Naoki Kawano

Acting

Naoki Kawano

Born February 22, 1982 · Inzai, Chiba, Japan (age 44)

Born 1982 in Chiba, Japan, Naoki Kawano (川野直輝) is a Japanese actor and musician.

Known For

Flower & Snake: ZeroFlower & Snake: Zero · 2014
Flower & Snake: Zero
★ 6.02014
MovieMysteryThriller
Misaki Amemiya is an assistant inspector for the Metropolitan Police Department's Community Safety Bureau who becomes ensnared in a trap while investigating a mysterious illegal video website called "Babylon". Soon, she's bound and tortured along with Shizuko and an oversexed housewife named Ruri.
Monster IslandMonster Island · 2025
Monster Island
★ 6.22025
MovieHorrorFantasy
In the Pacific, 1944, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys LooseBayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose · 2010
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
★ 5.02010
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.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Feudal Movie WarsKamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Feudal Movie Wars · 2013
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Feudal Movie Wars
★ 6.02013
MovieActionAdventure
The story is divided in three portions. The Kamen Rider Wizard portion, Kamen Rider Wizard: The Promised Place, taking place after the finale and defeating Amadum. The Kamen Rider Gaim's portion of the film is titled Kamen Rider Gaim: Sengoku Battle Royale!. A battle royale is being held exclusively for the Armored Riders in Zawame City. In the final portion of the film, titled Sengoku Movie Battle, Kamen Riders Wizard and Beast join Kamen Rider Gaim in the alternate world to stop Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim from acquiring the "ultimate power" he seeks.
125 Years Memory125 Years Memory · 2015
125 Years Memory
★ 7.82015
MovieHistoryDrama
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.
Section Chief Aoshima Shunsuke THE MOBILE: Cases happening in the Interrogation Room!Section Chief Aoshima Shunsuke THE MOBILE: Cases happening in the Interrogation Room! · 2010
Section Chief Aoshima Shunsuke THE MOBILE: Cases happening in the Interrogation Room!
2010
MovieDramaCrime
Special drama consisting of 12 episodes about events that happen before the 3rd Oduru movie. Available via mobile network only.
Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL: The New HopeBayside Shakedown THE FINAL: The New Hope · 2012
Bayside 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...
Tell MeTell Me · 2022
Tell Me
★ 8.02022
Movie
On May 2, 1998, Hide, a leading Japanese rock musician who had been active as a guitarist for X JAPAN and as a solo artist (hide with Spread Beaver/zilch), suddenly passed away. His funeral was attended by about 50,000 people and became a social phenomenon as all of Japan wept at his untimely farewell. His younger brother, Hiroshi Matsumoto, who was Hide's manager, started to work with Hide's co-producer I.N.A., who had been working on a song with Hide, and his friends to make his brother's will come true. Yuji and I.N.A. struggle under the unusual circumstance that Hide himself is not present, but they are confronted with various difficulties.

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125 Years Memory125 Years Memory · 2015
125 Years Memory
★ 7.82015
MovieHistoryDrama
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.

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The Negotiator: The MovieThe Negotiator: The Movie · 2010
The Negotiator: The Movie
★ 5.82010
MovieThrillerCrime
¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura) and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to negotiate, an explosion suddenly occurs. The hostages panic and run, while the criminals are able to blend into crowd of people and escape. A few weeks later, Reiko is at the Haneda Airport to go on a vacation. She then spots Yusuke Kimoto (Kento Hayashi), a man who was one of the hostages at the shopping mall. Reiko remembers Yusuke's bizarre behavior and her instinct starts kicking in. She decides to follow the man and boards the airplane that Yusuke is taking. Shortly after take-off her instincts prove correct. The airplane is hijacked ...

Kazuki Kimoto

Ask This of RikyuAsk This of Rikyu · 2013
Ask This of Rikyu
★ 7.22013
MovieDramaHistory
Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nao Omori) and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide). Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's award-winning novel of the same name received the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film and Excellent Actor.