Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Born: June 3, 1987
in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Nagasawa Masami is a Japanese actress under Toho Entertainment. She has performed in many famous movies and television dramas including Crying out Love in the Center of the World, Nada Sousou, Dragon Zakura and Proposal Daisakusen. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2006. She is also known as "Ma-chan" or as Yamashita Tomohisa calls her "Maa-tan". On her radio show, she introduces herself as "Gasawa", a nickname chosen by fans. She is the daughter of Kazuaki Nagasawa, the former manager of the J. League team Júbilo Iwata.

Movies for Masami Nagasawa...

All About Suomi
Title: All About Suomi
Released: September 13, 2024
Type: Movie
Suomi, the wife of a wealthy man, suddenly disappears. After learning of Suomi's disappearance, five men who loved her assemble at her husband's mansion. However, everyone's image of Suomi is completely different from the other, both in terms of appearance and personality. What exactly is Suomi's true identity?
bee
April, Come She Will
Title: April, Come She Will
Character: Yayoi Sakamoto
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
Shun Fujishiro is a psychiatrist and works at a university hospital in Tokyo. He is engaged to Yayoi Sakamoto. One day in April, when he is about to marry Yayoi Sakamoto, he receives a letter from his first love Haru Iyoda. They dated 10 years ago. Suddenly, his fiancé Yayoi Sakamoto disappears.
bee
The Parades
Title: The Parades
Character: Minako
Released: February 28, 2024
Type: Movie
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.
bee
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
Title: Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
Character: Yang Duan He
Released: July 28, 2023
Type: Movie
To defend their kingdom against a sudden invasion, a mighty general returns to the battlefield alongside a war orphan, now grown up, who dreams of glory.
bee
Do Unto Others
Title: Do Unto Others
Character: Hidemi Otomo
Released: March 24, 2023
Type: Movie
A community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing centre are found. The passing of 42 elderly patients is connected to Shiba, a caretaker recognised for his affection and dedication.
bee
Shin Kamen Rider
Title: Shin Kamen Rider
Character: Sasori Augment-01
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
bee
Title: Elpis
Character: Ena Asakawa
Released: October 24, 2022
Type: TV
Inspired by multiple true cases of false accusations, Elpis follows Ena Asakawa (Masami Nagasawa), a former network anchor whose star has faded due to scandal and now helms a late-night, less-formal magazine show. There an under-rated and rookie director Takuro Kishimoto (Gordon Maeda) begins to doubt a death row conviction which, together with Asakawa, make-up artist Cherry (Toko Miura) and star reporter Shouichi Saito (Ryohei Suzuki), they investigate and unravel as a state-wide conspiracy and cover up.
bee
A Hundred Flowers
Title: A Hundred Flowers
Character: Kaori
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of the mother feel as vivid as when he lived them. One in particular, when he believed she had disappeared, haunts him terribly.
bee
Shin Ultraman
Title: Shin Ultraman
Character: Hiroko Asami
Released: May 13, 2022
Type: Movie
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
bee
The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -
Title: The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -
Character: Dako
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Dako, Boku-chan and Richard commit their next con on Malta Island.
bee
THE BEE
Title: THE BEE
Released: November 24, 2021
Type: Movie
bee
Masquerade Night
Title: Masquerade Night
Character: Naomi Yamagishi
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
bee
Title: Matsuo Suzuki to 30-pun no Joyuu
Released: March 28, 2021
Type: TV
In commemoration of WOWOW's 30th anniversary, Suzuki Matsuo, the artistic director of Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon in Tokyo and the leader of Otona Keikaku, will write, direct, and perform in an original omnibus comedy drama. Each episode is 30 minutes long and is performed with a single actress. The four actresses who will be invited into the world of "laughter" created by Matsuo, who has created numerous works as a master of comedy, are Yo Yoshida, Mikako Tabe, Kumiko Aso, and Haru Kuroki.
bee
Detective Chinatown 3
Title: Detective Chinatown 3
Character: Kobayashi Anna
Released: February 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren and Qinfeng are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement are the other detectives on the CRIMASTER international detective list as well as the current top rank, Q. Yet another hilarious battle of wits is set to take place...
