Acting
Tetsuya Takeda
Born November 4, 1949 · Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan (age 76)
Tetsuya Takeda is a Japanese folk singer and actor, perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Kinpachi-sensei (San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.
Known For
The Return of Godzilla · 1984The Return of Godzilla
★ 7.21984
MovieScience FictionAction
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Station · 1981Station
★ 6.31981
MovieDramaThriller
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Godzilla 1985 · 1985Godzilla 1985
★ 6.81985
MovieActionScience Fiction
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
The Yellow Handkerchief · 1977The Yellow Handkerchief
★ 7.01977
MovieComedyDrama
A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
A Distant Cry from Spring · 1980A Distant Cry from Spring
★ 7.41980
MovieDrama
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation · 2016Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
★ 6.02016
MovieActionRomance
Izumi Hoshi is senior in high school, but she led a small yakuza group in her past. After killing her uncle's murderer with a machine gun, her yakuza group disbanded. Izumi now lives an ordinary life as a high school student and works as a manager at a cafe. A dangerous situation soon awaits for Izumi.
Karate Cop 5 · 1987Karate Cop 5
1987
MovieActionComedy
Hole in the Pants · 1984Hole in the Pants
★ 5.51984
MovieComedyRomance
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut video release from Pantsu no ana, a subsection of "BOMB" magazine.
Movies
The Return of Godzilla · 1984The Return of Godzilla
★ 7.21984
MovieScience FictionAction
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Station · 1981Station
★ 6.31981
MovieDramaThriller
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Godzilla 1985 · 1985Godzilla 1985
★ 6.81985
MovieActionScience Fiction
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
The Yellow Handkerchief · 1977The Yellow Handkerchief
★ 7.01977
MovieComedyDrama
A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
A Distant Cry from Spring · 1980A Distant Cry from Spring
★ 7.41980
MovieDrama
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation · 2016Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
★ 6.02016
MovieActionRomance
Izumi Hoshi is senior in high school, but she led a small yakuza group in her past. After killing her uncle's murderer with a machine gun, her yakuza group disbanded. Izumi now lives an ordinary life as a high school student and works as a manager at a cafe. A dangerous situation soon awaits for Izumi.
Karate Cop 5 · 1987Karate Cop 5
1987
MovieActionComedy
Hole in the Pants · 1984Hole in the Pants
★ 5.51984
MovieComedyRomance
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut video release from Pantsu no ana, a subsection of "BOMB" magazine.
Labyrinth of Cinema · 2020Labyrinth of Cinema
★ 6.82020
MovieHistoryFantasy
When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
Mito Komon · 2025Mito Komon
2025
Movie
Lord Mito Mitsukuni (Takeda Tetsuya) heads for Kanazawa via Wajima, where lacquerware interests spark trouble. Rumors of an assassination plot against Maeda Tsunatoshi and the shadow of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu force the team to act.
Choji Snack Bar · 1983Choji Snack Bar
★ 7.81983
MovieDrama
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.
Hanagatami · 2017Hanagatami
★ 7.12017
MovieDramaRomance
Spring, 1941: 16-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
I Want to Be a Shellfish · 2008I Want to Be a Shellfish
★ 8.32008
MovieTV MovieWar
1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...
Professor Eiko · 2016Professor Eiko
2016
MovieMystery
The body of a professor is discovered at a university lecture hall suspended from the ceiling of the stage, with a series of mysterious numbers written on the curtains nearby. Professor Eiko, a law professor at the university well versed in criminology, is asked to assist police in the investigation, and he uncovers clues that point to him as a suspect. Why is he being set up? As he and his assistant work to decipher the code left on the curtains, another professor at the university is murdered. And yet another mysterious code is left at the scene of the crime.
Shining Boy and Little Randy · 2005Shining Boy and Little Randy
★ 5.32005
MovieRomanceFamily
Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.
The Tragedy of W · 2010The Tragedy of W
★ 7.02010
MovieMysteryThriller
The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma · 1986Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
★ 8.01986
MovieActionDrama
橋ものがたり「約束」 · 2024橋ものがたり「約束」
2024
MovieRomance
Strawberry Night · 2013Strawberry Night
★ 6.52013
MovieThriller
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case ...
Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy · 2011Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy
2011
MovieAnimationComedy
Long time ago in ancient Japan, human beings could still see Yokai monsters and were afraid of them. However, as time passed and civilization and enlightenment progressed, people started forgetting about them... Though a son of the leader of all Yokai monsters, Mikoshi Nyudo, an adorable looking monster, Tofu Boy, has no talent in scaring the human beings. He is always scolded by his father and laughed at by his monster friends. One day, he decides to go on a journey to find out about the meaning of his life as a Yokai monster and to see his mother he's never met before.
Furiko · 2015Furiko
2015
MovieDramaFamily
Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain · 2013Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
★ 7.72013
MovieTV MovieCrime
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai · 2000Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
★ 8.02000
MovieMusicComedy
A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
It's All Right, My Friend · 1983It's All Right, My Friend
★ 6.31983
MovieComedyScience Fiction
An alien with super powers fallen from the sky is befriended by some people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.
