Acting
Eri Fukatsu
Born January 11, 1973 · Oita City, Oita, Japan (age 53)
Eri Fukatsu (深津 絵里, Fukatsu Eri, born 11 January 1973) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in Villain. She also received acclaim for her role in the Japanese TV series Bayside Shakedown and the subsequent spin-off films of the series. In 1988, sh…
Known For
Suzume · 2022Suzume
★ 7.92022
MovieAnimationDrama
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
Parasyte: Part 1 · 2014Parasyte: Part 1
★ 7.02014
MovieScience FictionHorror
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Bayside Shakedown · 1998Bayside Shakedown
★ 6.51998
MovieComedyDrama
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.
Parasyte: Part 2 · 2015Parasyte: Part 2
★ 7.02015
MovieScience FictionHorror
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Stay Gold · 1988Stay Gold
1988
MovieDramaAdventure
Three girls go on a trip after a friend commits suicide and learn about friendship.
Gosh!! · 2025Gosh!!
★ 4.02025
MovieComedy
Life seems pretty normal at the Forensics Division. Ippei's canine partner, Oliver, appears to him as a womanizing middle-aged drunk in a dog suit, but that's nothing new. However, when "Super Volunteer" Konishi vanishes, the investigation pulls them into a bizarre mystery. Joined by Supervisor Hagoromo, Ippei and Yukina follow Konishi's trail, Urushibara uncovers a family secret, and former handler Mizoguchi stumbles upon a takoyaki-infested town and a tiny fairy man. All while mysterious red doors keep appearing… Something is obviously deeply wrong. Can the team find Konishi and save him from unseen forces before chaos consumes them all?
Survival Family · 2017Survival Family
★ 7.32017
MovieComedyDrama
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
Monkey Magic · 2007Monkey Magic
★ 5.42007
MovieActionComedy
Journey to the West comes to the big screen like never before in the 2007 film Saiyuuki! Also known as Monkey Magic and Adventures of the Super Monkey, this is the latest in a long line of adaptations of the Wu Cheng'en tome.
Movies
Suzume · 2022Suzume
★ 7.92022
MovieAnimationDrama
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
Parasyte: Part 1 · 2014Parasyte: Part 1
★ 7.02014
MovieScience FictionHorror
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Bayside Shakedown · 1998Bayside Shakedown
★ 6.51998
MovieComedyDrama
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.
Parasyte: Part 2 · 2015Parasyte: Part 2
★ 7.02015
MovieScience FictionHorror
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Stay Gold · 1988Stay Gold
1988
MovieDramaAdventure
Three girls go on a trip after a friend commits suicide and learn about friendship.
Gosh!! · 2025Gosh!!
★ 4.02025
MovieComedy
Life seems pretty normal at the Forensics Division. Ippei's canine partner, Oliver, appears to him as a womanizing middle-aged drunk in a dog suit, but that's nothing new. However, when "Super Volunteer" Konishi vanishes, the investigation pulls them into a bizarre mystery. Joined by Supervisor Hagoromo, Ippei and Yukina follow Konishi's trail, Urushibara uncovers a family secret, and former handler Mizoguchi stumbles upon a takoyaki-infested town and a tiny fairy man. All while mysterious red doors keep appearing… Something is obviously deeply wrong. Can the team find Konishi and save him from unseen forces before chaos consumes them all?
Survival Family · 2017Survival Family
★ 7.32017
MovieComedyDrama
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
Monkey Magic · 2007Monkey Magic
★ 5.42007
MovieActionComedy
Journey to the West comes to the big screen like never before in the 2007 film Saiyuuki! Also known as Monkey Magic and Adventures of the Super Monkey, this is the latest in a long line of adaptations of the Wu Cheng'en tome.
Bayside Shakedown the Last TV: Salaryman Cop and the Last Tough Case · 2012Bayside Shakedown the Last TV: Salaryman Cop and the Last Tough Case
★ 6.02012
MovieDrama
Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope · 2012Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope
★ 5.82012
MovieActionCrime
Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel the case...
Kiss to Moonlight · 1989Kiss to Moonlight
★ 8.01989
MovieRomanceHorror
High school girls who were performing a love charm accidentally summon an evil spirit. Rie, a first-year student at a certain high school, harbors a secret crush on her art teacher, Sawada. However, Sawada is very popular among female students, and the shy Rie cannot confess her feelings directly. One day, Tomoko, Rie's close friend who knows about her one-sided love, suggests they try a charm to make her love come true. With classmates Etsuko and Asami joining in, the ritual is conducted, but Asami’s prank causes it to fail. Since that day, ominous events begin to occur around Rie...
Villain · 2010Villain
★ 6.82010
MovieCrimeDrama
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
The Magic Hour · 2008The Magic Hour
★ 7.52008
MovieComedy
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Journey to the Shore · 2015Journey to the Shore
★ 6.62015
MovieDramaFantasy
Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel.