bee
Under the Open Sky
Title: Under the Open Sky
Character: Yoshizawa Haruka
Released: February 11, 2021
Type: Movie
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV director Tsunoda. Meanwhile, he struggles to get a proper job and fit into society. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him.
bee
Title: Furimun Sisters
Released: November 12, 2020
Type: TV
bee
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 2020 Special Edition
Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 2020 Special Edition
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
Story 1 "A Story That Made Akazu no Ma" Sasaki Aya, the site director of a construction shop, visited the hot spring area after being asked to renovate the banquet hall by a long-established inn, was handed a blueprint by the designer Kijima Souji. Although Aya was suspicious, she started construction, but mysterious events happened one after another at the site. Story 2 "Karaoke Shop with Translation" Oono Yohei, a karaoke clerk, was plagued by strange phenomena that often occur at work. "I want you to guide me to room 8." Yohei guides the woman to the 8th room where Yoshioka is, while feeling the atmosphere. Story 3 "Midnight Mirror Image" There was a strange rumor in the mirror in the corridor of a hospital in Hokkaido. However, for some reason, the people around him did not try to touch the topic. One day, Naoya (Kamiki Ryunosuke), who was admitted to this hospital, wanted to go to the bathroom at midnight and left the hospital room by himself.
bee
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
Title: The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
Character: Dako
Released: July 23, 2020
Type: Movie
Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) target the Fuu Family for their next heist. Raymond Fuu, who was the head of the Fuu Family, passed away and he left behind 10 trillion yen. Dako, Boku-chan and Richard scheme to gain the inordinate inheritance. --asianwiki
bee
MOTHER
Title: MOTHER
Character: Akiko Misumi
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.
bee
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
Title: The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
Character: Dako
Released: May 18, 2019
Type: Movie
How much of a role does luck play in a person's life? Some people believe you create your own luck. Kingpin Akutsu Akira relies only on himself to get what he wants. Dako gets a taste of her own medicine when Akutsu cheats her of her money to avenge his friend, who was a victim of Dako's scam. Will Dako give in to her fate? How will she climb out of the rut this time?
bee
The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
Title: The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
Character: Dako
Released: May 17, 2019
Type: Movie
In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy.
bee
Kingdom
Title: Kingdom
Character: Yang Duan He
Released: April 19, 2019
Type: Movie
Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei. King Eisei aims to unify all of China.
bee
Masquerade Hotel
Title: Masquerade Hotel
Character: Naomi Yamagishi
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
bee
Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken
Title: Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken
Character: Tae Shimura
Released: August 4, 2018
Type: Movie
The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.
bee
Bleach
Title: Bleach
Character: Masaki Kurosaki
Released: July 20, 2018
Type: Movie
High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother's death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.
bee
50 First Kisses
Title: 50 First Kisses
Character: Rui Fujishima
Released: June 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Daisuke Yuge works as a tour guide in Oahu, Hawaii and also studies astronomy. He meets Rui Fujishima at a cafe and falls in love with her at first sight, but Rui Fujishima suffers from memory loss due to a past accident.
bee
Title: The Confidence Man JP
Character: Dako
Released: April 9, 2018
Type: TV
Dako is a con woman. She stays at a suite in a luxury hotel and schemes to take money from vicious wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan and Richard. Boku-chan is a sincere and timid young con man. Richard is a veteran con man. Dako is able to master knowledge from various professions in a short period of time and disguises herself as someone working in that field. Along with Boku-chan and Richard, they carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
bee
Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
Title: Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
Character: Fiona (voice)
Released: March 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Upon hearing about the story of Treasure Island, Nobita dreams of discovering and exploring his own treasure island, despite the fact all of the Earth has been mapped already.
bee
The Lies She Loved
Title: The Lies She Loved
Character: Yukari Kawahara
Released: January 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Yukari Kawahara works at a drink manufacturer. She works hard and achieves recognition for her work. Yukari Kawahara is dating research doctor Kippei Koide. They have lived together for 5 years. One day, Kippei Koide collapses from a brain hemorrhage. Yukari Kawahara soon learns that everything she knew about her boyfriend was a lie. She hires private detective Takumi Kaibara to investigate Kippei Koide.
bee
Before We Vanish
Title: Before We Vanish
Character: Narumi Kase
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place. Shinji Kase tells his wife that he came to Earth to invade.
