Makoto Ashikawa

Makoto Ashikawa

Born: April 19, 1960
Makoto Ashikawa (芦川誠, born 19 April 1960) is a Japanese actor.

Movies for Makoto Ashikawa...

Around The Table
Title: Around The Table
Character: Teacher Ojima
Released: June 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Haruko is a single mother. She has an unusual living arrangement. She lives with her son Riku, her friend Aiko and Aiko's boyfriend Sorao. One day, Yuko stays at Haruko's house to attend an art institute for the summer. Yuko is the daughter of Haruko's old friend Tomoyo. They haven't spoken for many years prior to Tomoyo reaching out to Haruko to ask if her daughter could stay with her for the summer. Haruko and Tomoyo have an uncomfortable past.
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That Man Is Dangerous: The Birth of Takeshi Kitano
Title: That Man Is Dangerous: The Birth of Takeshi Kitano
Released: October 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary with Makoto Ashikawa, who played Kikuchi in Violent Cop, and Masayuki Mori, the film's producer, commenting on the film and what was happening behind the scenes of Takeshi Kitano's first film as a director.
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Love Circumstances for Adults
Title: Love Circumstances for Adults
Released: February 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Sensual love story about a single woman struggling with romance. Director Morikawa Kei won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival for Makeup Room. Yamagishi Shiori (Maru Junko) is a single 38-year-old woman working in the editorial department of a women's magazine. Workaholic Shiori's only diversion is watching erotic videos for women and indulging in fantasies of romance with her favorite male porn star Shunsuke (Arima Yoshihiko). Then, one day she covers a porn shoot for a feature story about popular male porn stars…
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The Inerasable
Title: The Inerasable
Character: Mashiko's Father-in-law
Released: January 30, 2016
Type: Movie
A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.
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The Dork, The Girl, and The Douchebag
Title: The Dork, The Girl, and The Douchebag
Released: November 22, 2015
Type: Movie
A man with a wife and child attempts to run off with a hostess, but he doesn’t show up at the place they agreed to meet. The hostess continues to wait fully aware he won’t come. Then a man calls out to her…. “The Dork, The Girl, and The Douchebag,” the latest film in three years by OKUDA Yosuke who made his commercial film debut with “Tokyo Playboy Club” (11), is a powerful ensemble drama intertwining a drug dealer, a yakuza, an ex-convict youth, and others. It can be said the film inherits the setting of his previous work, but the intense realism exhibited in the raw chaos far exceeds the previous film and amply points to OKUDA’s future potential. Portraying the complex male character who only lives for violence, OKUDA’s talents as an actor should also not be overlooked.
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Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Title: Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Character: Yakitori Shop Manager
Released: April 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Title: Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
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Odayaka
Title: Odayaka
Released: December 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who is in a divorce, is worried that her daughter is exposed to radiation. Yukako is also afraid of radiation and tries to convince her husband to move. The two become friends after Yukako tries to save Saeko after a suicide attempt.
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Cold Fish
Title: Cold Fish
Character: Supermarket Manager
Released: January 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become friendly. However Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face.
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Golden Slumber
Title: Golden Slumber
Character: Ogushi
Released: January 30, 2010
Type: Movie
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.
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Fish Story
Title: Fish Story
Character: Suzuki
Released: March 20, 2009
Type: Movie
A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.
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The Booth
Title: The Booth
Released: November 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Shogo, the arrogant and condescending star of a popular call-in radio-show must temporarily broadcast out of Studio 6, a creepy and dilapidated booth abandoned since its last DJ committed suicide several years ago. Suddenly, Shogo begins receiving disturbing calls, the voice on the line whispers "Liar" over and over. Is the joke on him, has someone discovered the truth about his sinister past, or has the curse of Studio 6 been unleashed again? In this Booth, all sins will be atoned for.
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Takeshis'
Title: Takeshis'
Character: Assistant at Audition
Released: September 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
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Zatoichi
Title: Zatoichi
Character: Carpenter
Released: September 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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The King of Minami 23
Title: The King of Minami 23
Released: May 9, 2003
Type: Movie
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Ju-On: The Curse 2
Title: Ju-On: The Curse 2
Character: Tatsuya Suzuki
Released: March 25, 2000
Type: Movie
On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.
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Ju-on: The Curse
Title: Ju-on: The Curse
Character: Tatsuya Suzuki
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
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Fireworks
Title: Fireworks
Character: Tanaka
Released: October 30, 1997
Type: Movie
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.
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Kids Return
Title: Kids Return
Character: Teacher Hashida
Released: July 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
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Getting Any?
Title: Getting Any?
Character: Scientist's Assistant
Released: February 11, 1995
Type: Movie
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.
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Boiling Point
Title: Boiling Point
Character: Akira
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
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Violent Cop
Title: Violent Cop
Character: Kikuchi
Released: August 12, 1989
Type: Movie
A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
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Weekend Shuffle
Title: Weekend Shuffle
Released: October 23, 1982
Type: Movie
First mainstream film directed by Genji Nakamura, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1974 short story of the same title.
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September Sky
Title: September Sky
Released: December 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Kobayashi Isamu, a first-year high school student, lives in a family of four with his father, an artist, his mother, an insurance agent, and his sister, an office worker. To make ends meet, he works as a milkman. At school, he is a member of the kendo club and spends his days working out with his seniors. Over time, he has various encounters with a series of girls.
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Female Yakuza Tale
Title: Female Yakuza Tale
Character: Yoshimi
Released: June 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.