB
内田康夫サスペンス 信濃のコロンボ4 ~軽井沢追分殺人事件~
director: Yuji Nakamae actor: Yasufumi Terawaki / Yumi Aso
other title: 内田康夫サスペンス 信濃のコロンボ4 ~軽井沢追分殺人事件~
The fourth in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery author Yasuo Uchida.
Columbo of Shinano 2 - The Togakushi Legend Murder Case (2014) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
内田康夫サスペンス 信濃のコロンボ2 ~戸隠伝説殺人事件~
director: Yuji Nakamae actor: Yasufumi Terawaki / Yumi Aso
other title: 内田康夫サスペンス 信濃のコロンボ2 ~戸隠伝説殺人事件~
The second in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery author Yasuo Uchida.
Ashura (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
阿修羅城の瞳
other title: Ashura - La regina dei demoni / Ashura, la reine des démons
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe (1995) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Goro Kishitani / Moeko Ezawa
other title: 平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
Moon Over Tao: Makaraga (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
タオの月
other title: Moon Over Tao / タオの月
A retired warrior comes to see his former lord and learns that someone is making indestructible swords from some unknown metal. He is sent together with a swordsman to investigate the source. Along the way they meet a young girl working as a beekeeper. She is later witness to the appearance of three strange females from another dimension. They are searching for a lost weapon that has landed on earth and as one of them lay dying she enlists the girl to help them control the strange beast/weapon. Meanwhile the warrior and the swordsman learn that an old nemesis has created the swords from the shell that surrounded the alien weapon. Soon the alien beast/weapon is awakened and battle for control ensues.
Zëiram 2 (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ゼイラム 2
other title: Zeiram 2 / Zeiramu 2
Intergalactic bounty hunters Iria and Bob return to track down an ancient mystical relic. When a second Zeiram unit shows up and goes berserk, it takes all of Iria's resources to survive a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the fearsome space creature.
Mourning Wife (2001) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
喪服の女 崩れる
director: Daisuke Gotô actor: Mayuko Sasaki / Keisaku Kimura
other title: 喪服の女 崩れる
Director Daisuke Goto, the master of the cinematic Pink Eiga, is back with this retelling of the classic film noir, The Postman Always Rings Twice. A married woman, tasked with running her handicapped husband’s failing printing business, meets a drifter and they fall in love. Soon a plan to murder the husband is put into motion and the forces of fate begin to show their hand. Featuring bravura filmmaking, fantastic performances and steamy sex, the Mourning Wife is a worthy follow up for any fan of Daisuke Goto’s masterpiece A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn.
The Little House (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
小さいおうち
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Takako Matsu / Haru Kuroki
other title: The little house / La Maison au toit rouge
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.