bee
Gintama
Title: Gintama
Character: Tae Shimura
Released: July 14, 2017
Type: Movie
In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.
bee
Reminiscence
Title: Reminiscence
Character: Minako Shikata
Released: May 6, 2017
Type: Movie
A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his two estranged childhood friends.
bee
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Title: An Emblem Dedicated To You
Character: Nakagawa Miki
Released: January 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Kazuya Takajo was a promising soccer player. At the age of 23, he was selected for the national A football team and he bought a house to live with his fiancé Miki Nakagawa. One day, Kazuya Takajo gets into a car accident and becomes paralyzed and falls into deep despair. Kazuya goes through rehab on the strength of his wife's love. Yet, he becomes frustrated by those opposed to his marriage with Miki and others who give him pity looks. He also can't find anything to replace soccer in his life. Kazuya then witnesses a wheelchair basketball game at a gym.
bee
Gold Medal Man
Title: Gold Medal Man
Character: Teacher Sano
Released: October 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Senichi was born in 1964, when the entire nation was excited about the Tokyo Olympics. As an elementary student, Senichi won a footrace and got a taste of what winning felt like. Since then, Senichi takes part in various competitions including drawing and usually wins. He keeps struggling to win gold medals at competitions.
bee
Good Morning Show
Title: Good Morning Show
Character: Keiko Ogawa
Released: October 8, 2016
Type: Movie
The morning variety show, a staple of television around the world, offers news and entertainment but TV host Shingo didn’t expect to be himself the source of the news and entertainment.
bee
Your Name.
Title: Your Name.
Character: Miki Okudera (voice)
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: Movie
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
bee
I Am a Hero
Title: I Am a Hero
Character: Nurse Yabu
Released: April 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease that turns people into homicidal maniacs, whose first instinct is to attack and devour the nearest human.
bee
Title: I Am a Hero: The Day it Began
Character: Yabu
Released: April 9, 2016
Type: TV
Two weeks before the theatrical release of the feature film adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's zombie survival manga I am a HERO in Japan, NTT DoCoMo's online-video service dTV will start streaming its prequel web drama I am a HERO: Hajimari no Hi. The story of the web drama will focus on the nurse Tsugumi "Yabu" Oda. Through her experience as a nurse, the web drama explains how the zombie pandemic spreads across Japan.
bee
Title: Sanadamaru
Character: Kiri
Released: January 10, 2016
Type: TV
Spanning over 50 episodes, we follow the historical fiction of the Sanada clansmen as they plotted and fought their ways to survive the changing political alliances during the Warring States Period of Japan.
bee
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great King Enma and the Five Tales, Meow!
Title: Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great King Enma and the Five Tales, Meow!
Character: Emi-chan (voice)
Released: December 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Nate, Whisper, Jibanyan, Hailey, USApyon, and all of their Yo-kai friends embark on five unique adventures that all end up tied together in the end.
bee
The Crossing II
Title: The Crossing II
Character: Masako Shimura
Released: July 30, 2015
Type: Movie
A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.
bee
Our Little Sister
Title: Our Little Sister
Character: Yoshino Kôda
Released: June 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Upon the death of their estranged father, three sisters invite their 13-year-old half sister to live with them.
bee
The Crossing
Title: The Crossing
Character: Masako Shimura
Released: December 2, 2014
Type: Movie
At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.
bee
Title: All About My Siblings
Character: Takako Yashiro
Released: July 9, 2014
Type: TV
Five siblings struggle to live together after their parents have passed away. Arguments are a norm, and each have their own problems with studying, finding a job, marriage, etc. But no matter how dysfunctional their family can be, blood is thicker than water and the ties that bind will keep them together through thick and thin.
bee
Wood Job!
Title: Wood Job!