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose · 2010Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
★ 4.92010
MovieActionDrama
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
Bayside Shakedown 2 · 2003Bayside Shakedown 2
★ 6.22003
MovieActionComedy
The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.
The Long Excuse · 2016The Long Excuse
★ 6.82016
MovieDrama
A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.
Haru · 1996Haru
★ 7.91996
MovieDramaRomance
A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.
Space Travelers · 2000Space Travelers
★ 6.12000
MovieFantasyAction
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that strange day, the bank becomes a tropical paradise...
Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert · 1997Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert
★ 7.31997
Movie
Ekiro · 2009Ekiro
★ 3.72009
MovieTV MovieDrama
An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.
I Hate Tokyo · 2013I Hate Tokyo
★ 7.02013
MovieComedy
Natsumi (Kie Kitano) moves to Tokyo to enter a fine arts university. In Tokyo, Natsumi meets Ryosuke and they soon become a couple. Ryosuke is a good person, but he doesn't have a job. Every day he just loafs around. To pay for her living expenses, Natsumi begins work at bar. Natsumi and Ryosuke become estranged from each other. They decide to break up. Natsumi's book is finally published.
Honokaa Boy · 2009Honokaa Boy
★ 6.02009
MovieDramaRomance
Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.
The Professor and His Beloved Equation · 2006The Professor and His Beloved Equation
★ 6.82006
MovieDramaFamily
This is the story between single mother housekeeper and mathematics professor,who has a brain damage.
TV Shows
The World Heritage · 2014The World Heritage
★ 8.02014
SeriesDocumentary
TBS’s ”World Heritage,” is a 30-minute weekly documentary series that is registered by UNESCO under Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Sciences. The program started in spring, 1996, and over a span of 10 years has covered about 560 topics around the world. To better convey the grandeur of these treasures of the world, TBS has shot the series in High-Definition. High quality images, impeccable narrative, and beautiful music...the elements are simple and straightforward. The producers feel that this style of presentation works best to visually document and preserve the wonders of the world, and continue to do so to this day.
Devil's Kiss · 1993Devil's Kiss
1993
SeriesDrama
Three childhood friends from a small town arrive in Tokyo, only to be consumed by "devilish" obsessions, from desire and debt to prostitution, drugs, sexual violence, and manipulative cults, pushing their dreams and friendship to the breaking point.
Come Come Everybody · 2021Come Come Everybody
2021
SeriesFamilyComedy
Come Come Everybody is a Japanese television drama series and the 105th NHK Asadora series, following Okaeri Mone.. It depicts the lives of three generations of women who have close links to the English lessons on radio which began in 1925.
Bayside Shakedown · 1997Bayside Shakedown
★ 8.11997
SeriesDrama
A rookie detective learns that life in law enforcement may not be as glamorous as he thought it would be.
Shining Brightly · 1998Shining Brightly
★ 5.01998
SeriesCrimeDrama
The job of a medical jurisprudence involves a lot of complicated crimes such as murder and accidents. Hikaru (Fukatsu Eri) is a graduate of a medical university, also focused her discipline on neurology. One night during a student reunion, a dead body was found in the kitchen. Hikaru, who is a little regretting that she choose her focus in neurology was moved by another doctor's words, Dead bodies will not tell us what happened, that is why we have to piece together its last words.(Dramawiki)
Power of Love · 2002Power of Love
★ 6.02002
SeriesDrama
Toko (Fukatsu Eri), decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any future career hopes or romance, so she turns to the bottle for comfort. She knows that this isn't the best thing, but can't find the strength right now to do anything except choose the easy way to do things. This causes her to start getting down on herself. Luckily though, she doesn't give up hope completely, and tries to take things as they come. Which proves to help to some degree.
Suddenly one day, a guy by the name of Kotaro (Tsutsumi Shinichi) comes along. Like Toko, Kotaro hasn't had much luck at work either. Even so, this is still the same guy that Toko liked when she was younger.
One Million Stars Falling from the Sky · 2002One Million Stars Falling from the Sky
★ 8.12002
SeriesCrimeMystery
The down-and-out detective Kanzo Dojima (Sanma Akashiya) is thinking about hanging up his job. A mysterious man named Ryo Katase (Takuya Kimura). No one seems to know what's going on in the heart of this lonely guy, what he believes in, what he really loves. Then these two men meet by chance one day. The story takes an unexpected turn of events concerning a murder case.
Maybe the two of them should never have met. And then there's Kanzo's sister Yuko (Eri Fukatsu). What will the relationship between her and Ryo be like?
In the Name of Love · 1992In the Name of Love
★ 7.21992
SeriesDrama
Seven good buddies left school and stepped into society. Each then finds life out there not as carefree as it used to be. Their courage, optimism and confidence are also worn off slowly by the cunning reality. After a series of hurdles, they get a deeper understanding of their friendship and treasure it even more. --DramaWiki
Slow Dance · 2005Slow Dance
★ 7.02005
SeriesDrama
A man who constantly applies the brake in his life, a woman who could do with a brake in her life. They have their careers but they are both failures in love. Afraid to face each other directly, instead of focusing on feelings, they choose to focus on their positions, meeting each other, falling in love!? They are already adults but still have some way to go when it comes to putting their foot on the ground. This summer, a feel-good love story...
