Kenji Kodama

Acting

Kenji Kodama

Born June 3, 1932 · Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Died August 12, 2024 · aged 92

No biography available.

Known For

RanRan · 1985
Ran
★ 8.01985
MovieActionDrama
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
High and LowHigh and Low · 1963
High and Low
★ 8.41963
MovieDramaCrime
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Tokyo!Tokyo! · 2008
Tokyo!
★ 6.92008
MovieComedyDrama
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
After the RainAfter the Rain · 2000
After the Rain
★ 7.32000
MovieDrama
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
Snake and WhipSnake and Whip · 1986
Snake and Whip
★ 5.41986
MovieDramaHorror
A young woman gets a new job as an executive secretary. Her boss discovers that she resembles her late mother who he desired but lost to another man. Seeing his chance for revenge the boss and his sadistic circle of friends make plans to turn her into his personal sex slave.
Flower and Snake 2: Sketch of HellFlower and Snake 2: Sketch of Hell · 1985
Flower and Snake 2: Sketch of Hell
★ 5.21985
MovieThrillerDrama
The daughter of a wealthy family rebels when her father remarries and she becomes a leader of a girl gang. She hatches a plot to use her stepmother to get a large sum of money by pretending to be kidnapped. But the tables are turned when gangsters intervene and capture them both. They are subjected to various humiliations and sexual perversions.
Funeral Parade of RosesFuneral Parade of Roses · 1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
★ 7.51969
MovieDrama
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.
Flower and Snake 5: Rope MagicFlower and Snake 5: Rope Magic · 1987
Flower and Snake 5: Rope Magic
★ 5.11987
MovieThrillerDrama
The story of the gambler,who is unable to pay his loan.His wife and daughter are kidnapped and subjected to many days of torture and sexual degradation.

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Crime Mystery by Kosaku Asahina: Tragedy of Hanasaki VillageCrime Mystery by Kosaku Asahina: Tragedy of Hanasaki Village · 2016
Crime Mystery by Kosaku Asahina: Tragedy of Hanasaki Village
2016
MovieMystery
Mystery writer Kosaku Asahina scores yet another scoop in a case that occurred in the streets. He even personally conducts investigations and frequently makes these cases the basis for his own novels. It maybe because his late father was a scholar that he is cool, but brims with curiosity and action. One day, Kosaku is facing the computer in his living room and writing a new novel. The novel is based on the baffling case of a female who fell to her death in Setagaya in the past. Kosaku had personally conducted interviews and inspected the scene of her death, but still cannot get to the truth. Then a letter addressed to his father Konosuke who died more than 20 years ago, is delivered to Kosaku. The name of the sender is the female whose mysterious death from a fall, is the subject of Kosaku’s new novel.

Ryutaro Hanayagi

監察医 室生亜季子㉚ 震える�顔監察医 室生亜季子㉚ 震える顔 · 2001
監察医 室生亜季子㉚ 震える顔
2001
MovieMystery
Kota Mizutani, a 10-year-old boy whose health worsened after he saw a murder, is brought to Akiko's clinic by his mother Mariko. Kota says that two months ago, he witnessed a man in a park strangling a woman with a cord and was chased by the man afterwards. Hamada, who listens to his story along with Akiko, immediately performs an investigation but cannot find any traces of the crime. However, Kota's testimony gains credence when the body of a woman killed two months before is discovered on a construction site in Kawagoe. Acting on a tip from a citizen who says she had been wearing the same clothes as the victim, the police search the house of Kazuko Shimazaki, a photographer who is often absent. But when Kazuko returns from her trip with her assistant Hirano, it becomes clear the victim is a different person.

Azuma Clinic doctor

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonDoctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon · 2012
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
★ 7.52012
SeriesDramaMystery
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.