Character: Naoki Ishii
Released: May 10, 2014
Type: Movie
After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.
bee
Title: Chocolat
Character: Tatsumi Chie
Released: January 10, 2014
Type: TV
A Japanese college student runaway gets involved with a reformed Taiwanese hoodlum who was recently released after serving five years in jail.
bee
Title: ライクドロシー
Released: November 20, 2013
Type: TV
bee
Beyond the Memories
Title: Beyond the Memories
Character: Kanna Seto
Released: October 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful experience from his past. When Roku was an elementary school student, a girl who was with him got into an accident and died. Because of that incident, Roku carries a heavy sense of guilt. When they meet, time, frozen since that day, begins to tick again.
bee
Title: Summer Nude
Character: Kasu Ichikura
Released: July 8, 2013
Type: TV
Asahi Mikuri‎ya works at a photography studio, located near the sea. In the past, Asahi Mikuri‎ya dreamed of becoming a famous photographer, but now he as a cameraman for weddings and school events. Asahi Mikuri‎ya was also in love with a woman, but she suddenly left him. Natsuki Chiyohara‎ then appears in Asahi's life. Natsuki works as a manager at a well known Italian restaurant in Tokyo. During the worst moment in her life, when her boyfriend dumps her, Asahi appears and even takes a picture of that moment. Natsuki begins work as a chef at the "House of Sea," located in the same seaside town where Asahi lives. Asahi's former senior classmate runs the restaurant. Natsuki and Asahi have their past in common and they begin to get closer. Meanwhile, Taniyama is Asahi's former junior classmates. She holds feelings for Asahi.
bee
Title: Onna Nobunaga
Released: April 5, 2013
Type: TV
Nobunaga Oda (Yuki Amami) was raised as the successor of the Oda clan and her father is Nobuhide Oda (Toshiyuki Nishida). She distinguishes herself as a daimyo during the Warring States period. Due to her gender as a woman, she experiences difficult times as a warrior. Around this time, she approaches the truth of the Honno-ji Incident.
bee
The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians
Title: The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians
Character: Kumi
Released: March 22, 2013
Type: Movie
The movie follows the life of an unpopular comedy duo. The duo, called "Boso Swimmers", have been working together for 12 years, but the duo sees little future in their comedy careers. They then begin to write their thoughts in a diary
bee
再会
Title: 再会
Released: December 8, 2012
Type: Movie
bee
Title: High School Entrance Exam
Character: Haruyama Kyoko
Released: October 6, 2012
Type: TV
Kyoko, a newly-appointed English teacher at a rural but well-respected, prestigious prefectural high school, had spent her childhood and high school years overseas before returning to Japan. Because she lived abroad for a long time, she cannot understand the old-fashioned ideas peculiar to Japan and tends to be frank about what she thinks. On the eve and the day of the school entrance examination, various incidents occur. There is the spectre of someone attempting to wreck the examination for some motive. Everyone present is a potential suspect and the truth remains shrouded in mystery to the end.
bee
Nyanko the Movie 5
Title: Nyanko the Movie 5
Released: August 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Nyank The Movie 5, another film production from japan which tells the story of human and cats co-existing in harmony. Shot in documentary style, a fresh and natural approach, It details multiple touching stories of relationship between people and cats that certainly warms hearts.
bee
Title: Keigo Higashino Mysteries
Character: Yayoi Aoyama
Released: July 5, 2012
Type: TV
11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories.
bee
Title: Keigo Higashino Mysteries
Released: July 5, 2012
Type: TV
11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories.
bee
Title: I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -
Character: Tsukiko Otonashi
Released: April 13, 2012
Type: TV
Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective. She is also intrigued by urban legends so much so that she believes all crimes are somehow linked to these legends. She even conducts her investigations in such a way as to prove them to be true. Tsukiko also likes to make use of whatever she can. She especially likes to enlist the help of crime lab officer Hitoro Katsuura, who happens to have a crush on her. Many other unique characters will make appearances as she investigates the crimes related to urban legends, using odd and exquisite techniques.
bee
Japan's Wildlife: The Untold Story
Title: Japan's Wildlife: The Untold Story
Character: Narrator
Released: April 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Documentary on Japanese wildlife.
bee
Title: Doppleganger
Character: Ujiie Mariko/Kobayashi Futaba
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: TV
Two women (both played by Nagasawa Masami), who look identical, search for the secret behind their births and, in the process, discover about forbidden medical technologies and the mystery of life.
bee
Love Strikes!
Title: Love Strikes!