Adventures of the Super Monkey -Journey to the West- · 2006Adventures of the Super Monkey -Journey to the West-
★ 6.22006
SeriesDramaComedy
A monk heads to India for enlightenment with a mischievous monkey king, a river monster and a greedy pig.
Kabachitare! · 2001Kabachitare!
★ 5.32001
SeriesComedy
Tokiwa stars as Tamura Nozumi, with a cheerful outlook in life, always choosing to believe in everyone. Fukatsu stars as Sakada Chiharu, an amanuensis (daisho) but goes way beyond her jobscope in carrying out her work. The duo met in a clinic where Sakada helps Nozumi get back at her boss for sexual harassment. Sakada sees a flair in Nozumi to be in the same line of work, but Nozumi is content with her job as a waitress.
Kanojotachi no Jidai · 1999Kanojotachi no Jidai
★ 10.01999
SeriesDrama
Fukami, a 26 year-old girl, has a uneventful life, working as a telephone operator. She finds her work tedious and wanted something more important aside from romance. She then meets two girls of the same age, Chizu and Tsugiko. They have something in common though their situations are different. And so, they all became close to each other. (asianwiki)
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters · 2003The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
★ 5.02003
SeriesDramaComedy
Haruko Takanashi is 30. She works at a radio station. She is approaching middle management where good looks alone aren't enough. She isn't very romantic so she devotes herself to work and play and suddenly finds herself alone. Just when she has given up on romance she meets a man. She meets him at a party to which she was taken by a subordinate at work. He is 25-year-old Ichiro Kashiwakura and is nothing out of the ordinary. They start a relationship. One day, out of the blue, Ichiro ardently proposes to Haruko. Realizing that he really loves her, Haruko says yes and they get married. But she still hasn't told him her real age.
Stay Gold · 1994Stay Gold
★ 6.31994
Series
Prep School Boogie · 1990Prep School Boogie
1990
SeriesComedy
This entertaining drama follows the fun-filled adventures of three prep-school students. Struggling with studies has become a thing of the past for these three young men, and they are ready to make the best of their free time in a world where they are no longer looked down on as fools.
Weather Forecaster's Lover · 2000Weather Forecaster's Lover
2000
SeriesComedy
Yano Katsuhiko, a weather forecaster who is divorced and is introduced by his friend, Taguchi to popular radio DJ Yukawa Sachi aka "Love Specialist". Yano recalled seeing pictures of her before but the person he actually saw is Sachi's friend, Yujin.
Promise at 20 years · 1992Promise at 20 years
1992
SeriesDrama
On approaching her 20th birthday, Yuki happily returns to Japan to see her penpal, Junpei. However, Junpei doesn't want to see her as he is the one who had caused her brother's death three years ago. Though the truth reveals one day, Yuki still loves him. The couple finally decides to get married despite the strong objection from Yuki's father and aunt. And just two days before their wedding bells ring, Junpei gets stabbed by his ex-accomplice. To keep his promise, Junpei bears the pain and completes the wedding ceremony with Yuki
White Love Story · 1995White Love Story
1995
SeriesDrama
A tale of one-sided love. Kurumi works in a travel agency; she falls in love with Kousuke after an accidental meeting on a train. Kousuke is a skiing ace; he is still in love with Noriko, a classmate from college. Noriko is trapped by her hopeless love for a married man. Kurumi follows Kousuke and his friends on a skiing trip to snowy Hokkaido. What can unravel this tangled web of one-sided love? -- Fuji Creative (Source: DramaWiki)
Best Friend · 1995Best Friend
1995
SeriesDramaComedy
Kouhei asks his girlfriend Kaede to marry him. He also reveals that his company going to transfer him to London office and that he would like his bride-to-be to come along. As Kaede walks home she bumps into Yuuko, a girl from far-off Yaizu who has come to town for meeting with her ex-boyfriend's buisiness partner. The girls inadvertently swap addresses books in the confusion, leading Kaede to discover that Yuuko has meeting planned with Kouhei. She immediately expects the worse.
Narita Divorce · 1997Narita Divorce
1997
SeriesDrama
CHANGE · 2008CHANGE
★ 8.82008
SeriesDrama
CHANGE is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV starting May 12, 2008.
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 · 2003川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
2003
Series
NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of Japan today. A ball floats from the river's source to the sea, unlocking the portrayal of six love stories across the four seasons of the year.
Invisible Man · 1996Invisible Man
★ 5.01996
Series
A photographer accidentally gets hold of a drink that enables him to become invisible, and while getting rapped up in stories in which he never expected to find himself, winds up being the hero.
深津絵里のblack comedy ブラコメ · 2006深津絵里のblack comedy ブラコメ
2006
SeriesComedy