Takeshi Ōbayashi

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Born: January 24, 1942
in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Takeshi Ōbayashi...

Title: Kumokiri Nizaemon
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: TV
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
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Title: Himitsu Chouhouin Erika
Character: Shin Gono
Released: October 6, 2011
Type: TV
Sanada plays a salariman who just lost his job. Yonekura, his wife, is a dancer who gave up her career when they got married. In the middle of family crisis, Yonekura leaves to pursue her dream. Sanada is stuck with their only son. Suzuki, his old flame -turn jet set career woman- is forced to take care of them. Will the romance spark again, now that Sanada already has family, and Suzuki has a younger man, Makoto, beside her?
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SP: The Motion Picture
Title: SP: The Motion Picture
Released: October 30, 2010
Type: Movie
At an event hall in Roppongi Hills, there is a charity event for landmine eradication. Kaoru does security with Security Police officers Soichiro Ogata, Eri Sasamoto, Takahumi Yamamoto and Mitsuo Ishida. Kaoru Inoue senses a threatening existence and starts to suffer a severe headache and becomes dizzy. When Kaoru was young, his parents were killed by terrorists and that incident has had an traumatic effect on Kaoru since.
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Love Scenario
Title: Love Scenario
Released: September 25, 2010
Type: Movie
Popular TV screenwriter Mayumi Taniyama suffers from the dreaded writer's block. When producer Masaya Mukai asks for a screenplay written for him, Mayumi Taniyama offers to write one if he falls in love with her.
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Ekiro
Title: Ekiro
Character: Takizawa
Released: April 11, 2009
Type: Movie
An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.
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Achilles and the Tortoise
Title: Achilles and the Tortoise
Character: President of Kuramochi's Business Partner
Released: September 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
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Chameleon
Title: Chameleon
Released: July 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.
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Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy
Title: Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy
Released: March 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.
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Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy
Title: Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex. Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wild life in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.
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Kichiku
Title: Kichiku
Released: October 15, 2002
Type: Movie
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Title: Psycho Doctor
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Hanamura Daisuke
Released: July 4, 2000
Type: TV
A comical look at the Japanese legal system. Big corporate law firm seeking to increase their profit margin notices that a lot of the partners spend a lot of their time on cases which don't bring in a lot of revenue. They decide they need to hire an average lawyer, at a minimal salary, that will take care of these small cases and not complain. That's why the law firm hires Hanamura Daisuke (Yusuke Santamaria)...to handle these minor cases. Daisuke's approach to the law is very unique and the way he handles each case is very entertaining
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Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Title: Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Released: December 11, 1999
Type: Movie
An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
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Title: The Woman of S.R.I.
Character: Saburo Kunimochi
Released: October 21, 1999
Type: TV
Mariko is a forensic scientist working at the Kyoto PD Crime Lab. Her credo is “science never lies” and she delves into the truth of the case with her colleagues with their specialized skills and knowledge in forensic medicine, physics, chemistry etc. Mariko’s steadfast belief in science makes her stand against conventional institutional ethics of the police department, diehard detectives averse to scientific investigation and sometimes even with her own colleagues, but she stays faithful to her belief in science and continues to pursue the truth.
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Title: Naguru Onna
Released: October 13, 1998
Type: TV
Fired by the company she works at, and desperate for a new job, accountant Yoshimura Kaoru finds herself taking a job at Paradise Gym - a boxing gym. Through a series of events she ends up becoming the trainer of an old boxer Sawada Ryohei, trying to make something of himself after quitting his well paying job. Although she hates the sport, she finds herself attached to this rude, obnoxious man and they journey forth together to find where it is they both belong.
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Memory & Desire
Title: Memory & Desire
Character: Sayo's Father
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's disapproving mother in Japan. On their honeymoon, they have the freedom to express their love away from her repressive influence. However, on what should be the happiest of days, Keiji is drowned and Sayo must, by custom, return to live with her cruel and selfish mother-in-law.