Character: Miyuki Matsuo
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
bee
Title: クレイジーハニー
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: TV
bee
From Up on Poppy Hill
Title: From Up on Poppy Hill
Character: Umi Matsuzaki (voice)
Released: July 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
bee
I Wish
Title: I Wish
Character: Mimura
Released: June 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
bee
Peak: The Rescuers
Title: Peak: The Rescuers
Character: Kumi Shiina
Released: May 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the mountains and wants as many people as possible to experience everything they have to offer so much so that he never holds a grudge against anyone for causing an accident due to their own negligence. Even if a fellow rescuer dies, he's the kind of man who can look toward the corpse and say "You did your best." One spring, newcomer Shiina Kumi is assigned to the Nagano prefecture mountain rescue team where she experiences growth thanks to Sanpo's guidance and the seemingly harsh training methods of the team's captain, Noda. However, she becomes depressed when she's unable to translate her skills to a real-life situation. As her confidence wanes, multiple accidents occur simultaneously due to a mountain blizzard, forcing the entire team into action.
bee
Rooftop Apartment
Title: Rooftop Apartment
Character: 桂木麻子
Released: March 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Asako is determined to live her life with her own will after witnessing her best friend’s divorce and former manager’s death.
bee
Title: GOLD
Character: Nikura Rika
Released: July 8, 2010
Type: TV
Yuri Saotome is a charismatic beautician who runs a major sports gym and aesthetic salon. Her older brother died in an accident just before his opportunity to achieve a gold medal at the Olympics, so she chose to marry a wrestling gold medalist. After giving birth to four children, she and her husband broke off their marriage, leaving Yuri to raise the kids by herself. With their excellent genes, three of them have been raised as possible candidates for the next Olympic games.
bee
Sunshine Ahead
Title: Sunshine Ahead
Released: April 24, 2010
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, "Sunshine Ahead" tells the story of environmentalist Koji Kinjo & his wife who embarks on a ambitious plan to create coral reefs in the sea. Although it takes the couple 10 years to finally succeed, they are able to persevere and become the first persons to ever spawn coral reefs.
bee
Title: The History of Our Family
Character: Yukari Ichinose
Released: April 9, 2010
Type: TV
Wagaya no Rekishi is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, shown on Fuji TV from April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The show was known for its star-studded cast.
bee
Title: Graduation Song
Character: Tachibana Hitomi
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: TV
March is graduation season. Parting with the one you love, becoming disheartened from a broken dream, bereavement from your loved one… In life, one will always encounter a wall that they must overcome. When you are able to conquer that wall, that is the essence of ‘graduation’ in life. As some say, "Goodbye is not the end", graduation is not an end, but instead is the start of a new life.
bee
Title: Graduation Song
Character: Hitomi Tachibana
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: TV
March is graduation season. Parting with the one you love, becoming disheartened from a broken dream, bereavement from your loved one… In life, one will always encounter a wall that they must overcome. When you are able to conquer that wall, that is the essence of ‘graduation’ in life. As some say, "Goodbye is not the end", graduation is not an end, but instead is the start of a new life.
bee
Nagasawa Masami x Mizukawa Asami: Hawaii Onna Jitensha Futari Tabi
Title: Nagasawa Masami x Mizukawa Asami: Hawaii Onna Jitensha Futari Tabi
Released: December 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Lovely NHK TV show featuring friends Masami Nagasawa and Asami Mizukawa travelling by bicycle through Hawaii. Beautiful nature views of the island on this cute program aired back in 2009. Masami does not look nature friendly at all, cleaning and carefully examining vegetables and fruit before having a bite. But she looks very cute with long hair. Asami looks like someone I would like to be friends with, she is fun and loud and not as afraid of trying new things as Masami. Hawaii seen like this looks like paradise, especially the sunshine from the top of the mountain.
bee
Go Find a Psychic!
Title: Go Find a Psychic!
Character: Yone Sakurai
Released: October 20, 2009
Type: Movie
Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while for the rest of the year they hide their abilities. Yone Sakurai is a program director for a psychic variety TV show called "Asunaro Psychic". She is stressed out and tired from her work, but proud of what she is doing. Yone actually believes in psychic abilities. By an audience request a new plan is set out for the program, a plan which requires the show to uncover real psychics or psychic events.
bee
Cobalt Blue
Title: Cobalt Blue
Character: Ryoko Nakamura
Released: June 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Ryuji is a fisherman that has brought up his daughter Ryoko single-handedly. Ryoko and her childhood friend Kazuya have fallen in love. But when Kazuya dies in a tragic accident while diving for coral wood, Ryoko is overcome with grief and, emotionally destroyed, retreats into silent mourning.
