Dankan

Dankan

Born: January 3, 1959
in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Dankan (ダンカン, born 3 January, 1959) is a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films since 1990.

Movies for Dankan...

Thousand and One Nights
Title: Thousand and One Nights
Character: Haruo Fujikura
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Tomiko, a middle-aged woman, waits patiently for her husband, who disappeared thirty years ago, to return. She lives alone in a declining fishing village, and continues to search tirelessly for her husband. One day she meets Nami, whose husband has also disappeared.
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Extraneous Matter Complete Edition
Title: Extraneous Matter Complete Edition
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 15, 2022
Type: Movie
Compilation of the four short films in the Extraneous Matter series.
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Stray Dogz 9
Title: Stray Dogz 9
Released: July 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Loan shark Tsukasa does good business serving women-in-need, but he struggles to recoup his loans when a shrewd yakuza uses his idea against him.
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God Raiga Vs. King Ohga
Title: God Raiga Vs. King Ohga
Released: May 5, 2020
Type: Movie
The giant monster Raiga returns, rising in Atami Harbor and attacking the city. A second kaiju, Ohga, soon joins the chaos, and the two monsters clash, destroying large sections of the city. Defense forces launch two new weapons, the giant tank Kamikaze and the drill tank Gokumei, to meet the the monster invasion head on. But as the beasts work their way to Tokyo, will they be enough to stop the monsters from laying waste to the city?
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Fukushima 50
Title: Fukushima 50
Character: newspaper reporter
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
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Seventeen Motors
Title: Seventeen Motors
Character: Eiji Ito
Released: December 14, 2019
Type: Movie
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La
Title: La
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
The vocalist of a broken up band tries to get the group back together.
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Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
Title: Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
Released: December 31, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: Shinjuku Seven
Character: Goro Sakata
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: TV
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Tokyo Ghoul
Title: Tokyo Ghoul
Character: Hisashi Ogura
Released: July 16, 2017
Type: Movie
A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
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Title: Silver and Gold
Character: Tetsu Umetani
Released: January 7, 2017
Type: TV
Morita, a man who never succeeds in anything, takes his anger out in gambling. He meets an underworld fixer named Ginji Hirai, who introduces him to the underworld trade, where billions of yen changes hands every moment, and speculators and other influential people bet their lives for greed.
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Moriyamachu Driving School
Title: Moriyamachu Driving School
Character: Grandfather
Released: July 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summer vacation, Kiyotaka Sato plans to get his driver's license to impress schoolmate Matsuda (Yukino Kishii). At this time, a yakuza boss (Ken Mitsuishi) orders Todoroki (Kento Kaku) to get his driver’s license. Todoroki doesn't show his feelings outwardly. Later, Todoroki drives a car without a driver’s license and he hits Kiyotaka Sato. To cover up the accident, Kiyotaka Sato is placed in a car and taken to away. He arrives at an unofficial driving school. The driving school is run by the Uehara family. There, Kiyotaka Sato and Todoroki learn that they graduated from the same high school. They spend their summer at the driving school.
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Evergreen Love
Title: Evergreen Love
Character: Makoto Yamazaki
Released: June 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Sayaka works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki, collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka about cooking wild herbs and collecting wild herbs, but he has a secret.
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Title: 99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Released: April 17, 2016
Type: TV
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
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Dr. Hikojiro
Title: Dr. Hikojiro
Character: Koichiro Segawa
Released: October 3, 2015
Type: Movie
One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!
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Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
Title: Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
Character: Detective Kawai
Released: September 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo. According to her husband Takeshi, the murdered Chieko Akiba was a top salesperson at the insurance company where she worked, but quit her job three months ago and planned to open a beauty salon after buying the building which happens to be the crime scene. The call history on her mobile phone reveals the victim answered a call at 8:16 PM and is presumed to have been murdered immediately afterwards. However, Ushio is surprised to hear who was on the other side of the call: Kyoko Yamano, a woman who accompanied Ushio under an umbrella on a rainy night one year ago and whose husband was killed by someone that very night...
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Goku Sagi 4
Title: Goku Sagi 4
Released: July 25, 2015
Type: Movie
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Goku Sagi 3
Title: Goku Sagi 3
Released: May 25, 2015
Type: Movie
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Goku Sagi 2
Title: Goku Sagi 2
Released: January 25, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: The Reason Mom and Papa Live
Character: Taiichi Yoshioka
Released: November 20, 2014
Type: TV
A story about a married couple both diagnosed with cancer and given limited time to live. As mother of two young children, Yoshioka Shuko notices a lump in her chest one day and goes to a hospital to have it checked out. When she is diagnosed with breast cancer, her husband Kenichi is fully prepared to battle the disease with her until he finds out that he, too is ill with lung cancer. For the sake of the children, the couple determine to not let this defeat them, but to approach life cheerfully and positively in what is a stirring and unforgettable record of a family driven by the strength of love and who never forgets their sense of humor.
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Soften!
Title: Soften!
Released: October 31, 2014
Type: Movie
The school has its own baseball team. The trouble is that there are nine of them and several of the girls are too weak, too small, too fat, too inexperienced, etc. They are in trouble. What is more, their manager is a janitor. The girls want to win in this adaptation of a popular manga in Japan.
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Title: TEAM -警視庁特別犯罪捜査本部
Released: April 16, 2014
Type: TV
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The Snow White Murder Case
Title: The Snow White Murder Case
Character: Kozaburo Shirono
Released: March 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?
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Again
Title: Again
Character: Police Officer
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