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The Eyes of Asia
Title: The Eyes of Asia
Character: Martinho
Released: April 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Nakaura of Julian (Julião Nakaura), a priest of the Society of Jesus, was one of four young ambassadors sent to Rome by the Jesuits in 1538, as proof that Japan had converted to Christianity. Fifty years after the mission, which so fascinated European royalty, Julian was forced again to prove his faith, only this time before a Shogun, who wanted to force him to abandon his religion. Julian resists, as does Miguel Chijiwa, a fellow at the embassy to Rome, who become a martyr. Betrayed by Cristóvão Ferreira, who cannot bear the torture, Julian suffers an inglorious death ... or maybe not. All the while, a woman wants to discover her past...
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Title: Denji Sentai Megaranger
Character: Professor Kawasaki
Released: February 14, 1997
Type: TV
When his video game prowess is discovered by the International Network of Excel-Science and Technology — or I.N.E.T. — high school student Kenta Date is brought in to lend his expertise to their mysterious research. Meanwhile, four classmates show up, wanting to know more about the I.N.E.T. facility. Their experience will change their lives forever, as I.N.E.T. survives an attack by the nefarious Dr. Hinelar and an army from another dimension determined to conquer our reality! Now, it's up to Kenta and his four classmates to "install Megaranger" and become the team of heroes their video games prepared them to be!
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SEXY COP 348
Title: SEXY COP 348
Released: August 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Asuka Hanyu, a lone wolf who will stop at nothing to investigate, is a cool beauty who throws away her voluptuous body and strikes her enemies right between the eyes. This female detective infiltrates the Taiwanese mafia. However, her identity is compromised when someone tips her off!
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GO CRAZY 銃弾を駆け抜けろ!
Title: GO CRAZY 銃弾を駆け抜けろ!
Released: June 14, 1996
Type: Movie
Satomi breaks her lover Takao out of jail, who was falsely accused of killing her parents.
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A Brief Message from the Heart
Title: A Brief Message from the Heart
Released: November 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
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Lifetime Insecurity
Title: Lifetime Insecurity
Released: October 29, 1994
Type: Movie
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
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Hold Me and Kiss Me
Title: Hold Me and Kiss Me
Released: November 14, 1992
Type: Movie
Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist the infection, she finds new friendship and companionship with a journalist named Miyuki and a man named Akira.
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Heavenly Sin
Title: Heavenly Sin
Released: October 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her.
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Super Girl Maria: Final Fight
Title: Super Girl Maria: Final Fight
Released: November 25, 1991
Type: Movie
It's been a year since the fierce battle with the incarnation of hatred, "Yama". Peace returned to the city, and Maria was in her second year of high school. Her destructive power increased with the teachings of her same supernatural power, Hiroshi. Eventually, it will be time to join forces with the new "Kuru". Hiroshi's predictive ability, excellent spatiotemporal movement, and Maria's psychokinesis overlap ... "Holy power" is generated. The final death battle with Yama begins.
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Super Girl Maria
Title: Super Girl Maria
Released: September 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Yama, a bloodthirsty demon full of hatred and anger. He who confronts it is selected to have a few supernatural powers. Maria, wages a supernatural war in a school and another dimension with the help of Hiroshi who has the same ability.
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Heaven and Earth
Title: Heaven and Earth
Released: November 24, 1990
Type: Movie
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
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Kobayashi Hitomi no reijo monogatari
Title: Kobayashi Hitomi no reijo monogatari
Character: Kôhei Mizukami
Released: December 19, 1987
Type: Movie
A young lady who lives in a villa, drives a luxury car, plays tennis, throws garden parties and lives a comfortable life. However, she was actually a false young lady. She was a mistress owned by a certain man. But she ignores the feelings of her sugar daddy and runs out of the villa, hunting for other men. However, with the appearance of a certain man, she learns of true love and tries to live that love. However, her body had already refused to be monopolized by any man...
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Buchō no aijin: Pinku no sutokkingu
Title: Buchō no aijin: Pinku no sutokkingu
Character: Kenzô Gôhara
Released: April 26, 1986
Type: Movie
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Female Doctor: Flesh Slave
Title: Female Doctor: Flesh Slave
Character: Okada
Released: March 8, 1986
Type: Movie
A female doctor tries to prove her innocence when an erotic tape is shown to her fiancé.
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Bishimai: hagu!
Title: Bishimai: hagu!