bee
Title: My Sister
Character: Saya Egami
Released: April 19, 2009
Type: TV
Egami Mei is a genius surgeon, but is somehow still lacking. On the other hand, his younger sister Satsuki is poor at studying, but she has a good nature and a strength for living. "Boku no Imouto" is a human drama about these two siblings whose parents died while they were still children. Because of their different values, they are always arguing, such as when the brother finds out that his sister is having an affair with a married man. However, the siblings have also developed a strong bond that keeps them together despite their constant conflicts. But a huge and unexpected incident occurs, which threatens to shake their relationship.
bee
Title: Heart of a Samurai
Released: January 4, 2009
Type: TV
Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.
bee
Title: Fujiko F. Fujio's Parallel Space
Character: Takeko
Released: October 31, 2008
Type: TV
Nagasawa Masami stars as a woman working at her family's antique shop. One day, a man shows up at the store with a mysterious camera that has the power to reveal a person's future worth.
bee
Galileo Zero
Title: Galileo Zero
Released: October 8, 2008
Type: Movie
bee
Title: Detroit Metal City
Character: Yuri Aikawa (voice)
Released: August 8, 2008
Type: TV
Dominating the world of indie music, Detroit Metal City (DMC) is a popular death metal band known for its captivatingly dark and crude style. Its extravagant lead singer, Johannes Krauser II, is especially infamous as a demonic being who has risen from the fiery pits of hell itself in order to bring the world to its knees and lord over all mortals—or at least that's what he's publicized to be. Unbeknownst to his many worshippers, Krauser II is just the alter ego of an average college graduate named Souichi Negishi. Although he is soft-spoken, peace-loving, and would rather listen to Swedish pop all day, he must participate in DMC's garish concerts in order to make ends meet. Detroit Metal City chronicles Negishi's hilarious misadventures as he attempts to juggle his hectic band life, a seemingly budding romance, and dealing with his incredibly obsessive and dedicated fans.
bee
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Title: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Character: Narrator
Released: June 10, 2008
Type: Movie
La Maison en Petits Cubes tells the story of a grandfather's memories as he adds more blocks to his house to stem the flooding waters.
bee
The Last Princess
Title: The Last Princess
Character: Yukihime
Released: May 10, 2008
Type: Movie
After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo (Matsumoto Jun) and his bumbling sidekick Shinhachi (Miyagawa Daiuske) hatch a daring plan to help transport the gold out of enemy terrain - in exchange for a share of the stash, of course. With assassins hot in pursuit, Yuki disguises as a male and ventures into the real world with Rukurota and her peasant companions, getting her first taste of danger, toil, and budding romance with the strong-minded and willful Takezo.
bee
Title: Last Friends
Character: Michiru Aida
Released: April 10, 2008
Type: TV
The series follow the life of Michiru Aida, a beauty parlor assistant who returns to Tokyo after 4 years. Bullied by her seniors at work and abused by her boyfriend, she is reunited with her best friend during high school, Ruka Kishimoto, a skilled motocross racer. Takeru, a make-up artist, is introduced to Ruka by her housemate, Eri and thus begin a journey of friendship.
bee
Operation Love Special
Title: Operation Love Special
Character: Rei Yoshida
Released: March 25, 2008
Type: Movie
bee
Title: Galileo
Character: Akari Shionoya
Released: October 15, 2007
Type: TV
Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.
bee
Title: Galileo
Released: October 15, 2007
Type: TV
Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.
bee
Title: Hatachi no koibito
Character: Sawada Yuri
Released: October 14, 2007
Type: TV
Hatachi no Koibito tells the story of Inoue Keisuke, a married salaryman. At the age of 50, he begins thinking about his purpose in life. By chance, he encounters Sawada Yuri, a 20-year-old graphic design student full of hopes and dreams for the future. Because of her resemblance to his girlfriend from long ago, he finds his heart unexpectedly beating faster... --Tokyograph
bee
Title: Ganjisu-gawa de batafurai
Character: Teruko Takano
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: TV
Teruko, a third year university student, comes across as a forthright and sunny girl but is in truth a rather timid person. She's also the sort who easily gets carried away and does things impetuously only to regret her actions later. Influenced by her older brother who has taken to wandering the world, Teruko too hopes to make her own journey one day but she lacks the courage, content to live the life of a normal university student ... However, she's also plagued with the insecurity of having done nothing she can be proud of in her lifetime, and mustering all her courage embarks on a solo trip to India ... While in India, she meets a fellow backpacker, Shingo. Teruko first regards Shingo as a frivolous person but as his encouraging words clear her hesitation and touches her, she falls in love with him.