TV Shows
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B · 1979Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
★ 7.01979
SeriesDrama
A legendary television series and cultural asset, Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B is famous for putting many social issues on the front burner of the public conscious over its long run, as filtered through the emotionally volatile lives of third year middle school students. The heartfelt relations between a devoted schoolteacher, Kinpachi Sakamoto, and his unique students have won the show high praise for several decades. Whether due to the pressures of exams, family relations, teachers and friends, graduating middle school students navigate a turbulent hormonal sea of “hope” and “frustration”, constantly shaped by the social environment of the times. Standing as a beacon in the storm and emitting messages of hope for each generation is one Japanese teacher, Kinpachi Sakamoto, who has come to be adored and admired by a nation through the adventures of Class 3B.
Jin · 2009Jin
★ 7.92009
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
After awakening in the Edo era, a neurosurgeon uses his medical knowledge to help those around him while searching for a way back to the present day.
Jun to Ai · 2012Jun to Ai
2012
SeriesDramaComedy
Jun to Ai is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on October 1, 2012 and was broadcast until March 30, 2013. It is about a girl named Jun Kanō, raised in Miyakojima, Okinawa, who moves to Osaka to work in a hotel. There she meets a man named Itoshi Machida, with whom she falls in love. It is the 87th NHK Asadora.
Would You Like to Play Da Capo? · 2023Would You Like to Play Da Capo?
★ 5.02023
SeriesDramaMystery
Eight men and women with heavy debts, are trapped in a situation where they cannot survive. The eight people are invited by a mysterious man named Ninomiya, an agent of Mr. X, to play a "lottery game" at a permanently closed hotel. The game involves risking their lives and their money. Who is Mr. X and what is the purpose of the game?
(Source: DramaWiki)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit · 2016Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
★ 7.72016
SeriesDrama
The heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues Prince Chagum who has fallen into a river. The prince is carrying a mysterious spirit egg in his body, and is in danger of being assassinated by his father, the Mikado, who fears this will damage his imperial prestige. Balsa embarks upon a perilous journey when she accepts the queen’s plead to protect her son from her husband.
Into the White Night · 2006Into the White Night
★ 7.42006
SeriesDramaCrime
What happens with two children commit two different muders in order to protect each other? Does salvation exist for them? In order to walk beneath the sun once more, Ryouji and Yukiho find themselves in a twisted web from which neither can escape without abandoning the other. Having no one but each other, this drama follows the events the follow that fateful day… 14 years ago.
Kusa Moeru · 1979Kusa Moeru
★ 7.01979
SeriesDrama
The story chronicles the life of Hōjō Masako during the Kamakura Period.
Strawberry Night · 2012Strawberry Night
★ 7.82012
SeriesCrimeMystery
Reiko Himekawa is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work and gain the respect of the policeman.
Shi no Zōki · 2015Shi no Zōki
★ 7.52015
Series
Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" · 2020Isekai Izakaya "Nobu"
★ 6.72020
SeriesDrama
"Nobu" is a bar located on a not so busy street in Kyoto. The front entrance of the bar is connected to the alternate world of "Aiteria,” which is like medieval Europe. People from Aiteria visit the bar Nobu.
Nobuyuki Yazawa was once a chef at a high-end restaurant, but he is now the owner of Nobu. Shinobu Senke works as a waitress for the bar. She is bright, smart and pretty. The bar's cold beer "Toriaezu Nama" becomes popular and the bar thrives. Customers from Aiteria with various backgrounds like soldiers, merchants, and noblemen have a good time at Nobu.
The 101st Proposal · 1991The 101st Proposal
★ 7.81991
SeriesDrama
After 99 failed dates, an earnest bachelor meets a guarded classical musician. He's all in — she's not so sure. Can his persistence lead to love?
The Emperor's Cook · 2015The Emperor's Cook
★ 7.42015
SeriesDrama
The drama series depicts the life of Tokuzo Akiyama, head chef of the Imperial Household Ministry’s Imperial Cuisine Division during the Taisho (1912-1926) and early Showa (1926-1989) eras. Based on a true story and book by Hisahide Sugimori, 'The Emperor’s Cook' follows the life of country boy, Akiyama, who arrives in Tokyo in pursuit of the culinary arts. Driven by a deep love for his wife and family, a great reverence for his teachers, strong reliance on friends and an abiding love for cooking, Akiyama eventually rises to become 'the Emperor’s cook'.
Detective Zero · 2019Detective Zero
★ 6.62019
SeriesMysteryCrime
Rekihiko Tokiya is an excellent detective in Kyoto. While he chases a suspect, Rekihiko Tokiya falls into a water storage pool at an abandoned factory. He wakes up in a hospital room. Rekihiko Tokiya is stunned that he cannot remember anything from the past 20 years. He is 51-years-old, but he cannot remember anything from the age of 31 when he started work as a detective. He is a divorcee, but he has does not remember his ex-wife.