High school student Hatsumi lives with her mother. Her father passed away. She then meets 18-year-old Ryutaro who works at a waste paper collection field. They fall in love.Ryutaro is then unable to contact Hatsumi and jumps to the conclusion that Hatsumi hates him. When they meet again, Ryutaro loses control of his emotions and a horrific incident occurs. Hatsumi becomes conflicted with her mixed emotions towards Ryutaro. She makes a decision.
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Title: Tank-Top Fighter
Character: Hisatoshi Nishigi
Released: April 25, 2013
Type: TV
The drama is an action suspense which follows college student sisters named Kai and Riku. They were spending every day peacefully, but one day, their father gets arrested on suspicion of burglary and murder. In order to return 100 million yen that is supposed to have been stolen by the father, the sisters become bounty hunters, and chase after 4 criminals.
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Box: The Hakamada Case
Title: Box: The Hakamada Case
Character: Detective Matsumoto
Released: May 29, 2010
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...
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Ain't No Tomorrows
Title: Ain't No Tomorrows
Character: Chizu's Father
Released: November 22, 2008
Type: Movie
17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who has "boobs." His classmate Tomono, a sickly loner, is in a serious relationship with their married teacher.
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Suspect X
Title: Suspect X
Character: Kuniaki Kudo
Released: October 4, 2008
Type: Movie
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
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The Two in Tracksuits
Title: The Two in Tracksuits
Character: Mr. Okada
Released: July 18, 2008
Type: Movie
A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother. The following summer, the two once again leave the stifling heat of Tokyo, as if escaping to the mountain cottage. However, the next summer is very different.
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Cafe Isobe
Title: Cafe Isobe
Character: Ozawa
Released: July 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she hates him even more. He finally decides to start his own cafe, where Sakiko, of course has to help. From this moment, strange customers and good-looking waitresses form the center of tension between father and daughter.
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Dark Love: Rape
Title: Dark Love: Rape
Released: March 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A young woman moves into an apartment that is rigged with hidden cameras.A voyeur watches her every move and begins a strange relationship with her.
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Title: GARO
Character: Hyena
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, Mankind was given hope." The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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Noroi: The Curse
Title: Noroi: The Curse
Character: Guest on TV Program
Released: August 20, 2005
Type: Movie
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
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Innocent Seven
Title: Innocent Seven
Character: Hitoshi Kakiuchi
Released: August 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Seven families are aboard a bus towards a field camp for their vacation. At this camp, it becomes clear that this is not a common trip. The parents are of the kind that abused their children or were visited by children´s services, and at the camp they are offered to sell their children for a large sum of money, because there were customers that needed healthy internal organs.
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Doppelganger
Title: Doppelganger
Character: Medicom Industrial Employee
Released: September 27, 2003
Type: Movie
Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelgänger appears to help him out of the rut he has created for himself.
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
Title: Asako in Ruby Shoes
Character: Cameraman
Released: December 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
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Bad Money Hunting
Title: Bad Money Hunting
Released: February 17, 2000
Type: Movie
A man disappears, leaving a large amount of debt.
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Dead or Alive
Title: Dead or Alive
Character: Tanaka
Released: November 27, 1999
Type: Movie
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
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Suicide Bus
Title: Suicide Bus
Character: Aragaki
Released: August 11, 1998
Type: Movie
A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from her uncle. The tour appears to be normal (expect that everyone appears to be quite sombre), but Mitsuki learns its true purpose: the other passengers and the tour manager have a suicide pact to send the bus over a cliff so their families can collect the insurance money.
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Eyes of the Spider
Title: Eyes of the Spider
Character: Iwamatu
Released: April 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Nijima, a white-collar worker, finds the man responsible for his young daughter's murder. He tortures and interrogates the man, who maintains his innocence, before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow, until he encounters a man that introduces himself as an old friend. The man offers Nijima a new job, and subsequently introduces Nijima to his band of hired killers.
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Misty
Title: Misty
Released: December 24, 1996
Type: Movie
Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
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One More Time, One More Chance
Title: One More Time, One More Chance
Character: Kimura (as Dankan)
Released: December 21, 1996
Type: Movie
A romance that takes place one summer in the countryside between an out-of-job musician, Hanabi (Masayoshi Yamazaki), and a girl, Hibana (Masumi Sanada).
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Two Punks
Title: Two Punks
Character: Michio Umezawa
Released: December 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems.
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The Man with Two Hearts
Title: The Man with Two Hearts
Released: May 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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BeRLiN
Title: BeRLiN
Character: Ogata
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly, a TV crew who wanted to film a documentary about women like her begin searching for her. Coincidentally, a salary-man who saw the disappeared woman and wants to meet her again is found and joins the crew. Together they follow the clues. She has an amulet, which looks like a small bag, which she always hangs from her neck. It contains a piece of the Berlin wall.
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Promise of August
Title: Promise of August
Released: August 26, 1995
Type: Movie
Three college girls arrive in the countryside in search of an area where marijuana grows. Hitchhiking, they stop the car of a suicidal man, who falls in love with one of the girls at first sight.
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Immoral: Indecent Relationship
Title: Immoral: Indecent Relationship
Character: Newspaper reporter
Released: April 25, 1995
Type: Movie
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Getting Any?
Title: Getting Any?
Character: Asao
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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Title: Help!
Released: January 13, 1995
Type: TV
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Yankee Gurentai Nanbo no Monjai! 2
Title: Yankee Gurentai Nanbo no Monjai! 2
Released: January 14, 1994
Type: Movie
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Boiling Point
Title: Boiling Point
Character: Kazuo
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.