bee
Say Hello for Me
Title: Say Hello for Me
Character: Suzune Morikawa / Karin Takigawa
Released: June 2, 2007
Type: Movie
"Say Hello for Me" is a love story and talks about three people's childhood friendship and their reunion after 15 years of separation.
bee
Title: Operation Love
Character: Rei Yoshida
Released: April 16, 2007
Type: TV
A missed confession of love haunts a young man on his best girl friend's wedding day. Sudden appearance of a mysterious Angel enables him to go back in time to regain the love of his life. Will he succeed? A romantic comedy of young Ken who missed a chance to confess his love in the past and ended up attending the wedding of his childhood love. Deep with regret as he helplessly watches the wedding party proceed, suddenly time stops and an Angel appears asking him whether he would like to just start over. Astounded as he is, Ken asks to do so, thereby embarking on a journey that will supposedly change everything. All does not go well however, as fate seems to be a resilient force that refuses to change...
bee
ママが料理をつくる理由
Title: ママが料理をつくる理由
Released: March 3, 2007
Type: Movie
bee
Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated
Title: Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated
Character: Hiroko
Released: January 3, 2007
Type: Movie
The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given a castle. However, Nobunaga's ambition to conquer the nation did not allow Mitsuhide to live happily in his territory. That is when an idea flashed across Mitsuhide's mind… Akechi Mitsuhide, the man who was considered to be the most intelligent general of the warring states era. What was the truth about him, Oda Nobunaga's best general and murderer?
bee
Title: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Character: Izumi Hoshi
Released: October 13, 2006
Type: TV
High school student Hoshi Izumi loses her father suddenly in an accident. One day, Sakuma, the waka gashira of a small and weak Yakuza gang in Asakusa - the Medaka Gumi - pays Izumi a visit along with the gang members. The death of their former kumicho (Boss) puts Medaka Gumi on the verge of a breakup. Therefore, Sakuma begs Izumi, the former boss's only distant relative left, to succeed to the kumicho position. Izumi is taken by surprise and keeps refusing at first. However, she ends up becoming the 8th kumicho of the Medaka Gumi! The police tell her that her father's death may possibly be a homicide case. There's also Mayumi, a mysterious woman staring closely at Izumi's father's photograph at his funeral. The situation becomes complicated when the drug-dealing vicious yakuza, Hamaguchi Gumi, comes into the picture as well as Sandaiji Hajime, a politician whose public stance is to eliminate drugs.
bee
Tears for You
Title: Tears for You
Character: Kaoru Shingaki
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A love story about two step-siblings, Yota and Kaoru. Long ago, Yota's mother married Kaoru's jazz-playing father, effectively merging the two families. Unfortunately, Kaoru's father skipped town, and Yota's mother passed away, but not before imparting a dying wish to her young son to take care of Kaoru.
bee
Rough
Title: Rough
Character: Ami Ninomiya
Released: August 26, 2006
Type: Movie
A diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team. High school diver Ami (Masami Nagasawa) and swimmer Keisuke (Mokomichi Hayami) don't exactly get along. Their parents run rival sweets shops and Ami is long-time friends, and maybe more, with Keisuke's freestyle rival Hiroki (Tsuyoshi Abe). Over time, however, hostile words give way to hesitant attraction, leaving Ami torn between Keisuke and Hiroki. With the national championship coming up, the young swimmers are competing for more than the title, but also their hearts.
bee
Title: Love and Glory
Character: Korin
Released: January 8, 2006
Type: TV
Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Chiyo (1557-1617) was his wife, and was known in history for her dedication and devotion to her husband (like Matsu was to Toshiie in Toshiie to Matsu). She is the daughter of a samurai who served the feudal lord Asai.
bee
Touch
Title: Touch
Character: Minami Asakura
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will take Minami to the tournament.