The Good Wife · 2019The Good Wife
★ 7.52019
SeriesFamilyDrama
Kyoko Hasumi (Takako Tokiwa) is a former lawyer who quit her job to become a housewife and a mother. Her husband is an elite prosecutor. He works as the leader of a special investigation department at the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office, but he is charged with corruption and gets arrested. A scandal with another woman is also revealed. Kyoko Hasumi's life as a "good wife" begins to change. To protect her children, she decides to work again as a lawyer. She is hired temporarily at a law office and begins to work as a lawyer for the first time in 16 years.
Reverse · 2017Reverse
★ 7.02017
SeriesMystery
Kazuhisa Fukase graduated from a prestigious university, but he leads a boring life. His only strength is making delicious coffee. Whenever he makes coffee, he is reminded of his friend Yoshiki Hirosawa. He was friends with Yoshiki Hirosawa back in their university days, but Yoshiki Hirosawa died on a snowboarding trip 10 years ago.
One day, he meets Mihoko Ochi at a coffee shop. He is strongly attracted to her.
Kazuhisa Fukase goes to a professor’s retirement celebration at a university. There, he meets Kosuke Asai who went snowboarding with Yoshiki Hirosawa on that fateful trip. Journalist Toshio Ogasawara also appears there. He has been investigating Yoshiki Hirosawa's death.
Virgin Road · 1997Virgin Road
★ 7.31997
SeriesDramaFamily
To pursue her dreams, Sakurai Kazumi (Wakui Emi) quits her job and goes to New York to study jewelry design, against the objections of her naggy and stubborn but well-meaning father (Takeda Tetsuya). As part of remaking herself, she changes from spectacles to contact lenses, even though she has problems adapting to them. When she accidentally drops her contact lenses, a mysterious man helps prevent them from being stepped on, but he walks away before she can talk to him.
Some years pass, and Kazumi is on a plane home after receiving a letter from her brother Taku saying their father is critically ill. She has morning sickness and has some run-ins on the plane with a sloppily-dressed man, and it is only when she drops her contacts and the man helps her in a similar way that she recognises him (Sorimachi Takashi). She chases after him and asks, "would you like to do some work (arubaito)?" It turns out that Kazumi in her last letter from New York had written that she was in a relationship with someone and that they might soon marry, but since then she has broken up with him, and she didn't want to make her father upset by coming home alone. The man, a freelance journalist named Yoshimi Kaoru, agrees to pretend to be her fiancé.
HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer · 2010HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer
2010
SeriesCrimeDrama
National tax investigator Matsuko Matsudaira is transferred to Tokyo office for chase Tax evaders.
Her new style of chasing the taxe evader with going undercover make some problems with her colleagues and boss.
Satomi Hakkenden · 2006Satomi Hakkenden
★ 7.32006
SeriesDrama
"Satomi Hakkenden" tells the tale of eight samurai brothers and their adventures, with themes of loyalty and family honor, as well as Confucianism, bushido and Buddhist philosophy.
"Satomi Hakkenden" is based off a 19th century 106 volume epic novel written by Kyokutei Bakin. The novel was written over a period of 30 years. Kyokutei Bakin had gone blind before finishing the tale, consequently, dictating the final portions to his daughter-in-law Michi.
Totto Television · 2016Totto Television
★ 6.02016
SeriesDrama
A drama series based on the novel "Totto Channeru" by famed Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.
Tabiya Okaeri · 2022Tabiya Okaeri
2022
SeriesDrama
Using her stage name, Oka Erika works as an entertainer and a program reporter. She is in her 30's and her real name is Okabayashi Eriko. Erika loves to travel. Her program "Chobit Tabi" is also about traveling, but the show is stopped due to a mistake by Erika. At that time, a letter is delivered to her management company. The letter asks if Erika can go on a trip instead of their sick daughter.
Keiji no Genba · 2008Keiji no Genba
2008
SeriesCrime
A drama about a rookie detective who teams up with a veteran detective and develops a good rapport while overcoming difficulties. Keigo starts his new post at a local police station where he partners up with Shoichi, a frigid, yet warm-hearted, detective on the verge of retirement. The drama features how the young detective builds up his career with the veteran and those who are connected with his cases.
LINK · 2013LINK
2013
SeriesDrama
Aishikata ga Wakaranai · 1989Aishikata ga Wakaranai
1989
SeriesDrama
The 102st Proposal · 2026The 102st Proposal
2026
SeriesDrama
Hoshino Hikari, 30 and single, is the daughter of Hoshino Tatsuro and Yabuki Kaoru, who were united in "The 101st Proposal". She has fortunately grown into a beauty like her mother and inherited her talent, becoming a popular cellist. When Hikari was in high school, Kaoru passed away from illness, and Tatsuro raised her single-handedly with great care. They still live together now.
Hikari already has a boyfriend—the super handsome pianist and wealthy heir, Oto Otsuki. But a new man falls for her at first sight: Taiyo Sorano, 33, single. He's a hopeless romantic who's been rejected by women 99 times straight.
Which man will her father, Tatsuro, approve of as a husband for his daughter—or disapprove of?!