Character: Yuichiro Azuma
Released: March 9, 1985
Type: Movie
Two unmarried sisters live together. They both have careers and boyfriends. And in the end they always have each other.
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Watashi no naka no shōfu
Title: Watashi no naka no shōfu
Character: Kuroda
Released: November 3, 1984
Type: Movie
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Beaten by Black Rain
Title: Beaten by Black Rain
Character: Takeshi (voice)
Released: August 12, 1984
Type: Movie
Many years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the survivors (called hibakusha in Japanese) are still physically and emotionally devastated by the event. Kuroi Ame ni Utarete tells the interlocking stories of a group of survivors who frequent Stand Akauma, a bar: Takeshi, who lost his entire family; Tomoko, a prostitute horribly burned in the bombing; her younger brother Junji, who scrabbles on the fringes of society; Eiko, a pregnant young woman whom he loves; and Yuri, another prostitute who is determined to secure a brighter future for her blind son.
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Zankoku! Shōjo tarento
Title: Zankoku! Shōjo tarento
Character: Division Chief Yashiro
Released: March 2, 1984
Type: Movie
After appearing on a TV program a young woman is recruited to be an advertising idol much to the dismay of her boyfriend.
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Serial Killer: Coldblooded
Title: Serial Killer: Coldblooded
Released: February 11, 1984
Type: Movie
Based on the life of Japanese serial killer and thief Kiyotaka Katsuta.
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Lanterns on Blue Waters
Title: Lanterns on Blue Waters
Released: November 15, 1983
Type: Movie
The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.
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Antarctica
Title: Antarctica
Character: Nonomiya Taicho
Released: July 23, 1983
Type: Movie
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Daisaburo Hon'iden
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Ryūnosuke Nirei
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
Title: The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
Released: July 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Kotiyama is a swindler and extortionist, the head of a whole gang of crooks, usually posing as a poor monk; once he really took vows, but he was kicked out of the monastery long ago. He is enterprising, smart and not too cruel, so his accomplices love him. Posing as an envoy from the abbot of the Kennei Temple, Kotiama plays a show in front of Lord Matsue with an income of 150,000 koku, and extorts money from him. The film is based on the famous play by Kawatake Mokuami.
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The Highest Honour
Title: The Highest Honour
Character: Interpreter Yoshino
Released: May 15, 1982
Type: Movie
After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.
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The Imperial Navy
Title: The Imperial Navy
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
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The Two Musashis
Title: The Two Musashis
Character: Seijuro Yoshioka
Released: May 29, 1981
Type: Movie
Toru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as Okamoto Musashi. They must not only contend with the Yoshioka and Yagyu fencing schools, but have to take on Chiyonosuke Azuma as Sasaki Kojiro, and deal with the women who pursue them for love. Unlike the Yoshikawa Eiji novel which is not historically accurate, this film offers a new view of Japan’s greatest hero! The film is based on the novel by Kosuke Gomi!
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Motto hageshiku motto tsuyoku
Title: Motto hageshiku motto tsuyoku
Character: Hiroshi Makieda
Released: May 15, 1981
Type: Movie
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Gate of Youth
Title: Gate of Youth
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: Movie
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
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Title: Shōgun
Character: Urano
Released: September 15, 1980
Type: TV
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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Title: Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Released: August 20, 1977
Type: TV
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Space Battleship Yamato
Title: Space Battleship Yamato
Character: Schultz (voice)
Released: August 6, 1977
Type: Movie
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
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Title: The Water Margin
Character: Sung Chiang
Released: October 2, 1973
Type: TV
The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. This adaptation follows Lin Chung and his clashes with the local government official Kao Chiu. The Water Margin is famous for its, sometimes obscure, but memorable philosophical quotes, such as "Do not despise the snake for having no horns,for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""
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Sunset Sunrise
Title: Sunset Sunrise
Released: April 29, 1973
Type: Movie
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara in 1971, Sunset Sunrise (Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru) is a “hippie” road movie chronicling the trek that a handful of people take in order to reach Katmandú, the capital of Nepal.
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Title: Kogarashi Monjiro
Character: Official
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: TV
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
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Heroic Purgatory
Title: Heroic Purgatory
Released: September 26, 1970
Type: Movie
Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.