bee
Title: Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Character: Maki Yajima
Released: August 29, 2005
Type: TV
Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika is a Japanese television special drama. The story is about a family of three sisters and one brother with a dog living and running a Japanese Ryokan in Tenjin-cho, Hiroshima near Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. The drama was made as the first drama of Nada So So Project by TBS for its 50th anniversary in 2005. The drama has been awarded the 2006 best TV program award of "NAB Awards" from National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan.
bee
広島 昭和20年8月6日
Title: 広島 昭和20年8月6日
Released: August 29, 2005
Type: Movie
bee
Title: Dragon Sakura
Character: Naomi Mizuno
Released: July 8, 2005
Type: TV
A struggling lawyer, Kenji Sakuragi, takes a position at private school Tatsuyama Gakuen to pay off his debts. Kenji decides to try to turn this hopeless school into one of the elite institutions in Japan to help rejuvenate his career. His barometer of success will be to get five of his students admitted to the prestigious Tokyo University the following year. But rather than cramming them with lots of general information, his down-to-earth class concentrates on unknown techniques for passing the entrance examination and how to live a good life in these turbulent times. His refreshing outlook and strategy may just be what is needed to turn around the future prospects of himself and his students and teach the rest of us a thing or two as well!
bee
Title: Affectionate Time
Character: Minagawa Azusa
Released: January 13, 2005
Type: TV
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel. Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."
bee
Godzilla: Final Wars
Title: Godzilla: Final Wars
Character: Shobijin
Released: December 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.
bee
Title: Toubousha
Released: July 18, 2004
Type: TV
bee
Breathe In, Breathe Out
Title: Breathe In, Breathe Out
Character: Kanako Doi
Released: May 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Breathe In, Breathe Out centers on six, later seven, individuals who have gotten jobs harvesting sugarcane on a small Okinawa island. Each worker has their own unique personality as well as their own issues as they learn to work together...
bee
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Title: Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Character: Aki Hirose
Released: May 8, 2004
Type: Movie
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
bee
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Title: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Character: Shobijin
Released: December 13, 2003
Type: Movie
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.
bee
Like Asura
Title: Like Asura
Character: Yoko Satomi
Released: November 8, 2003
Type: Movie
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
bee
Robot Contest
Title: Robot Contest
Character: Satomi Hazawa
Released: September 13, 2003
Type: Movie
Satomi is not putting much effort into her school work. She is told by her instructor that she is short of the minimum number of credits to advance. One option is for her to participate in the Robot Club, which is participating in a robot contest that is a single-elimination challenge. Satomi and the club begin working to rise to the top.
bee
Resurrection
Title: Resurrection
Character: Naomi Morishita
Released: January 18, 2003
Type: Movie
When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
bee
The Last Snow
Title: The Last Snow
Released: April 27, 2002
Type: Movie
A story of two men, one recently bereaved, the other with a wife in a coma. From the popular song.
bee
Title: Sakura
Character: Kanako Numata
Released: April 1, 2002
Type: TV
Sakura is a Japanese serialized morning television drama that aired on NHK from April 1 to September 28 of 2002. The series totalled 156 episodes. It chronicles the life of Matsushita Sakura, a Sansei Japanese-American living in Hawaii. She moves to a small town in Japan to be an assistant language teacher for Japanese middle-school students. The show, lasting only 15 minutes long, is on every morning except Sunday, every week. Sakura first comes to Japan living with her grandparents; later, she moves because she has to teach English to the Japanese students. There she learns many valuable lessons and makes new friends.
bee
Title: Pure Soul
Character: Seta Maru
Released: April 9, 2001
Type: TV
Happily married to Koichi, 30-year-old Kaoru's world is shaken when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Amidst this turmoil, they discover that Kaoru is pregnant. Deciding to keep the baby, they name their little girl Himawari. But Kaoru's condition worsens, and she begins to wonder what is left that she can do...for her husband and her daughter. Before she is no longer able, she begins to write a long letter to her daughter. Her heartfelt letter forms the backbone and narration of this touching drama series.
bee
Crossfire
Title: Crossfire
Character: Kaori Kurata
Released: June 10, 2000
Type: Movie
Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
bee
そうか、もう君はいないのか
Title: そうか、もう君はいないのか
Character: Young Yoko
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie